Henry Albert is the owner of Albert Transport, Inc., based in Statesville, NC. Before participating in the "Slice of Life" program, Albert drove a 2001 Freightliner Century Class S/T™, and will use his Cascadia for general freight and a dry van trailer. Albert, who has been a trucker since 1983, was recognized by Overdrive as its 2007 Trucker of the Year.

MD Alignment has been operating since 1988, building and selling alignment equipment, providing training to our customers, fleets, repair operations and truck body, tire and related industry manufacturers around the world. Kevin Beckett has aligned over 1,000 vehicles and evaluated thousands of tire wear and handling issues for both individual truck owners and companies across the continent. He has trained hundreds of alignment technicians over the last 20 years to fix tire wear and handling problems with the goal of providing the best possible outcome for vehicle drivers and tires.

Ashley Bodie, a High Point, North Carolina, native graduated from UNC Charlotte in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and minor in Women and Gender’s Studies. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Administration. Prior to employment at NASCAR Technical Institute, Ashley worked at NC Works Career Center as a Career Facilitator. Her primary responsibilities were to engage local business partners and assist 16-24 year olds that faced barriers to employment, whether due to lack of education or life circumstances. In 2015, Ashley joined the NASCAR Technical Institute staff where she currently serves as an Employment Specialist that handles building and growing relationships with industry partners.

Tom began his career with Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc., a NationaLease Member, in 1991 as Director of Maintenance and assumed his current position as Vice President of Maintenance in 1999. Tom leads a team responsible for maintenance operations of 44service locations as well as the corporate maintenance support team that includes Road Rescue, Maintenance Administration, Training, Technical Services, Non-Capital Purchasing, Maintenance Recruiting, and Facility Management departments. Hogan’s current Maintenance Team consists of 229 Technicians and 117 Maintenance Support Personnel maintaining over 7,500 vehicles. Prior to Hogan Truck Leasing, Tom worked for Hertz, then Penske Truck Leasing for 20 years starting his career as a technician. He has been a member of the TMC for 27 years and has served as Chairman of the AmeriQuest Maintenance Council.

Ronny Brown was born with grease in his blood. He started working on small equipment in his grandfather’s garage at the age of 12. After that, he worked for a tractor company and a machine shop in high school.

Ronny graduated from Nashville Auto Diesel College with honors and worked at the Peterbilt truck plant. After finishing school, Ronny worked at a Dodge dealer for a year and a half and then moved to the family-owned business at Catawba Rental Company, Inc., a NationaLease Member. He has held most jobs related to the shop in his 33 years of service and is now the Director of Maintenance and a certified ASE Master Truck Tech. In 2010, Ronnie Brown was inducted into the Nashville Auto-Diesel College Hall of Fame. He was chosen with only 8 others who were nominated and is among a prestigious group of only 60 others nationwide who are inductees.

Donald Broughton founded Broughton Capital LLC in April 2016. Many in the transportation industry know him for his quarterly tracking of trucking bankruptcies and his development of a ‘Value to Density Spectrum’ study of the tangible goods flow and its economic ramifications. As a Transportation Analyst, his stock-picking performance has been repeatedly recognized by the Wall Street Journal and he is a frequent guest on national broadcast media, such as CNBC, Nightly Business Report, CNN, and Fox. Before becoming a side-side analyst over 20 years ago, Mr. Broughton spent eight years in various Distribution and Operations management roles in the beverage industry.

Jane Clark is Vice President, Member Services for NationaLease. In this position, she is focused on managing the Member Services operation, as well as working to strengthen member relationships, reduce member costs, and improve collaboration within the NationaLease supporting groups. Prior to joining NationaLease, Jane served as Area Vice President for Randstad, one of the world’s largest recruitment agencies, and before that, she served in management posts with QPS Companies, Pro Staff, and Manpower, Inc. Jane received a B.A. degree in Communication from North Central College and an M.A. in Communication from Northern Illinois University.

