People: Heartland Express Inc (HTLD.O)
HTLD.O on Nasdaq
14.35USD
17 May 2013
14.35USD
17 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Michael Gerdin |
43 | 2011 | Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer |
John Cosaert |
65 | 2011 | Executive Vice President - Finance, Treasurer |
Richard Meehan |
67 | 1996 | Executive Vice President - Marketing and Operations |
Dennis Wilkinson |
64 | 2011 | Vice President - Operations |
Thomas Hill |
59 | 2006 | Vice President, Controller, Secretary |
Benjamin Allen |
66 | 1995 | Independent Director |
Lawrence Crouse |
72 | 1999 | Independent Director |
Tahira Hira |
69 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Richard Jacobson |
76 | 1994 | Independent Director |
James Pratt |
64 | 2006 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Michael Gerdin |
Mr. Michael J. Gerdin is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Heartland Express Inc., since September 2, 2011. He has served as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, and President of the Company since September 2011, President since 2006, and as a director since 1996. Mr. Gerdin served as the Company's Vice President of Regional Operations from 2001 until 2006. He previously served as President of A & M Express, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, from 1998 through 2000. From 1983 until 1998, Mr. Gerdin held a variety of positions within the Company, including positions in the operations, sales, safety, maintenance and driver recruiting departments. In addition, Mr. Gerdin also serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Steering Committee of the Iowa Motor Truck Association, an educational and advocacy group for the trucking industry, and serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the American Trucking Associations, a national advocacy group and trade association for the trucking industry. |
John Cosaert |
Mr. John Phillip Cosaert is Executive Vice President - Finance, Treasurer of Heartland Express Inc. He has served as the Company's Executive Vice President of Finance since April 1996. From 1986 to April 1996 he served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of the Company. |
Richard Meehan |
Mr. Richard L. Meehan is Executive Vice President - Marketing and Operations of Heartland Express Inc., since April 1996. From 1986 to 1996 he served as Vice President of Marketing of the Company. |
Dennis Wilkinson |
Mr. Dennis J. Wilkinson is Vice President - Operations of Heartland Express Inc. Prior to joining the Company in 1990, Mr. Wilkinson has 23 years of experience with multiple companies in the transportation industry. |
Thomas Hill |
Mr. Thomas E. Hill is Vice President, Controller, Secretary of Heartland Express Inc. He served as the Company's Vice President and Controller since 1996 and as the Company's Secretary since 2006. Mr. Hill has served in the Company's accounting department since 1983. |
Benjamin Allen |
Dr. Benjamin J. Allen is Independent Director of Heartland Express Inc., since 1995. Dr. Allen is currently the President of the University of Northern Iowa (a public university), a position he assumed in 2006. Dr. Allen was the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, also a public university, from 2002 through 2006. He also served as a Distinguished Professor in Business at Iowa State University, a position to which he was originally appointed in 1988. In addition, Dr. Allen served as Dean of the College of Business at Iowa State University from 1994 to 2001 and as the Interim Vice President for External Affairs of Iowa State University in 2001 and 2002. Dr. Allen was a Brookings Economics Fellow in the Office of Transportation Regulatory Policy of the United States Department of Transportation, the government agency responsible for regulating transportation, including trucking, throughout the United States, from 1976 to 1977. Dr. Allen served as Chair of the Committee for the Study of Freight Capacity for the Next Century for the National Academy of Sciences, a committee organized to evaluate the future impact of the freight transportation industry on the economy, in 2001 and 2002. |
Lawrence Crouse |
Mr. Lawrence D. Crouse is Independent Director of Heartland Express Inc., since 1999. Mr. Crouse is a member of the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating Committees. He served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee until 2006. Mr. Crouse is a business consultant and the President of Oak Creek Ranch, LLC, a real estate holding company with operations in several states. Mr. Crouse served as Chairman and CEO of Crouse Cartage Company, a regional, less-than-truckload carrier based in Carroll, Iowa, from 1987 to 1996 and as its Vice Chairman from 1997 to 1998. Crouse Cartage was a subsidiary of Transfinancial Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded financial services company. Mr. Crouse served as Vice President and a director of Transfinancial Holdings, Inc. from 1991 until 1998. He is the voting trustee of shares held by Gerdin Family Investments, a Gerdin family owned partnership, trustee of three trusts for the benefit of children of Ann Gerdin and the late Russell Gerdin, and co-trustee of twelve trusts for the benefit of the Gerdins' grandchildren. |
