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Bill Graves is President and CEO of American Trucking Associations, the national trade and safety organization of the United States trucking industry. Through its 50 affiliated state trucking associations, conferences and other organizations, ATA represents motor carriers before all branches of the government. Under his leadership, the ATA is advancing several safety initiatives. ATA has proposed requiring that all new heavy trucks be equipped with speed limiters and supports a government proposal to test the use of onboard recorders.
In the public policy arena, he is leading a coalition that opposes the rush by state governments to lease public highways to investors who would operate them and levy and collect tolls.
In January 2003, Graves completed 22 years of public service in the state of Kansas highlighted by two terms as Governor of Kansas. He was reelected to his second term with the largest percentage of votes in Kansas history.
Under his administration, Kansas taxpayers saw the largest tax cut in state history, and many state services were streamlined. In 1999 he signed an historic 10-year, $13-billion comprehensive transportation program into law, improving highways, railroad infrastructure, airports and public transit service in Kansas
As Commander-in-Chief on the Kansas National Guard, Gov. Graves oversaw the deployment of Kansas troops to Bosnia, Turkey and the Persian Gulf, among other areas. Prior to his election as governor, he served two terms as Kansas Secretary of State
Gov. Graves has been involved in the trucking industry his entire life. For almost 70 years, members of his family have operated trucking companies offering a diversity of services
Among the outstanding combination of attributes Bill Graves brings to his role as President and CEO of ATA are his ability to create public policy, his administrative experience and political skills and a life-long knowledge of the motor-carrier industry
In addition to his duties at ATA, Gov. Graves serves on the board of the International Speedway Corporation, the leading promoter of motor sport racing in America.
Gov. Graves earned a degree in Business Administration from Kansas Wesleyan University in his hometown of Salina, Kansas and attended graduate school at the University of Kansas. Gov. Graves and his wife Linda are the proud parents of their 14-year-old daughter, Katie. |
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