REVEALED! The 2021 Queen of the Road Award Notable Nominees
Brita Nowak
I am intrigued by her stories of growing up in East Germany
Imagine living in a communist country and living through history as the wall was torn down.
She was born in East Germany, moved throughout her childhood, and calls East Berlin her home. She reached a point in her life that she sought warmer weather, packed 2 suitcases, and moved to Los Angeles. Almost instantly, she made appearances in TV and movie backgrounds. Shortly after her divorce, her nomadic tendency came calling and she decided to drive a truck. She spent the entire 2 years of her training contract planning her move to become an Owner Operator. The minute her 2 years were up, she applied for her LLC, MC#, Authority. She bought a truck and trailer & away she went. She is currently entering her 20th year of driving.
Her goal as an Owner Operator is to assist other women by training them to be confident, successful, innovative, and passionate!
She is on a driver advisory committee and belongs to an advocacy group. She is always available to assist anyone who has questions about our industry. She is currently looking for a qualified Driver candidate to train.
Linda Arnone
She has been called many things, most recently Driver.
She has carried the title of Mom, Wife, armorer in the National Guard, Caretaker for abused and autistic children,
and most recently added to her resume is the honored title of Lady Truck Driver.
Thirty years ago, she was stranded in the desert with her two-year-old son when a truck driver stopped to help. Ever since then she dreamed of being a driver. In 2011, she brought that dream to fruition.
While she has enjoyed her time over the road, it has not always been an easy journey. She has been the passenger in two roll-over accidents, the last one requiring multiple surgeries, rehab, and on-going medical problems. But she did not let that destroy her dream. Even after doctors told her she was unlikely to be able to drive again, at least not for any length of time, she was determined to climb back in a rig. Almost 2 years from the date of that nearly fatal accident she proved to be more stubborn than her injuries and was finally able to return to driving full time. Talk about determined spirit and loving what you do!
She has overcome homelessness and physical injury and keeps her cheery disposition. Along with the desire to help those less fortunate, she has been involved with charities and foundations such as the SPCA, Autism Speaks, the United Way. Volunteering teaching business fundamentals to underprivileged kids, and anonymously providing Christmas and essentials to families in homeless shelter and through the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree project are also near to her heart.
She has given up her free time with family to help repower loads. She is the first to reach out to check on a friend or volunteer to help answer questions from new drivers. She has even been recognized with consistent excellent service awards.
Her personal motto “not every day is a good day, but there is something good in every day,” is a shining example of her kind heart, positive outlook on life, and her drive to be a good representation to the world of what a truck driver should be. She is a friend, a leader, a helper, an angel, a Queen!
Chelsey Warren
She has mastered what most would not attempt.
She is a young single mother that will not let anyone stop her from achieving her dreams. Now I have not known her
the longest, but she has become like a sister to me. I have watched her grow in the trucking industry and raise her beautiful daughter along the way.
For some raising a child on a truck might be a daunting task, but she has mastered what most would not attempt. She has been driving about 5 years now and she has had her child with her ever since. She is not one to give up and always wants more in the trucking industry. A lot of people have looked down on her, underestimated her, and torn her down just for raising her child in the truck. It is no easy task, but she is used those struggles and wants to empower other female drivers with kids that they can do this too. She has accomplished more in her 5 years of driving then most in their whole career and I am so proud of her.
She is the most selfless person I know that would help anyone in any situation. Especially when it comes to other mothers/single parents on the road.
I have so many stories, however the one that stands out the most was when she left a toxic company that was not giving her the tools she needed to succeed. She made the big decision to leave and follow her dreams of doing flatbed and heavy haul/oversize. Leaving a company is one thing but leaving when you have a child is daunting due to a lot of places not always allowing such a young passenger. However, her new company took her in with loving arms and is letting her spread her wings and grow. I am just so immensely proud of this beautiful young girl, and she deserves the world for all her goals she has crushed!
Lesa Worley
She wears many hats in this industry!
She was from a single parent household raised by her mother. She started pulling Reefer trailers in ’73 and did that
for 20 years. She later hauled dry van for 10 and finished her career with 10 years of flat bedding. She is most known for edging out “Special K” in a qualifying heat at the Atlanta National Speedway bobtail truck race but all that fuss just got in the way of what she really liked doing, driving her truck.
She wears many hats in this industry! A daughter, a sister, a mother, a truck driver, onto an icon, a pioneer, a living Legend!
I had the opportunity to speak with her via phone. Not only did I laugh hysterically, but she also shared the moment how she met with Loretta Lynn, and how she cherished her iconic black cowgirl hat! Her trucking advice at the time, “Keep your boots polished, bathe every day and keep your jeans creased, you do those 3 things, it will keep you out of trouble!”
Christal Ruth
She just keeps on trucking.
She is a woman of great integrity. She had a desire to see the world while also earning a living, inspired by Ms. Diva Trucker Tamara Brock in 2019 she attended a large training fleet to obtain her CDL. She is a mother to 6 children the youngest being 3 months old.
