| Chris C. Ruble |
Chris C. Ruble has a current job as the President & Chief Operating Officer at Forward Air Corp. He completed his undergraduate degree at Wabash College. |
| Nancee Ronning |
Nancee Ronning is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at Forward Air Corp. Prior to this, she worked as the Chief Operating Officer at BNSF Logistics LLC. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota. |
| Michael L. Hance |
Michael L. Hance currently works at Forward Air Corp., as Secretary, Chief Executive & Legal Officer from 2024. Mr. Hance received his undergraduate degree from Carson-Newman College, graduate degree from Emory University School of Law, and graduate degree from Candler School of Theology. |
| Kyle R. Mitchin |
Kyle R. Mitchin is currently the Chief People Officer at Forward Air Corp. Prior to this, he worked as a Recruiting Director at Panther Premium Logistics, Inc. Mr. Mitchin received his undergraduate degree and MBA from Walsh University. |
| Jay Tomasello |
Jay Tomasello is currently the Chief Information Officer at Forward Air Corp. Prior to this, he worked as the Director of Enterprise Architecture at FedEx Corp from 2011 to 2016, and as the Vice President and Head of Information Technology at FedEx Supply Chain Services, Inc. from 2016 to 2019. Mr. Tomasello holds an undergraduate degree and an MBA from the University of Memphis. |
| Rebecca Garbrick |
Rebecca Garbrick is currently the Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Forward Air Corp. She previously worked as the Director-Accounting, Policy & Financial Reporting at AGCO Corp from 2013 to 2020. In 2020, she briefly served as the Assistant Controller at Cox Media Group LLC. Ms. Garbrick completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Florida State University. |
| George S. Mayes |
George S. Mayes is the founder of Leanvue LLC. He currently holds the position of Independent Chairman at Forward Air Corp. since 2024 and Independent Director at Stoneridge, Inc. since 2012. He is also a Director at the Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network. Previously, he worked as the Operations Director-Delphi Thermal Division at General Motors Corp. He served as the Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President at Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. from 2013 to 2015. From 2000 to 2002, he was the Vice President-Manufacturing & Fastening Systems at The Stanley Works Ltd. He also held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products, Inc. from 2002 to 2004. Additionally, he worked as the Vice President-Manufacturing at Stanley Fastening Systems. Mr. Mayes completed his undergraduate degree at the US Military Academy. |
| C. Robert Campbell |
C. Robert Campbell currently works at MasTec, Inc., as Independent Director from 2016, Forward Air Corp., as Independent Director from 2019, and Forward Air, Inc., as Lead Director. Mr. Campbell also formerly worked at BAX Global, Inc., as President & Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2000, Pernix Group, Inc., as Vice Chairman from 2014 to 2018, Jackie Robinson Foundation, as Director, MasTec, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President from 2004 to 2013, Ryder System, Inc., as Executive VP-Human Resources & Administration from 1991 to 1995, Denny's Corp., as Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President in 1998, Haeco Americas, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President from 2002 to 2004, Barry University, as Trustee, and Advantica Restaurants, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer & Executive VP-Finance from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Campbell received his Masters Business Admin degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York, graduate degree from Florida International University, and undergraduate degree from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. |
| Chitra Nayak |
Chitra Nayak is the founder of Neythri, Inc. She currently holds multiple independent director positions at Forward Air Corp., Infosys Ltd., Invitae Corp., UrbanFootprint, Inc., and is a venture partner at 1414 Ventures. She also holds a director position at Intercom, Inc. Nayak previously held positions as COO at Salesforce, Inc. and Comfy, Inc., and as VP of Strategy & Operations at Charles Schwab Corp. She received her undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, her graduate degree from Cornell University, and her MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Wayne Gilbert West |
Mr. Wayne G. West is a Chief Executive Officer & Director at Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Hertz Corp. and an Independent Director at Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., The Hertz Corp., Forward Air Corp., Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Wheels Up Partners LLC and Brevard College Corp. Mr. West was previously employed as a Chief Operating Officer by Cruise LLC, an Independent Director by Genesis Park Acquisition Corp., an Independent Director by Forward Air Corp., a Chief Operating Officer & Senior Executive VP by Delta Air Lines, Inc., a President & Chief Executive Officer by Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc., a President & Chief Operating Officer by TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc., a Member by Executive Leadership Council, Inc., an Advisor by Graham Partners, Inc., an Executive by Northwest Airlines LLC, a Principal by The Boeing Co., and a Principal by United Airlines, Inc. He also served on the board at American Cancer Society, Inc. and Business Leaders For Michigan. He received his graduate degree from North Carolina State University and an MBA from National University. |
