NPTC Elects 2026 Board Leaders

ARLINGTON, VA – Mari Roberts, CTP, Senior Vice President, North America Supply Chain COEs for PepsiCo, was elected Chair of the NPTC Board of Directors at the group’s Annual Management Conference and Exhibition May 9-11, 2026, in Orlando. She replaces outgoing Board Chair David Barth, CTP, Transportation Safety Manager, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Also elected as NPTC officers were:

• Vice Chair/Chair Elect – Tim Eckhardt, CTP, Director of Safety, Dot Transportation, Inc.
• Board Treasurer – Mike Schwersenska, CTP, Vice President Brakebush Transportation, Inc.
  Board Secretary – John Gillenwater, CTP, Vice President, Fleet Operations and CSO, HC Transport, Inc.

The newly elected members seated on the Board of Directors were: Christine Catarino, Marketing Director, E.A. Dion, Inc.; Pat McHugh, CTP, Senior Logistics Manager, Tillamook County Creamery Association; and Jeff Wright, Corporate Vice President of Transportation, The QUIKRETE Companies.

They join existing board members: Todd Berger, CTP, Director of Sales, PACCAR Leasing Company; Chris Fada, CTP, Vice President, Ross Transportation Services; Charlie Fetters, CTP, Vice President, National Logistics, Clean Harbors, Inc.; Robert Mann, Vice President , Government Sales & Diamond Logic Builder; International Motors, LLC; Cassie Michelson, CTP Transportation Manager, Packaging Corporation of America; Kate Mirise, CTP, Central Ohio Logistics Manager, The Royal Group; Jill Quinn, President, Centerline Drivers, LLC; John Robbins, CTP, Sr. Director, Fleet Operations, Standard Logistics Transportation; Steven Roberts, CTP, Manager, Fleet Operations, Deseret Transportation; and Gene Tierney, CTP Director of Transportation Operations, Albertsons Companies.

About NPTC

Founded in 1939, the National Private Truck Council is the only national trade association exclusively representing the interests of the private truck industry and corporate/business private truck fleet management. With an actively engaged leadership team of Board representatives, member volunteers and staff, NPTC in the past decade has grown significantly to serve a rising professional class of private fleet practitioners meeting the challenges of modern corporate transportation. NPTC is the leading learning resource center, government affairs advocate, and business networking culture for America’s top private fleet and supplier member companies.  The Council produces benchmarking, best practices, and economic data reports on the private fleet market; administers the highly regarded Certified Transportation Professional (CTP) training program, and conducts some of the most successful events in the trucking industry including the Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition, the Private Fleet Management Institute, and the National Safety Conference. For more information about the Council’s activities and programs, visit our website at www.nptc.org