She spent most of her driving career pregnant driving up until the 8th month when it became too difficult to continue driving and doing other tasks such as hooking dollies on the double trailers. As a team driver with her husband, she continually learns every day, rising to meet whatever challenges she faces be it extreme weather conditions or hazardous drivers she keeps her calm and just keeps driving.
Kearsey Rothlander
She is an accomplished writer
After a decade and a half of working for the United States Postal Service, she resigned in order to attend a company
sponsored CDL school in exchange for a one-year commitment as an OTR driver. In the almost 6 years since, she has driven as both company solo and company team and has been a mentor to hundreds of drivers new to the trucking industry.
For the last 4 years she has been a successful team trainer, as well as a member of her company’s driver advisory board. She has earned a degree in Human & Social Services, History & Political Science. Over the years she has volunteered for various community service organizations in addition to donating the proceeds of her published novels to military veterans, the elderly, the homeless, and abused animals.
Kenyette Godhigh-Bell
She represents the promise of the new generation of ‘non-traditional ‘ entrants in the transportation sector.
As a cultural immigrant, having recently left the professional sector, she had to find ways to overcome the barriers
which present themselves to women drivers who don’t conform to the ingrained expectation of what a trucker should be. When told by her instructor in trucking school, that she just needed to give up because she was not getting the hang of things quick enough, she advocated for herself, saying ‘I’ve been around me all my life. This is not insurmountable’ and negotiated more instruction time for herself.
She demonstrated the same resilience when, during Q2 of 2020, in the midst of one of the worst downturns in the industry she bought her first truck. It was a gutsy, contrarian move. After a few difficult months, she found her footing, with the help of mentors and her own ability to negotiate with shipping customers.
She comes from a professional and faith culture which, actively incorporates mentoring. Just as she proactively sought mentoring going into trucking, she continues to pass it on, finding ways to help other aspiring owner ops.
She is a personal inspiration to me, mainly because she knows how to focus on the big things without getting tripped up by the noise.
Tamie Cole
Her desire to travel played heavily in her decision to become a truck driver.
In 2004 she felt led to step outside her comfort zone and go to trucking school. Graduating top of her class she took
to trucking like a fish to water. She has been a successful Owner-Operator for 16 years. When you ask Hoosier Air Transport in Indiana who their Queen is they immediately think of her.
She has always been the first to step up to help another driver in need. Anything from advice, to feeding hungry drivers. She embodies momma trucker mentality to make sure that her trucking family is taken care of.
When I was a baby driver, she took me under her wing. Early in my career she saw promise in me as a driver and was not afraid to bring me to tears if I made a mistake but with love. She would dry my eyes, give me a hug and get me back on track. Her continual mentorship has helped shape the driver I have become.
Amie Cochran
She will do whatever she can for a friend in need.
She had a hard knock life until she married her husband. She wanted to be a driver and a partner to him so he leased
on to Central Refrigerated, but they would not let him train her. Once she completed the class, he had to hire her to drive his truck which he gladly did. Central went out of business so they switched over to Swift and bought a new truck. That was 7 trucks ago and they are still going strong.
When her husband got sick and could not drive, she took it on by herself and did a terrific job. Recently he was honored for 3 Million safe miles and when he asked why she was not honored they told him that she was HIS employee not theirs. He celebrates her every day.
She always goes out of her way to help when she can and does so gladly without ever asking “what’s in it for me”?
She is a cheerleader for any new person in the industry and will take her time helping them and explaining things.
My mom and dad both had a truck. One day when they were coming out of Stockton, California, my Dad got sick and ended up in the hospital. My Mom had to get two trucks back to make on time deliveries in Salt Lake City, Utah. She did not know where to turn to and remembered her friend was supposed to be going on home time. She called, and though her friend was still new and unsure she agreed to help. Her and her husband came get the trucks and left Mom with a vehicle to get my Dad home. They had no way of knowing that my folks were struggling to make ends meet and brought a pickup full of fuel and handed Mom $100 to make sure she could get what was needed until pay day. That was many years ago and she will always be loved by us.
Constance Moseley
Her mission is to inspire women with healthy recipes, self-care, hair care tips, and life lessons.
She is a former natural hair salon owner who became an OTR team trucker. She travels across country, lives in her truck with her husband and their Frenchie “Chip”.
She got into the trucking industry to rebuild her life after losing her family home and land which ultimately led to a bankruptcy.
She is no stranger to adversity, she has overcome childhood trauma, teen pregnancy, domestic violence, and a life of poverty.
After a few years in trucking, her health declined which led her to cook her own meals on the truck. Through her social media she shares her personal recipes, life lessons, and self-care tip videos geared towards lady drivers.
Her goal is to change how women are viewed in the trucking industry and encourages women to keep moving forward by faith and to never give up.
Veronica Twyman
Was told she would never drive a manual vehicle.
At the age of 18 she suffered from a back injury that resulted in having surgery due to herniated discs. 
