KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Women can excel in the trucking industry — and any workplace — by accepting risk and embracing confident language, according to Valerie Alexander, CEO of Goalkeeper Media.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Daphne Jefferson, former deputy administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, won the Influential Woman In Trucking award at the Women In Trucking Association’s annual conference Nov. 7.

ATLANTA — Trucking companies can do their part to redress the shortage of female workers by emphasizing the importance of the industry as a whole, according to Ellen Voie, president of the Women In Trucking Association.