Stephanie R. Williams
Vice President,
Stephanie Williams is the
Vice President of the California Trucking Association. She has been at CTA since 1990, working first
as the staff statistician, then as the Manager of Research & Environmental
Policy, then Director of Environmental Affairs, next Vice President of
Environmental Affairs.
Within
CTA, Ms. Williams is responsible for managing the legislative, political and
regulatory affairs as well as all grassroots activities. Specifically, she identifies and responds to
hostile legislative and regulatory proposals as well as working to develop
local trucking relationships with elected officials. She develops and advocates for legislative
and regulatory proposals that have been adopted by the CTA Board of Directors,
which is made up of 108 companies.
As Executive Director of the
Transportation Research Education Development Foundation (TRED) which is
dedicated to procuring grants and raising money to fund university research
grants for trucking issues, she has participated in many environmentally
oriented trucking studies.
CTA positions are developed by the
democratic vote of members selected annually to serve on internal committees
and conferences. Ms. Williams staffs the
Waste Hauler Conference, Petroleum Tank Truck Carriers Conference, the
Environmental Policy Committee and both Political Action Committees.
Ms.
Williams is responsible for interface with the Cal-EPA Cabinet and its related
boards and departments. She serves as CTA’s communications strategist and media spokesperson in
this area. She prepares written comments and oral testimonies before federal,
state, and local government agencies. Stephanie organizes member companies and
assists in writing volunteer member testimonies, along with preparing members
to address regulatory and legislative bodies.
Stephanie's formal education
includes a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a focus on Decision
Sciences and Information Systems from