Trucking
10 trucking fleet safety program experts
These ten professionals have led safety work at trucking and transportation companies as safety directors and safety executives. A reader can learn how fleet safety leaders run safety and compliance programs for truck fleets.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chad Hall
LinkedInExperience: VP of Safety & Risk · Grammer Logistics
Director of Safety at KLB Services since May 2026, and former Head of Safety at aifleet (2024–2025), VP of Safety & Risk at Grammer Logistics (2022–2024) and Director of Safety and Risk Management at CKJ Transport (2019–2022). The profile describes an ability to build and sustain a safety culture by significantly reducing CSA scores and increasing safety awareness.
Cody Dampier,CDS
LinkedInExperience: Director of Safety and Compliance · OnLine Transport
Director of Safety & Claims at VASCOR Transport Ltd since January 2026, and former Director of Safety and Compliance (2023–2026), Safety Manager (2022–2023) and Driver Trainer (2018–2022) at OnLine Transport. The profile describes leading a team of safety professionals and developing and implementing safety policies and procedures.
Dale Kellen
LinkedInExperience: Safety Director · Midwest Transport Specialists
Safety Director at Midwest Transport Specialists since September 2020, and former Director of Recruiting & Safety at MGI Transport, Inc. (2018–2020) and Director of Field Safety at Suntecktts/Progressive Transportation, LLC (2016–2018). The profile describes establishing and directing execution of all safety policies while maintaining strict compliance with organizational and DOT standards.
Dan C. Kepple, CDS
LinkedInExperience: Director of Safety · Universal Truckload, Inc.
Former Director of Safety at Universal Truckload, Inc. (2012–2019) and Director of Safety at Expedited Freight Systems, Inc. (2007–2012), and Senior Manager Risk Management at USAL since September 2019. The profile cites five Full DOT Compliance Audits in four states (IN, WI, MI and TX), each found SATISFACTORY and without critical violations, penalties or fines.
Dan Lopez
LinkedInExperience: Director of Safety · Mountain Valley Express
Former Director of Safety at Mountain Valley Express (2024–2025), where the profile describes building the company's safety infrastructure from the ground up, overseeing 14 terminals across California, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, and conducting monthly field audits and weekly ride-alongs. It also lists Director of Driver and Fleet Safety at Holliday Rock Co., Inc. (2024) and Regional Safety Manager at Hub Group Trucking (2018–2024).
Dana Spencer - CDS
LinkedInExperience: Director of Safety and Compliance · CRST The Transportation Solution, Inc.
Director of Safety and Compliance at CRST The Transportation Solution, Inc. since April 2018, and also listed as Divisional Safety Manager at Gardner Trucking since April 2013. The profile describes over 10 years of developing, implementing and managing health and safety policies and procedures, and a track record of ensuring compliance.
Greg Quick
LinkedInExperience: Director of Safety · James R. Smith Trucking Co., Inc.
Director of Safety at James R. Smith Trucking Co., Inc. since April 2022, and also listed as Director of safety at Ross Neely Systems since June 2015. The profile describes restructuring and directing an effective safety program for a 65-power-unit motor carrier, with responsibilities including managing driver training, drug and alcohol testing and accident investigation.
Lance Evans, CPM, S.T.A.R
LinkedInExperience: Director of Safety · K&B Transportation
Director of Safety at K&B Transportation since April 2019, a position whose overall function the profile describes as assuring strict compliance. The profile also lists Senior Safety & Loss Control Representative at Great West Casualty Company (2016–2019) and Major of Special Operations (retired) with the State of Iowa - Executive Branch (1994–2016).
Lorri Samonie, CDS
LinkedInExperience: Director of Safety, Risk & Compliance · Tantara Transportation Group, Inc.
Director of Safety, Risk & Compliance at Tantara Transportation Group, Inc. since August 2017. The profile describes serving as Director of Safety for a fleet of 100+ OTR trucks as well as 5 locations across the United States, and managing all risk and claims for the company.
Robert Sobiech
LinkedInExperience: Safety Director · BCB Transport, LLC
Safety Director at BCB Transport, LLC since April 2016, where the profile says the person kept the motor carrier fleet in compliance. It also lists Safety Director at CRST International since January 2025 and Safety Manager at CRST The Transportation Solution, Inc. since September 2025.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's fleet size and operation type to yours, since a small regional carrier and a large over-the-road fleet face different staffing and compliance challenges. Also consider whether your main need is passing audits and compliance or reducing crashes and claims, and pick someone whose experience centered on that.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you structure driver training and coaching to reduce crashes and violations?
- 02How did you prepare for a DOT compliance audit, and what did you change afterward?
- 03Which safety measures, such as CSA scores or claims data, did you track most closely, and why?
Reaching trucking fleet safety program experts
How can I contact one of these trucking fleet safety program experts?
Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 10 companies, including Grammer Logistics, OnLine Transport and Midwest Transport Specialists, based on profile data retrieved on October 3, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
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About this directory
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