Transportation Marketing & Communications Association

The Transportation Marketing & Communications Association (TMCA) is the only current association serving transportation marketing, sales, and communications pros in all modes and market segments of the North American transportation industry.

According to its Web site,^[1] TMCA's goals include:

• Professional growth for its industry participants
• Broadening marketing industry networks
• Providing education on new marketing trends and issues
• For its members to become more productive and valuable to their organizations

All levels of marketing, sales, and pricing professionals are represented and all transportation modes and market segments, including:

• Motor carriers
• Railroads
• Air carriers
• Ocean lines
• Third-party Logistics (3PLs)
• OEMs
• Passenger transit organizations
• Media
• Suppliers

TMCA currently has over 400 members.

TMCA was founded in 1924 as a railroad-based association and continues to serve transportation marketing pros and their organizations with focus and strategy amidst a highly competitive, ever-changing industry.

Current officers include:

• Chief Executive Officer: Brian Everett, (Senior Partner, MindShare Strategies, Inc.)
• President: Tom Nightingale, (Vice President Communications & CMO, Con-way, Inc.)
• Immediate Past President: John Ferguson, (VP International, Schneider Logistics)
• Vice President: Hernan Vera, (Director, Marketing, Global Supply Chain Solutions, Ryder System Inc.)
• Treasurer: Mark Miller, (Director of Corporate Communications, Crowley Maritime Corp.)
• Secretary: Susan Terpay, Director, Corporate Communications, Norfolk Southern Corp.

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