To the membership of the ECA:

It has been two weeks since we received the tragic news of the loss of our President, Carrie Ehlers. During this difficult period, your Board of Directors and staff have continued to manage the association's business and have moved forward with our 2008-2009 objectives.

It is important to keep that momentum going. To that end, a special meeting of the Board of Directors was called on Wednesday, August 6th to address the organization's succession plan. During the meeting, the Board of Directors unanimously approved the plan as outlined in the association's by-laws. First Vice President, Stuart Hyden, who had been serving as Interim President, assumed the President's position and will serve out Carrie's unfulfilled term. Lance Adams, Second Vice President, assumed the position of First Vice President. The Board plans to fill the position of Second Vice President from within the existing Board, and will move quickly to fill the open Board position created by Carrie's passing.

Following the vote, Stuart addressed the board; "I want to thank each of you for your support as I assume the balance of Carrie's term. I understand it will be difficult for us to move forward without Carrie, both as a Board and as a friend. Despite our loss, I do know the one thing Carrie would not want us to do is to flounder and not stay united in our resolve to move our organization forward to new heights and new prosperity."

We will keep the membership updated on any changes and will advise once we fill the open board position.

Yours in ECA,



Peter E. Doherty, CAE
Executive Director

Express Carriers Association
12100 Sunset Hills Rd., Suite 130
Reston, VA 20190
(703) 234-4137
pdoherty@drohanmgmt.com
http://www.expresscarriers.org/