Tahira Hira |
Dr. Tahira K. Hira is Independent Director of Heartland Express, Inc., since October 27, 2011. Dr. Hira is currently Senior Policy Advisor to the President at Iowa State University and a Professor of Personal Finance and Consumer Economics. Dr. Hira was the Executive Assistant to the President of Iowa State University from 2002 through 2012. Dr. Hira is internationally known as the field of Personal Finance and Consumer Economics. Dr. Hira has served as the Associate Vice Provost for the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach program, and has taught and conducted research in family financial management, investing, consumer credit, gambling and consumer bankruptcy in the United States and abroad. Dr. Hira received B.A. and M.A. degrees in Economics from Punjab University, Pakistan, and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics in 1973, and a Ph.D. in 1976 in Family and Consumer Economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia. |
Richard Jacobson |
Mr. Richard O. Jacobson is Independent Director of Heartland Express Inc., since 1994. Mr. Jacobson served as Chairman from 1998 to June 2007, and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1968 to 1998, of Jacobson Warehouse Company, Inc., a warehouse and storage company, and Jacobson Transportation Company, Inc., a trucking and transportation company, in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Jacobson previously served as a director for Atrion Corporation, a supplier of medical devices and components, and FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust. |
James Pratt |
Mr. James G. Pratt is Independent Director of Heartland Express Inc., since June 2006. Mr. Pratt retired in 2012 after thirty years of employment with Hills Bank and Trust Company, a bank providing consumer and commercial services, with several branches in Iowa, and Hills Bancorporation, the holding company for Hills Bank and Trust Company. Mr. Pratt served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hills Bank and Trust Company in Hills, Iowa, positions he held since 1986. In addition, he served as the Treasurer of Hills Bancorporation, an SEC reporting one-bank holding company with over $2 billion in assets, since 1983, and Secretary of Hills Bancorporation since 2004. Mr. Pratt is an inactive holder of the certified public accountant. Before joining Hills Bank and Trust Company in 1982 he was employed by Ernst & Ernst, now Ernst & Young (a professional services Company), and McGladrey & Pullen, now McGladrey LLP (an accounting and consulting firm). |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Michael Gerdin |
346,207 |
John Cosaert |
312,500 |
Richard Meehan |
312,500 |
Dennis Wilkinson |
162,600 |
Thomas Hill |
182,500 |
Benjamin Allen |
-- |
Lawrence Crouse |
-- |
Tahira Hira |
-- |
Richard Jacobson |
-- |
James Pratt |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Michael Gerdin |
0 | 0 |
John Cosaert |
0 | 0 |
Richard Meehan |
0 | 0 |
Dennis Wilkinson |
0 | 0 |
Thomas Hill |
0 | 0 |
Benjamin Allen |
0 | 0 |
Lawrence Crouse |
0 | 0 |
Tahira Hira |
0 | 0 |
Richard Jacobson |
0 | 0 |
James Pratt |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
4,000 | $0.00 |
CROUSE LAWRENCE DONALD |
17,806 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
694,444 | $0.00 |
WILKINSON DENNIS J |
700 | $0.00 |
CROUSE LAWRENCE DONALD |
78,460 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
78,460 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
699,966 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
1,920,000 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
741,056 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
779,473 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
2,000,000 | $0.00 |
CROUSE LAWRENCE DONALD |
5,806 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
5,806 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
2,404,660 | $0.00 |
COSAERT JOHN PHILLIP |
5,000 | $13.86 |
WILKINSON DENNIS J |
2,000 | $13.86 |
HILL THOMAS EUGENE |
3,000 | $13.86 |
MEEHAN RICHARD L |
5,000 | $13.86 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
1,600,000 | $0.00 |
WILKINSON DENNIS J |
1,000 | $14.50 |
CROUSE LAWRENCE DONALD |
8,400 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
2,520 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
859,425 | $0.00 |
GERDIN MICHAEL J |
877,477 | $0.00 |
CROUSE LAWRENCE DONALD |
133,000 | $13.70 |
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