Shelley Simpson has served as J.B. Hunt Transport Services' President since August 2022 and assumed the additional role of Chief Executive Officer upon Mr. Roberts’s retirement from the position on July 1, 2024. A graduate of the University of Arkansas, Simpson joined the company in 1994 as an hourly customer service representative. Prior to being named president, she served as executive vice president of people and human resources from 2020 to 2022, chief commercial officer from 2017 to 2022, and president of highway services from 2017 until 2020. She previously served separately as president of the company’s truckload and integrated capacity solutions business segments as well as the company’s chief marketing officer.