{"id":279210,"date":"2026-05-21T08:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/279210\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:40:09","slug":"personnel-note-scott-perry-takes-the-wheel-at-florida-trucking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/279210\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel note: Scott Perry takes the wheel at Florida Trucking"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Together we will continue to make Florida\u2019s transportation environment one of the best in the country.’<\/p>\n

The Florida Trucking Association<\/a> has named Scott Perry as its next President and CEO, effective June 1.<\/p>\n

Perry brings more than three decades of experience in logistics and transportation. He spent more than 26 years with Ryder System, rising to Chief Technology and Procurement Officer, and later served as President of Specialized Logistics for The Suddath Companies. Most recently, he worked as Vice President of Regional Operations and Brokerage at Proficient Auto Logistics.<\/p>\n

He holds degrees from Jacksonville State University, the University of Tennessee and Harvard University.<\/p>\n

Perry is also no stranger to the Florida Trucking Association. He previously served on the group\u2019s Board of Directors and Executive Committee and was Chair in 2021, where he focused on industry safety, technology and workforce recruitment efforts.<\/p>\n

In addition to his transportation background, Perry has been active in anti-human trafficking initiatives, serving for a decade as Chair of the Board for Truckers Against Trafficking.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am honored to have this opportunity to join the FTA team and to partner with our fantastic carrier and supplier members, our state agencies, and elected officials,\u201d Perry said. \u201cTogether we will continue to make Florida\u2019s transportation environment one of the best in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

FTA Board Chair James Sadler of Publix Super Markets said Perry\u2019s \u201cbreadth of experience across operations, technology, and advocacy paired with his deep ties to FTA and the Florida transportation community, make him the right person to lead the organization into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Florida Trucking Association represents trucking and logistics companies across the state and advocates on issues affecting the transportation industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Together we will continue to make Florida\u2019s transportation environment one of the best in the country.’ The Florida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,119179,119180,119181,4870,119069],"class_list":["post-279210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-florida-trucking","tag-florida-trucking-association","tag-james-sadler","tag-personnel-note","tag-scott-perry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}