Harold Sumerford Jr., CEO of Birmingham, Alabama-based J&M Tank Lines, was elected the 77th Chairman of American Trucking Associations’ Board of Directors. He succeeds Sherri Garner Brumbaugh, president and CEO of Garner Trucking.
Sumerford has been deeply involved in the trucking industry, and is a past chairman of ATA Federation members the Georgia Motor Truck Association and the National Tank Truck Carriers. In addition, he and J&M have been longtime members and supporters of the American Transportation Research Institute and the Truckload Carriers Association, in addition to GMTA and NTTC.Under Sumerford’s leadership, J&M Tank Lines has won numerous state and national safety awards and an ATA Mike Russell Trucking Image Award for the company’s work during the pandemic.
