CRST recently announced the appointment of Mike Gannon as the president and CEO of the company. Gannon, who previously served as chief operating officer for CRST has been at CRST over the last 40 years.
“I am honored to lead Team CRST,” said Gannon. “Every decision that we make and every mile that we travel is grounded in our core values of safety, integrity and a commitment to the success of every employee, customer, and community in which we operate.”
Gannon began his career at CRST in 1983. He has held a variety of progressive leadership roles, including president of CRST Malone, president of CRST Expedited, group president of CRST’s Fixed Asset Division.
“The CRST Board is pleased to have Mike take on this role as the culmination of his tenured career with CRST.” John Smith, owner and chairman of the CRST Board.
Gannon holds a bachelor’s degree in transportation logistics from Iowa State University and an MBA from the University of Iowa.
Hugh Ekberg who joined CRST in 2016 and was appointed president and CEO in 2018 recently announced his retirement to CRST’s Board of Directors and plans to pursue outside interests and spend more time with his family.
Based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, CRST has more than 5,400 drivers, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's SAFER website.
Love's donates to schools in 63 cities
Love’s roots can be traced back to 1964 and a single country store in Watonga, Oklahoma. That vision has now grown to nearly 650 travel stops and country stores nationwide.
As a nod to these roots and its 60th anniversary, Love’s is donating $6,000 to schools or school districts in each of the 63 cities it operates country stores. This initiative spans five states and totals $378,000. Local leaders and store team members in Oklahoma, Kansas, Utah, Colorado and Arizona selected the local school/district recipients.
In a statement about the donations, Love's said, "Impacting future generations of youth nationwide through education is a passion of Love’s and the primary pillar of community giving for the company. Its core values of innovative thinking, a strong work ethic and perseverance to pursue all opportunities and pushing boundaries of what is possible are key attributes for tomorrow’s leaders."
“In honor of our 60th anniversary we wanted to show our appreciation to the steadfast loyalty our customers and these communities have shown our country stores,” said Jenny Love Meyer, chief culture officer and executive vice president of Love’s. “Six decades ago, in one of our newspaper advertisements for the first store, my Dad included this short phrase “fuels for the future.” Fast forward to today, and the start of a new school year, and we hope these funds will play a small part in fueling future generations of youth.”
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