| Javier Polit |
Javier Polit is currently an Independent Director at Forward Air Corp. He also holds director positions at Virtustream LLC, Girls Who Code, Inc., and QuickBase, Inc. In addition, he is the Chief Information & Digital Officer at Mondelez International, Inc. Mr. Polit is a Trustee at Quinnipiac University and a Member of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc. and The Consumer Goods Forum. Previously, Mr. Polit served as Co-Chairman at Ronald McDonald House Charities Central West. He was the Chief Information Officer-Bottling Investments at The Coca-Cola Co. from 2007 to 2017. He also held the position of Vice President-Global Corporate Systems at Office Depot LLC. From 2003 to 2020, he was the Chief Information Officer at Procter & Gamble Co. and Vice President-Information Technology at NationsBank, NA (South). Mr. Polit has an MBA from the University of Tilburg, a graduate degree from Barry University, an MBA from Purdue University, an undergraduate degree from the University of Miami, and graduate degrees from Budapest University of Technology & Economics and TiasNimbas Business School BV. |
| Laurie A. Tucker |
Laurie A. Tucker is the founder of Calade Partners LLC, which was founded in 2014, where she holds the title of Chief Strategy Officer. Currently, she holds multiple positions including Independent Director at Forward Air Corp. since 2019, Independent Director at Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. since 2015, Director at The Blues Foundation, Director at Dronedek Corp. since 2022, and Member of The United Way Tocqueville Society since 1998. In the past, she held the position of Independent Director at Iron Mountain, Inc. from 2007 to 2014, and Senior Vice President-Marketing at FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. from 2000 to 2013 and at FedEx Services, Inc. from 2000 to 2013. Ms. Tucker received her undergraduate degree and MBA from the University of Memphis. |
| George Michael Lynch |
George Michael Lynch is an Independent Director at Forward Air Corp. He previously worked as a Director at Champion Enterprises, Inc. from 2003 to 2011. He also held positions as Vice President & Controller at The Dow Chemical Co., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Federal-Mogul Corp. from 2000 to 2008, and Controller-Automotive Components Division at Ford Motor Co. Additionally, he served as Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Ford New Holland, Inc. |
| Ronald W. Allen |
Ronald W. Allen is an Independent Director at Forward Air Corp., Director-Emeritus at Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Director at Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute, Trustee at Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc., and President-Emeritus at The Wings Club. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Aaron's LLC, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer & COO at Delta Air Lines, Inc., Chairman at Guided Therapeutics, Inc., and Independent Director at The Coca-Cola Co. He also served as a Director at NationsBank of Texas NA, Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Forward Air Corp., Aircastle Ltd., and Presbyterian College. Allen received his undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology. |
| Ana B. Amicarella |
Ana B. Amicarella is currently the Chief Executive Officer at EthosEnergy Group Ltd., an Independent Director at Forward Air Corp., and an Independent Director at Warrior Met Coal, Inc. She previously worked as the Managing Director-Latin America at Aggreko Ltd. from 2011 to 2019 and as the GM-North America Oil & Gas Services at GE Aerospace from 1998 to 2011. She also held positions such as General Manager-Optimization Services at GE Energy Services, Inc. from 2000 to 2004 and Vice President-North Business Unit at Aggreko USA LLC. Additionally, she served as the General Manager-North America Services at Baker Hughes Energy Services LLC from 2007 to 2011. Ms. Amicarella holds an MBA from Oakland University (Michigan) and an undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. |
| R. Craig Carlock |
R. Craig Carlock is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Omega Sports, Inc. since 2017 and the Lead Independent Director at Forward Air Corp. since 2015. Previously, he served as the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Fresh Market, Inc. from 2012 to 2015. He also worked as a Financial Manager-Fabric Care Category at Procter & Gamble Co. Mr. Carlock holds an MBA from the University of Virginia and an undergraduate degree from Davidson College. |
| Valerie A. Bonebrake |
Valerie A. Bonebrake is the founder of YRC Logistics, Inc., Noatum Logistics. She currently holds the position of Independent Director at Forward Air Corp. and Director at Rady School of Management at UC San Diego. Her former positions include Senior Vice President-New Services at Yellow Transportation, Inc., Vice President & General Manager at Ryder Ltd., Senior Vice President at Tompkins Associates, Inc., and Vice President-Electronics at Ryder, Inc. She received a graduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology. |
