Happy Anniversary Scott Tully

Happy Anniversary to Scott Tully as today marks his 14 year anniversary with JB Hunt.  Scott one of our Regional Operations Manager based in Columbus, Ohio. Congratulations, Scott!

Central Region December DOM - Orville Gregory

Congratulations to Orville Gregory on being selected as the December Driver of the Month for the Central Region.  Orville hired on with JB Hunt back in June of 1986!  Thus Orville has been with JB Hunt for 30.57 years!  Orville has served in a variety of capacities, currently he is a Local Driver at the Home Depot Account in Monroe, OH.  Congratulations Orville on winning this prestigious award!

 

 

Below is the write up from the team in Monroe:

 

Relationship with Customer –

                Orville joined the Home Depot Dedicated when the account opened in 2009 and has chosen to finish his driving career in Monroe. With his years of experience, he has gotten to know many associates at the stores south of the Ohio River and has a solid relationship with them all. Orville handles himself with professionalism at all times and is as dependable as they come. Orville was often assigned very early delivery windows in Knoxville and Nashville, and when other drivers wavered at the task of delivering at 7am, Orville gladly stepped up to the challenge and delivered 100% service repeatedly.

Description of Driver of the Month –

                Orville hired on with J.B. Hunt in June of 1986 out of the Springfield, OH terminal and was a driver trainer for about 3 years before joining on with Automotive. After two ‘small’ 3 year stints with OTR and PPG, Orville signed on with Home Depot, and just this past summer he celebrated his 30th year with JB Hunt! Orville’s ranking within the company is outstanding. In DCS as a whole, Orville ranks 15^th for overall Driver Safety Points, and 7^th overall in the Central Region with over 10,000 safety points on the JB Drive App and currently holds 3.7 million safe miles during his career. Orville has been preventable event free for over 3 years and maintains 0 log points and 0 CSA points. Orville also sets the gold standard for dependability -  the office breathes easy when Orville is on a difficult load, as we know that he’s our best. Orville is the epitome of the kind of driver was all hope to have on our accounts - dedicated to excellence, driven to deliver great customer service, and hard-working enough to find several ways to contribute to JB Hunt as we too have grown from modest beginnings. Thanks to Orville for everything he does and congratulations on 30 years of hard work, outstanding performance, and Monroe Home Depot’s December Driver of the Month Award.

Orville is assigned to 351628, feel free to shoot him a congratulatory note.

 



Promotion Announcement - Jeremy Messing

Please join me in congratulating Jeremy Messing as he joins the DCS Midwest Region as their newest Account Manager!

In Jeremy’s new role, he will take ownership of a new startup account in Marshfield, WI. Jeremy will lean on his past experiences at the Home Depot accounts over the past two plus years. This move will allow Jeremy to continue to grow professionally and it is also a positive move for him personally. Jeremy has done a fantastic job on being a big part of stabilizing the turning around Home Depot Van Buren.

Jeremy is a proud alumnus of Western Michigan University. Jeremy would be upset if we didn’t acknowledge that his Broncos went undefeated this year. (Good Luck on that when they play Wisconsin.) He joined the J.B. family as a DMIT at Home Depot Monroe in 2014 and since then has moved up north to Home Depot Van Buren where he was an Operations Supervisor and most recently Logistics Coordinator. Under Jeremy’s time as Logistics Coordinator, we realized some impressive achievements including 2015 Account of the Year and our continued streak of 75 plus consecutive weeks of on-time service.

We expect to see the same continued excellence in his role as Account Manager. Make sure you congratulate Jeremy and wish him well, when you see him at our Central Region Kickoff!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all of Professional Drivers, Managers, and Support Staff!  It has been a fantastic 2016!  Enjoy the holidays and thank your for all of your hard work and dedication!

Happy Anniversary Schuylar McGuffey

Happy 2nd Anniversary to Schuylar McGuffey, Account Manager of Southern States in Vinton, VA. Thanks for all you do, happy to have you as a part of the J.B. Hunt team!

