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to executive vice president from vice president of business development. James Hornsby, most recently financial consultant at Pacer International, has joined Tiger Cool Express LLC as chief financial officer. Don Ake, most recently pricing and marketing analyst at Terry's Tire Town Inc., has joined FTR Associates as vice president of commercial vehicles. Thomas Ward, most recently chief engineer at Ports America, has joined the San Francisco office of Parsons Brinckerhoff as a senior maritime planner. Also, Richard Tomer, most recently chief of the regulatory branch for the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has joined Parsons Brinckerhoff as a regulatory and permitting specialist. At the Port of Tacoma, Dakota Chamberlain has been promoted to chief facilities development officer from engineering director, and Thais Howard has been elevated to engineering director from senior project manager. Murphie Barrett has been named staff director of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Highways and Transit Subcommittee, which she had previously served in the capacity of professional staff member. Lori Ann Farrell, formerly chief financial officer of the City of Long Beach, has been appointed to a sixyear term on the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners. Ian Jefferies, most recently a senior transportation policy adviser to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Sen. John "Jay" Rockefeller, has joined the Association of American Railroads as senior vice president for government affairs. Bill Targets Worker Misclassification Steve W. DeHaan, formerly chief executive officer of the National Home Furnishings Association, has joined the International Warehouse Logistics Association as president and chief executive officer, succeeding the retiring Joel Anderson. Nancy Soderberg, president and chief executive officer of Soderberg Solutions, has been appointed to a four-year term on the board of directors of the Jacksonville Port Authority. FEDERAL UPDATE - from page 2 A measure being considered by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee seeks to prevent fraudulent misclassification in the hiring of independent contractors, including truck owner-operators. S. 1687, the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2013, was quietly introduced Nov. 12 by Sen. Robert "Bob" Casey Jr., D-Pa., who chairs the committee's Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety. "Companies should not be able to cheat their employees out of fair compensation by deliberately misclassifying them," Sen. Casey said. "This unscrupulous practice Federal Update - continued on page 13 January 2014 | Intermodal Insights 11

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