Nominee Statement Form
In an effort to promote highway safety and inform the general public about the trucking industry, the Tennessee Trucking Association (TTA), through the Tennessee Trucking Foundation (TTF) created Tennessee’s Road Team. The Road Team is a statewide campaign to promote highway safety to the public. The program was created and continues with major funding from Bridgestone Commercial Solutions and Pilot Company.
As part of the nomination process for Tennessee’s Road Team, each nominee must submit a brief statement on why they want to be a Road Team Captain. This is your chance to express your passion for promoting highway safety and representing the trucking industry.
Road Team Captains are expected to:
- Spend 1-4 days per month (January 2025 - December 2026) promoting highway safety.
- Participate in events such as driver education classes, safety banquets, and community outreach.
- Attend mandatory annual training and the TTA Convention each September.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to safety and a positive image of the trucking industry.
Submit your statement below no later than Friday, January 10, 2025, to be considered.
ABOUT THE NOMINATION PROCESS
The “nominator” must be either a motor carrier executive with the authority to commit his/her company’s support for the program or a self-sponsored owner-operator. The nominator should also confirm before submitting the nomination that the candidate is willing to participate in the program.
After the individual has been nominated, it is the nominator’s responsibility to immediately notify Tennessee’s Road Team office at TTA if the candidate becomes ineligible during the selection process.
Once nominations are closed, TTA will announce a group of finalists who have qualified to come to the TTA Office in Nashville on Friday, January 24, 2025, for personal interviews and the selection process. At that time, a panel of industry professionals will select the 2025-2026 Tennessee Road Team Captains who will join the 2024-2025 Captains starting their second year of service. Drivers who are selected will be required to attend two days of training at the TTA headquarters in Nashville on February 20th and 21st, 2025.