Tully Region Leadership Meeting

The Tully Region participated in a Leadership Meeting today in Delaware, OH.  Here, six Account Managers and TGMs took part in a day long conference covering a variety of topics.  In addition, all Tully Managers are in the process of going through the Strength Finders 2.0 Program.  Here, all managers fill out an online assessment that identifies there top competencies.  From there, they are required to read up on those competencies and share within the group setting.  The Safety Team, led by Terry Galyon and Tracy Walker also presented on Tully Region results over the past year!  

 

 

 

 

Happy Anniversary Molly Lawson

Wishing a Happy Anniversary to Molly Lawson, as she celebrates her first Anniversary with J.B. Hunt. She is an Operations Supervisor at Home Depot in Monroe, Ohio. Thanks for all your hard work, Molly!

Wreaths Across America - Part 3

This past weekend, one of our own, Area Risk Manager Tracy Walker participated in the Wreaths Across America event in Central, OH.  We appreciate Tracy and his willingness to participate in this great event!  Below is Tracy's write-up on the event:

Here is one of the final destinations, Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, OH.  With over 20,000 fallen here, Lynn and I volunteered to, “Remember, Honor and Teach” as the wreaths were placed on the graves. The mission of this organization is not to decorate the cemetery, but to say thanks to each fallen soldier for their service.  Wreaths Across America believes by saying their name and thanking them, their legacy lives on.  These services are conducted all over the country, with several in Ohio.  I would encourage anyone to get involved next year and this is a very humbling experience. 

Photos of Rittman below:

Wreaths Across America Part 2

This past week, we had two Central Region drivers participate in Wreaths Across America.  Jason Roaden, took the leg from Columbus OH to Indianapolis, IN.  When Jason arrived in Indianapolis, we had over 20 managers and support personnel waiting to greet him.  Here Jason passed on the equipment to Daniel Gronde from Intermodal.  Daniel is a veteran of the US Army, and currently supports Intermodal out of Indianapolis.  Daniel took the leg from Indianapolis to St Louis.  From there the load of wreaths was delivered to Lowell on Friday.  We thank all of our drivers and other managers and support groups that took part in this event!

 

 

 

Happy Anniversary Jon Morgan

We would like to congratulate Jon Morgan on his 4-year anniversary with J.B. Hunt.  Jon started his career as the night Operations Supervisor at C&S Yorktown.  He then spent time at several accounts including PSP and CHEP Hamilton.  He returned back to C&S as the Account Manager and while he was there he also added Hanson Logistics and Armour Eckrich to his managerial tasks.  He is now currently the AM over Armour Eckrich where he has grown the fleet from 5 trucks to 11 in the past 12 months. 

 

Thank you for all your hard work over the past 4 years.  Keep up the good work.   

Nocheck Takes the Prize!

Nick would have won ugliest pants award as well

 

Congratulations to Nick Nocheck for winning this year's Ugly Sweater Contest at Family Dollar Morehead!  Nick was the unanimous winner, voted on by office and drivers.  Great work Nick!

Happy Anniversary Jamie Kleemook

Congrats, Jamie on your 6th Anniversary with J.B. Hunt! Jamie is the TGM over our PPG Account, based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Happy Anniversary!!

Wreaths Across America

For the last several years, JB Hunt has participated in Wreaths Across America.  December 17 is marked as National Wreaths Across America Day.  This year, the Central Region was fortunate to have two of our Military Veteran Drivers participate in this event. 

Michael Carnahan of PPG Global, and Jason Roaden of PPG were our proud participants this year.  Michael is a veteran of the US Air Force, and Jason is a veteran of the US Navy.  All in, JB Hunt has three trailers originating in Maine and ending up at different national cemeteries across the country.  Michael's load originated in Maine, he drove the leg from Pineville, LA to Dallas, and the load will end in Houston, TX.  Jason's load also originated in Maine, and he drove the leg from Columbus, OH to Indianapolis, IN, and his load will end in Fayetteville, AR. 

