Ellen Voie

Ms. Voie also currently serves on the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) to provide recommendations and advice to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety regulations. Her background in the trucking industry began as the assistant and later traffic manager for a steel fabricating plant in the upper Midwest. She then worked as a dispatcher for a grain hauling carrier before becoming co-owner of a small fleet. After starting a family, she used her background to become a freelance transportation consultant to carriers in Wisconsin, licensing and permitting trucks for more than 16 years.

Ms. Voie also served as the Executive Director of Trucker Buddy International, Inc., a pen pal program between professional drivers and elementary students. She holds a Master’s in Communication degree from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, where she completed her thesis research on the complex identities of women married to professional drivers. She also holds a degree in Traffic and Transportation Management from LaSalle Extension University. She has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential from the American Society of Association Executives, the leading authority in association management.
How well do you know your customers from the ground up?  Our keynote panel, including Ellen Voie, president and CEO of Women in Trucking,  will share their respective  insights on the vibrant and complex trucking industry.  There are myriad risks, mitigation strategies, and opportunities directly affecting drivers, particularly women who are a fast growing population of professional truck drivers. This panel places you directly in the seat of the driver and puts a face to your insured.