What Will ATA’s New Leader Bring to Trucking's Table?

Incoming President and CEO Mark Colson’s record in Alabama offers clues about his priorities and approach following Chris Spear’s abrupt departure as the head of the American Trucking Associations.

The American Trucking Associations has picked a state trucking association leader as its next president and CEO, naming Mark Colson to take over on December 1.

Colson has led the Alabama Trucking Association since 2019. He succeeds Chris Spear, whose abrupt departure on August 21 left the national association searching for a new leader.

The appointment puts someone who has spent the past seven years working directly with trucking businesses at the head of the industry’s largest national trade association.

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