Arlyn grew up in Washington where his family was in to go-kart racing and co owed an asphalt circle track, racing was in his blood form the beginning. After graduating college Arlyn and his wife Patty moved to Honolulu, Hi were Arlyn went to work for his family’s Employment Agency. After 7 years of Island life, and working for his family’s Employment Agency, Arlyn and his wife moved to North Carolina to pursue new career paths. Arlyn began working for a family friend building a NASCAR race team. After one year with this new start up team Arlyn was promoted to Director of Competition. Along the way in building this new race team, Arlyn began sourcing his entry level technicians from the NASCAR Technical Institute. Arlyn is one to never sit still, and after few more years in racing, Arlyn went to work for the NASCAR Technical Institute in 2003 and was promoted to Director of Employment Services in 2004 where is still currently employed.

Robert Garcia, Vice President of New Business Development, Supply Management, focuses on providing competitive advantage through strengthened supplier relationships, reduced cost, and improved supplier accountability throughout NationaLease supply chain programs. Rob brings an accomplished background in product line management with market analysis expertise. Rob’s professional experience includes several years spent as Division Director of Purchasing with Masterpiece Homes in Orlando, Florida, where he was responsible for all purchasing, supplier negotiations, and supply management activities. Rob also served 9 years as Senior Operations Manager for Ryder Transportation Services where he was responsible for managing vehicle operation centers, marketing, and financial activities. Rob earned a BA and MBA - Finance, from the University of Miami.

Scott Marzec, Member Programs Manager for NationaLease, is responsible for managing the multiple product and service programs available to our members. Scott has previous experience in the transportation industry, including customer management, fleet management, and sales for STI Services. He also managed the daily operations for fleet marketing company Innovation Group, and was the lead sales rep responsible for the growth of the company’s repair network.

Andy grew up in Emerson, N.J., the son of Greek immigrant parents, where he spent his youth involved in sports. In high school, he was an All-American in track and field. He earned a college football scholarship to Stanford University where he started all 4-years. He received his undergraduate degree in economics and master’s in sociology. Soon after graduation, Andy discovered NASCAR. He has worked with pit crews since 1992 at Hendrick Motorsports, as Director of Human Performance. Hendrick Motorsports is NASCAR’s modern-day dynasty, fielding teams for NASCAR greats, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. as well as current drivers, Alex Bowman, William Byron and Chase Elliot. He has the distinction of being NASCAR’s first ever, “pit crew coach.” From 2006 to 2012, he was elected as Executive Director of the North Carolina Motorsports Association, which represents North Carolina’s six-billion-dollar motorsports industry. He currently sits on the Board of Directors. Andy speaks and conducts teambuilding events which teach the athletic mindset, what he calls, “over the wall thinking.”

Joe Puff is the Vice President of Truck Technology and Maintenance for NationaLease. He has more than 35 years of experience in complex sales and fleet operations, including extensive experience in commercial vehicle maintenance. Joe is responsible for advising NationaLease members and the National Account team of new truck technology, industry trends, and maintenance best practices.

Since 2003, Harvey has partnered in coaching relationships with thousands of individuals and business clients who want to achieve greater success. By following a proven methodology and incorporating his own business expertise, Harvey’s clients benefit professionally and personally from his certifications in leadership and career development, and behavioral communication tools, such as the DISC and Values assessments. Harvey’s skillful coaching combined with the powerful insights gained from these tools, enable his clients to increase their self-awareness, leverage their strengths, create more positive relationships, and experience a greater sense of well-being and control over their career experiences.

Harvey demonstrates his passion for sharing knowledge by training and certifying other coaches and business leaders on the use and interpretation of the communication tools. Additionally, Harvey hosts a forum for coaches and executives to discuss trending business books and relevant topics.

Dean was named President of NationaLease in 2012 and has been with the company since 2005. At that time, he was part of the National Account team in the Midwest, where he helped grow the National Account Program to more than $447 million in term sales. In 2008, he became Vice President of Member Services, executing a strategy that provided a sustainable competitive advantage to NationaLease Members and growing the membership base. In 2010, Dean became Vice President of National Accounts, leading that team, in 2011, to a record-breaking year in sales.