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NTDA Members Elect 2024–2025 Board

of Directors

The National Trailer Dealers Association (NTDA) has announced the • First Vice Chairperson: Heather Wilson, Chief Commercial Officer
election of two Dealer members and one Allied member to its Board of at BMO (Irving, TX)
Directors for a three-year term. The new Board members will be officially • Second Vice Chairperson: Chad Strader, President of Ervin
installed on Oct. 10, 2024, during the 34th Annual NTDA Convention, at Equipment, Inc. (Toledo, IL)
the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa in Indian Wells, CA. Each year, • Treasurer: William Schaffer, VP of Sales at Overseas Hardwoods
the NTDA's Dealer and Allied members elect new Board members. Company (Mobile, AL)
• Gwendolyn Brown serves as President of the NTDA.

Stephen Schneider Chris Shuemake Trey Gary
Charlie Blyth Bobby Briggs Bill Nehmer
The newly elected Directors are:

• Dealer Member: Stephen A. Schneider, President/COO of Pace
Transportation Services (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Dealer Member: Chris Shuemake, EVP Sales at Central Valley
Trailer Repair (Fresno, CA)
• Allied Member: Trey Gary, President of Dorsey Trailer, LLC Gene Masteller Dave Saunders
(Elba, AL).
Additional Dealer Directors for the 2024–2025 term include:
The NTDA Board of Directors is comprised of 12 members, with nine
elected from the Dealer membership and three from the Allied • Charlie Blyth, President of Blyth Trailer Sales, LLC
membership. (Valley Park, MO)
• Bobby Briggs, President and CEO of Peak Trailer Group
(Dallas, TX)
• Gene Masteller, President of Atlantic Great Dane, Inc.
(South Portland, ME)
• Bill Nehmer, President of Great Dane of Utah, Inc.
(Salt Lake City, UT)
• David Saunders, Vice President of Sales at Florida Utility Trailers,
Mack Keay Heather Wilson Chad Strader
Inc. (Orlando, FL).

As the term concludes, the NTDA will bid farewell to Board Chairperson
Justin Deputy, CEO of 1580 Utility Trailer (Salt Lake City, UT), and Allied
Board member Justin Cravens, President of Ridewell Suspensions
(Springfield, MO). Jamey Vaughn, President of Twin State Trailers
William Schaffer Gwendolyn Brown (Charlotte, NC), resigned in April 2024 for personal reasons.

The 2024–2025 Executive Committee will be: For more information about the NTDA, visit www.ntda.org, call

(800) 800-4552, or email info@ntda.org.
• Chairperson of the Board: Mack Keay, Chief Operating Officer of
Ocean Trailer (Delta, BC, Canada)

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