Tim Thorne, president of ArcBest (CCJ Top 250, No. 17) less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight, will retire effective June 30, 2021, after a 31-year career with the company, ArcBest announced Monday.
Seth Runser, ABF vice president of linehaul operations, will be promoted to the new role of ABF chief operating officer, effective Feb. 1, 2021, and will become ABF president on July 1, 2021.
Thorne has been president of the company since October 2014. He joined ABF in 1990 as a supervisor assistant after serving as a captain in the U.S. Army. Prior to becoming president, Thorne held increasing roles of responsibility — as a service center manager in Alabama, Tennessee and Pennsylvania, as a regional vice president – operations in Utah and as vice president – linehaul operations.
