Registration

Welcoming Remarks
Jane Clark, Vice President of Member Services, NationaLease

President’s Address
Dean Vicha will discuss the current and future plans and goals for NationaLease, and how changing conditions may impact not just our members, but their customers as well.
Dean Vicha, President, NationaLease

Resilient Leadership in the Age of COVID-19: Plan, Prepare, Execute, and Adapt Your Plan
As a frequent go-to resource for major news networks on Coronavirus pandemic relief, Lt. Gen. Honoré offers unique insights on both the leadership and resilience qualities necessary to survive. With decades of decorated military leadership—including managing New Orleans' relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina—and as the author of three books on disaster survival, the general highlights critical strategies of resiliency designed to help organizations and individuals prepare, react and rebound successfully.
Lt. General Russel L. Honoré, Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, Leadership Expert, Safety & Global Preparedness Authority

Spouse Event
Meet in the hotel lobby at 2:45 pm to join us for a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. See their extensive collection of more than eight hundred stage costumes, over six hundred instruments, and hundreds of other objects—from microphones to automobiles—documenting the history of country music and enjoy an afternoon spending time together.

Break

Data Loss Prevention: How to Protect You and Your Company from Vultures of the Dark Web
Data breaches, malware, phishing, botnets, ransomware attacks, skimming and criminal infrastructure targeting financial institutions, e-commerce, insurance industry and oil & gas companies in the United States of America has reached an all-time high. The majority of these cybercrime fraud incidents are victimizing not only merchants, but their actual customers. Highly skilled hackers and professional malware writers from mostly Eastern Europe are the main perpetrators of these transnational electronic crimes. In this session, cybersecurity expert, Robert Villanueva will share best practices to protect you from cyber security attacks.
Robert Villanueva, Executive Vice President, Q6 Cyber

Economic Update
Where is the U.S. economy and transport marketplace headed? How can you best position yourself to take advantage of the trends? Donald Broughton joins us to share his insights into the trends in transportation, as well as the industries that affect it, and what to expect for business in the last two quarters of 2021 and beyond.
Donald Broughton, Managing Partner - Principal, Broughton Capital LLC

Tradeshow and Reception
Network with insightful and influential industry leaders, while gaining direct access to the top industry suppliers for the products and services that can help build your business.

Breakfast

NationaLease Board Update
Dean Vicha, President, NationaLease

The Future of Truck and Transportation Technology: New Faces/New Names
Nikola, Alkane, Aurora, Tesla...five years ago most of us had never heard of these names, especially as truck manufacturers. We are seeing new entrants into the heavy-duty truck electrification industry on what seems like a daily basis. Ken Davis will give an update on the electric vehicle study and his plans to provide an electric vehicle playbook to assist members in making decisions about entering the electric vehicle leasing market.
Ken Davis, Founder, Greentree Advisors LLC

Taxes Driving Change and Impacting Your World Now and into the Future
In this session we will provide an update on tax considerations in the current environment, and explore proposed tax legislation the American Rescue Plan Act, The American Jobs Plan ( “Made in America” tax plan ) and the American Families Plan, U.S. Treasury’s International tax proposal.   We will take a high level look at how some of these current and proposed tax law changes may impact you and your businesses.  Our hope is that this will provide the attendee with some answers to some of their questions around these newly enacted or proposed changes and will allow them to effectively navigate the changing tax landscape.
John Bennecke, Regional Managing Director, True Partners Consulting

Break

NationaLease Fleetrock Partnership
Join Joe King, Co-founder and President of Fleetrock as he shares details of the exciting new partnership between NationaLease and Fleetrock. He will share our new Fleet Reporting initiative, as well as how we intend to take NationaLease Road Rescue to the next level.
Joe King, Co-founder & President, Fleetrock

Member Services Update
Find out what’s happening at the NationaLease home office. Jane Clark provides an update on new programs and services available through NationaLease, as well as an introduction of new members.
Jane Clark, Vice President of Member Services, NationaLease

Lunch

Commercial Vehicle Demand Demystified
Demand drivers converged, conspiring to make 2021 one of the most challenging years in the North American Commercial Vehicle Market. Steve Tam will examine the factors that contributed to the market performance and share ACT Research’s thoughts on where the market is headed in 2022.
Steve Tam, Vice President, ACT Research

What’s Happening on “the Hill”?
Find out what TRALA is doing to protect our industry and inform us of pending issues to watch. Andrew Stasiowski will give updates regarding TRALA’s efforts to remain strong and be a viable voice on “the Hill.”
Andrew Stasiowski, Vice President of Government Relations at Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA)

Break

Corcentric Update
Doug Clark will share news and changes with Corcentric and give insights into the competitive advantage provided by current technology and areas of procurement, accounts payable, and accounts receivable that will affect NationaLease members.
Doug Clark, Founder & CEO, Corcentric

Supply Management Update – Closed Session
Learn about the latest supply management programs as Rob Garcia  and Sean Storey review performance levels year-to-date on our products and services and provide an update on some of our newest programs available to members.
Rob Garcia, Senior Vice President of Supply Management, NationaLease
Sean Storey, Vice President of Capital Equipment, NationaLease

National Accounts Update – Closed Session
Joe Gallick will provide an update on Q2 National Accounts program success and share projections for what’s in store for National Accounts in Q3.
Joe Gallick, Senior Vice President of Sales, NationaLease

Awards Dinner and Entertainment
Join us for dinner and recognition of the members who have achieved Leadership Circle. Afterward, hear some of your favorite country hits from the artists who wrote them. Song writers Chris Tompkins and J.T. Harding take center stage with live performances of singles such as Jason Aldean’s “Burnin’ It Down,” Luke Bryan’s “Drunk On You,” FGL’s “Get Your Shine On,” Blake Shelton’s “Sure Be Cool If You Did,” Kenny Chesney ‘s Somewhere With You, Darius Rucker “Beers and Sunshine” and Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats”.