Empowering Women Into Logistics

Jeff Dickinson is a transportation and logistics leader who gains buy-in across matrixed teams in enterprise organizations, identifies opportunities to create value, and nurtures long-term relationships with supply chain stakeholders around the globe. Dickinson has been in the logistics industry since 1980 when he started as a warehouseman loading trucks, working himself up the ladder to manage a $100Mil logistics operation. Along the way, Dickinson has managed several complex logistics operations. He has been and still is a huge supporter of women in trucking and other areas of the logistics industry. He is the host of "The Storytelling Chronicles, Empowering Women into Logistics" podcast with his co-host Kristy Knichel.

A lifelong Pittsburgh native, Kristy Knichel is a second-generation logistics executive. As president, Knichel has been the driving force behind her company’s yearly growth and reputation as one of the top service providers within the IMC (intermodal marketing company) community, along with its certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise and Woman Owned Small Business.

Knichel’s recent honors include receiving the Business Women First Award from the Pittsburgh Business Times, the 2015 Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award, and the Enterprising Women of the Year Awards by Enterprising Women magazine. She is actively involved with organizations such as IANA, TIA, the Pittsburgh Traffic Club, and has been a mentor to other women entrepreneurs via the Pittsburgh Business Times’ Mentoring Monday events. She is also involved with the Positive Athlete program as an annual scholarship sponsor.