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J.B. Hunt Announces Shelley Simpson as President
Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President of People Stepping into New Role LOWELL, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., one
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President of People Stepping into New Role\n\n LOWELL, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nJ.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced today the appointment of Shelley Simpson as president of the company.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220720005775/en/(Credit: Sarah Oden Photography)\nThe Board of Directors elected Shelley Simpson, 50, as company president effective August 1, 2022. Over Simpson’s 28-year career at J.B. Hunt, she has served 15 years in executive leadership roles, most recently as chief commercial officer and executive vice president of people and human resources, in addition to leading International Services and Corporate Marketing.\n\nJohn N. Roberts, III, will remain chief executive officer and a member of the J.B. Hunt Board of Directors, a new management structure for the company.\n\n“Over her tenure at J.B. Hunt, Shelley has worn multiple hats across our business, bringing a data-driven, experienced-based approach to every area she has led,” said Roberts. “If you look at the most disruptive areas of our company, from new technologies to global commercialization to investments in our people, Shelley’s innovative leadership has always guided us toward positive results.”\n\nSimpson will take charge of oversight of all management duties and performance for all company business units, emerging technology, developing services and People and Human Resources.\n\nIn 2007, Simpson was named president of Integrated Capacity Solutions (ICS), a business unit she helped to create. She assumed sales and marketing executive responsibilities in 2011 as chief marketing officer. She took on additional leadership in 2014 as president of J.B. Hunt’s Truckload business segment. Simpson was named chief commercial officer and president of Highway Services in 2017 and led the strategic direction and launch of J.B. Hunt 360°®. In 2020, Simpson added responsibilities for people and human resources.\n\nSimpson’s career at J.B. Hunt reflects the company’s progression as an innovative leader in the transportation and logistics industry, a tradition that started with company founders Johnnie Bryan and Johnelle Hunt in 1961. Since 2017, the company has near...