Driver Retention in the Fast Lane: New Realities to a Long-Term Challenge (Panel Discussion)
Tracks: HR/Talent Management
Tracks: HR/Talent Management
Truck drivers move more than 70 percent of all goods in North America. They keep the supply chain moving and make sure food and products stay on shelves, deliveries continue to be made, and our needs are met on a daily basis. But there still is a dramatic deficit to the drivers needed to deliver the goods we need – and retaining drivers has become just as critical as recruiting them. Keeping drivers happy is not just good for business, it helps make them ambassadors for your company and the industry as a whole.
Attend this panel discussion of subject matter experts to learn the latest modern strategies and tips that will help to ensure your drivers are content and ready to stay:
Priscilla Peters (Facilitator)
VP Marketing & Training
Conversion Interactive Agency
Priscilla Peters (Facilitator)
VP Marketing & Training
Conversion Interactive Agency
Priscilla has more than 24 years in the transportation industry, specializing in driver recruiting, retention, marketing, advertising, communications, and training.
She is currently the Vice President of Marketing & Training for Conversion Interactive Agency, the leading driver recruiting and retention agency in the trucking industry.
Priscilla speaks nationally for organizations on topics relating to driver recruiting and retention, and she brings insight and first-hand experience on how motor carriers should think differently when it comes to recruiting and retention.
She has experience working for both a large motor carrier handling their internal driver advertising and marketing, and also experience with the leading advertising agency in the market.
Dr. Bradley R. Fulton
Director of Research and Analytics
Tenstreet
Dr. Bradley R. Fulton
Director of Research and Analytics
Tenstreet
Dr. Bradley Fulton is the Director of Research and Analytics at Tenstreet, where he oversees a team responsible for developing and maintaining methodological and analytic processes and standards and conducting research in the transportation industry. He holds a doctoral degree in Applied Social Psychology from Loyola University in Chicago.
Prior to his current role, he was a Senior Analytics and Research Scientist at Press Ganey Associates for about twelve years, conducting employee and patient satisfaction research. He also completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in environmental gerontology, worked in the areas of aging and long-term care for more than 10 years at Northwestern University and Mather Life Ways Institute on Aging.
Josh Mecca
Recruiting Director
American Central Transport
Josh Mecca
Recruiting Director
American Central Transport