J.B. Hunt Announces Shelley Simpson as Chief Executive Officer, President
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J.B. Hunt Announces Shelley Simpson as Chief Executive Officer, President (Photo: Business Wire)
The company also announced that Kirk Thompson, current executive chairman of the Board, along with Wayne Garrison, will both retire from the company’s Board of Directors and will take newly formed Board advisory roles as Honorary Founding Directors. - John N. Roberts, III, outgoing chief executive officer, will assume the role of executive chairman of the Board upon Kirk Thompson’s retirement from the Board.
- She was named chief commercial officer and president of Highway Services in 2017 and led the strategic direction and launch of the J.B. Hunt 360°® platform.
- Thompson joined the company in 1973 and served as president and chief executive officer from 1987 through 2010.