MPSC Appoints 2008 Motor Carrier Advisory Board Members

Contact: Judy Palnau (517) 241-3323

December 18, 2007

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today announced its appointments to the Motor Carrier Board for 2008.  The advisory board consists of members representing the transportation industry and the shipping public in addition to ex-officio members of the Michigan departments of State Police, Transportation, Treasury, and Secretary of State, and the U.S. Department of Transportation.  The appointees follow:

NEW APPOINTMENT

Michael Haller, PVS Transportation, Detroit

REAPPOINTMENTS

Don Beerens, Waste Management, Lansing

Donald Messing, J. W. Hunt, Fenton

Douglas G. Ostrowski, Evans Distribution Systems, Melvindale

George Thompson, Transportation Services, Inc., Romulus

Mickey Blashfield, Central Transport International, Inc., Warren

Carl Brune, The McKinley Group, Carson City

Al Demeester, Eagle Express, Ludington

Robert Esler, Independent Drivers Association, Taylor

Johnna Goodwin/Don Lahring, Changing Places Moving, Waterford

Gregory Gorno/Karen Gorno, Gorno Transportation Services, Inc., Brownstown

William Kotynski, Ryder Transportation Service, Ann Arbor

Glen Merkel, Davis Cartage Company, Corunna

David Nicklesen, Combined Van Lines, Lansing

Members of the Motor Carrier Advisory Board are appointed for a one-year term.

The Motor Carrier Advisory Board facilitates a continuing dialogue among the trucking industry, consumers, other interest groups, and state government on issues, problems and solutions important to Michigan freight transportation.

The MPSC is an agency within the Department of Labor & Economic Growth.