We appreciate the dedication of these men, as well as all the other men and women who have served our Armed Forces!  Wreaths Across America is a tremendous organization that JB Hunt is proud to be a part of.

Wreaths Across America

Below are some pictures from Jason's route this morning:

Jason Roaden

 

From left Brian Tabor, Tracy Walker, Jason Roaden, Andrew DeBlock, John Goodwin

 

Thumbs up!

 

Thank you to the Ohio State Police for assisting!

 

 

 

Happy Anniversary Ashley Haney

Wishing a Happy Anniversary to Ashley Haney, as she celebrates her first Anniversary with J.B. Hunt. She is an Operations Supervisor at Family Dollar in Morehead, KY. Happy to have you on the team, Ashley!

Happy Anniversary Sam Djung

Happy Anniversary to Sam Djung on celebrating 12 years with JBH! Sam came to the Central Region after a short stint in the NE Region and since then has meant so much to many customers. Sam has without a doubt made an impact at every stop along the way! Since taking on the TGM role at Home Depot - Van Buren he has formed a stellar team which has seen a tremendous turnaround under his leadership. One item that cannot be overlooked about Sam is that since he has taken over he has welcomed more familiar faces to Van Buren but also has been instrumental in promoting multiple managers. Thanks for all your hard work and Congrats, Sam!

Happy Anniversary Shawn Wilson

 

Congrats to Shawn Wilson, Operations Supervisor at Family Dollar Rome, NY. December 9th marked his 3 year Anniversary with J.B. Hun. Thanks for all your hard work!

Happy Anniversary Lean Howard

Please join me in Congratulating Lena on her 2nd Anniversary. Lena began her J.B. Hunt career as an Operations Supervisor at The Home Depot Monroe, OH. She currently resides in Valdosta, GA as the Account Manager at Southern States. Congrats, Lena and thanks for all your hard work!

Happy Anniversary Jonathan Brady

Happy Anniversary, Jonathan! Yesterday, December 7th marked his first Anniversary with the company. Jonathan joined J.B. Hunt as a DMIT in Louisville. He is currently an Operations Supervisor on Team Toyota. Congrats, Jonathan!

Promotion Accouncement Sam Marcotte

Please help us congratulate Sam Marcotte on his move to Account Manager of the PPG regional fleets in Cleveland, OH and Shelby, NC.  This is a key role for our PPG Dedicated business and we are thrilled to have Sam fill it. 

Sam’s experience with JB Hunt over the last 3 years has included a 2 year stint at Intigral Glass in Walton Hills, OH where he held the position of Account Manager.  He has also spent time at PPG - Pittsburgh, PA where he held the title of Operations Supervisor.  Sam started with JB Hunt as a DMIT in the Cleveland area.  While in his DMIT role he supported several accounts including Intigral Glass and Toys R Us.  In his free time, Sam enjoys watching football, basketball and hanging out with his two nieces.  Sam is a proud graduate of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio where he was the kicker and punter for the football team.  Congratulations Sam on a well earned promotion and welcome back to the PPG Team!

Central Region Driver of the Month for November - Mike Dietl

Congratulations to Mike Dietl for being chosen as the November Driver of the Month for the Central Region.  Mike currently supports the Niagara Sheets Account in North Tonawanda, NY.  Mike has been in DCS, and serving the Niagara Sheets Account since April 2012.  Mike was chosen from nearly 1,100 Professional Drivers within the Central Region.  Congratulations Mike!

 

 

Below is the write-up from Niagara Sheets Management:

 



Mike is the definition of a team player and a leader. He is the type of driver that will come in each and every day and give 100%. He has an excellent safety record and always shows up on time ready to work. He is always the first to step up when additional help is needed. Mike is one of our yard drivers and over the past few months, he has been covering multiple shifts a week to meet the demand of our customers. Mike has also been working on his days off as a delivery driver for us since customer demand has increased greatly. Mike comes in with a great attitude every day and never complains. He has been spotted on multiple occasions assisting other drivers in the yard with everything from mechanical issues to tips on backing in. - Mike Cohen, Operations Supervisor