Brent Hilton Elected TMC Chairman (2/19/08)

Contact: Spring McMurry

The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American Trucking Associations, recently named Brent Hilton of Maverick Transportation as their new chairman during the Council's 2008 Annual Meeting held February 4-8 in Orlando, FL.

Hilton, a TMC member since 1995, is the Director of Maintenance at Maverick Transportation, where he recently celebrated his 20th anniversary with the Little Rock, AR based carrier. Hilton moves into the TMC general chairman position after a year as vice chairman and chairman of meetings. Hilton has served in several other TMC leadership positions, as a member of the TMC Board of Directors and chairman of the S.7 Trailers, Bodies & Material Handling Study Group. He received the Council's highest honor, the Silver Spark Plug award, in 2006, for his continuous service and value to the council.

TMC, a technical council of the American Trucking Associations, is America's leading professional technical society for fleet equipment managers. Their principle role is to, “develop and issue industry recommended practices based on consensus and to provide maintenance guidelines and specifications.”

Operating over 1,500 units, Maverick Transportation, LLC, a division of Maverick USA, has over 25 years of experience providing flatbed and open-air equipment services to the steel, glass, and building material industries coast-to-coast.