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June 8-10, 2025 Austin, TX

Meet the Speakers

We have some incredible speakers lined up for the 2025 TMSA ELEVATE Conference and more to come!

Emcee

Charlie Saffro
CEO and Founder, CS Recruiting

Keynote

Kate DiLeo
CEO + Brand Architect

Panelist

Tami Richter
VP of Event Operations, SXSW

Panelist

Jann Baskett
Former Co-President and Chief Brand Officer, SXSW

Panelist

Barbara Glaser Fryer
Client Relationship Director, Freeman

Panelist

Dean Croke
Principal Analyst, DAT Solutions

Panelist

Lee Klaskow
Senior Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence

Panelist

Emily Clayton
Senior Economic Analyst, American Trucking Associations

Speaker

Robert Bain
Strongest Man in Logistics

Speaker

Beth Potratz
Co-Founder, Drive My Way and Spark Change Lab

Speaker

Leigh Sauter
Co-Founder, Spark Change Lab,  and Founder, Glass Ball Consulting 

SPEAKER

Clara Flaherty
Co-Founder & Head of Growth, CarrierSource

Speaker

Madison Mobley
Strategic Partnerships -Let's Talk Supply Chain 

Speaker

Cassandra Gaines 
Founder & CEO - Carrier Assure 

Speaker

Andrew Smith 

SVP - Circle Logistics, Inc.  

SPEAKER

Michelle LeBlanc

Founder - Drop & Hook

Speaker

James Brewer
Co-Founder - Import Yeti

Panelist

Michael Lin 
Sr. Director of Supply Chain - The Musco Family Olive Company

Moderator

Mike Mikulik

VP of Sales and Marketing - SPI Logistics  

Jennifer Karpus-Romain

SPEAKER

Jennifer Karpus-Romain

Executive Director - TMSA

Speaker

Jillian Montrello
VP of Sales, VideoRequest

Moderator

Blythe (Brumleve) Milligan 
Founder of Digital Dispatch and CargoRex | Host of Everything is Logistics

Speaker

Dan Hawvermale

SVP of Global Revenue, Faye

SPEAKER

David Pascale

Senior Director of Data & AI, Faye

Moderator

Mia Mazal

Co-Founder, Talento

Panelist

Taylor Vandersteenhoven

Enterprise Sales Manager, Revenova

Panelist

Russell Thorp

VP of Sales and Logistics, TA Dedicated

Panelist

Kevin Coomes

EVP of Sales, Chain

Panelist

Brandon Taylor

Vice President of Sales USA at K L BREEDON & SONS

Panelist

Anthony Pagnotto

Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Mohawk Global

Panelist

Rob Light

CEO & Co-founder at CarrierSource

Moderator

Holly LaBoda

Partner and Co-Founder of Luminaries Consulting

Speaker

Kristy Knichel

CEO/President, Knichel Logistics

Panelist

Bill Herring

Director of Corporate Transportation Sourcing at The Quikrete Companies

Panelist

Mark Palazzolo

Manager of Transportation & Freight Services, The Family of Companies

MODERATOR

Gary Cornelius

VP of Business Development at TCW


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