At the age of 21 she got her CDL and has been to all 48 States and Canada. Through her various jobs she has driven a variety of different equipment, she has driven local, sleeper, solo, team and has been a yard hostler. She has served on a safety committee, been a driver trainer, and was elected by her peers to represent them as a shop steward. She has always worked hard to move up in her career. She is always willing to help anyone who may be struggling from helping chain up a truck to bringing you homemade soup if you are sick. She has a huge heart and works hard.
She has been a driver mentor to help new drivers get hired in this industry.
Siobhan Clark
She has been a hard worker since we met.
I have watched her grow so much from balancing raising three children alone while juggling 3 to 4 jobs at a time, to
becoming her own boss. She took life by the reigns and continues to be a phenomenal mother, friend, and professional.
She has been a mentor and friend to countless female truck drivers beginning in the trucking industry. She has taken them under her wing and provided them with the tools they needed to make the same inspiring change to their lives that she made.
Once we were nearly stranded on a road trip in Holland. We had no money, no resources, no phones, and only a quarter tank of gas in our car. With my friend at the helm, we somehow made it the 400 miles home on a wing and a prayer. The car ended up dying 10 miles outside of where we lived, and we were able to get the help we needed to make it home! A memory I will never forget. She is a resourceful person who never gives up.
Robin Mills
She outlasted both my trainer and I as an OTR driver.
I first met her when I was in training through Swift in 2005. She was a good friend of my trainer. It was Christmas
season and we all met in Virginia for a family Christmas dinner at my trainer’s house. We have remained friends for all this time. She outlasted both my trainer and I as an OTR driver.
She hauls refrigerated goods and is committed to her career and to the safety of the road. Her dog is her co-driver.
I am nominating her because of her sacrifices, her positivity and all the challenges she has faced head on. I have great admiration for her encouragement when I was a trainee and her support for all women in the trucking industry.
She gives back through empowering other female drivers with words of wisdom and encouragement. She will help any driver in need.
After my training was complete, she continued to check in on me, even though she was not my trainer. She would meet up with me at terminals, encourage me and offer any help I may have needed. One of my memories is a time that she and I met in Arizona and we both were waiting on dispatch. We talked of the road, the dangers, and the positives. She reminded me that I needed to take time to go fishing and enjoy all that the road had to offer, inside and outside of the truck.
Mary Gomez
She is always working strange hours and shifts to accommodate her 5 kids.
She is always working strange hours and shifts to accommodate her 5 kids and all their busy schedules. Her youngest
daughter is a super soccer player, and she makes sure she gets to every game. She has 3 very handsome grandsons that love to go trucking with Nana. She has been a single mom for a long time. Her family was at first against her becoming a truck driver but realized this was her dream. They could not be prouder of her now! She was raised in East Los Angeles but now lives in West Valley City where life is much calmer.
She is always available to help someone and has made it a point to give ‘newbies’ her contact information if they need help with something or just need to talk. She has a brilliant smile that she shares with all!
She will always get out and help another driver or be a spotter even before they ask that way, she protects her truck and has a chance to meet a new friend.
I took her on her first trip with this company. Sometimes I was laughing so hard I almost cried. She did not tell me she had acid reflux and unfortunately when we parked her head was on the downhill side. I felt so bad that I had made her sick and she just smiled a BIG smile and said ‘This is your truck, and I am only a guest.’
Rebecka Tosh
“TEN FOUR UNICORN”
When I met her, she was working as a shift leader at Pizza Hut. She had been through a lot of pain, hardships, and
struggles in her life, some of which include being homeless, having suffered mental and physical, and yet remained strong.
Due to the financial stress of Covid-19 I asked her to move in my rig with me and join me on the road. She packed up everything she could fit in her car, drove 2800 miles across country and moved in with me. She took a chance and has not looked back since. Once she got on the road with me, I noticed the interest she had in driving. She began studying her pre-trip for her written test. Eight months later she took her written exam and aced it.
Next, she went to Gadsden Community College and took a 5-day course to get her Class A license. I have never seen someone work as hard as she did to learn her skills and backing maneuvers. On her test day I saw the warrior come out in her. Her scores were almost perfect. She even did better than I did on my test. She is strong and trucking calls to her.
She even handles the CB radio like a pro, keeping up with the other truckers and ending with her handle, TEN FOUR UNICORN!
She is a real trucking woman and her bubbly personality and is always optimistic. She offers to help people who are learning by giving them advice and tips. She is such a people person, and she is always willing to help. Whether it is helping them by guiding them into a spot or dock, or even offering them some food and water or even while on home time, using the car to ask the truckers if they need a ride to get food or groceries. She has a big heart and helps her trucking brothers and sisters as needed.
There was one night where she was driving, and we had a tight load. It was just us on the road for a bit until a bull hauler comes up in the hammer lane. He passes and she gets on the CB letting him know he was good to come over and for the next 45 miles she and that bull hauler chatted on the CB. I looked over at her and she looked and acted like she had been trucking for 40 years. She was made for this life. It is in her blood. She is a queen in my eyes because she runs it like she is.
Darnise Harris
Overcoming impediments is nothing new to her.
As a black woman, she has struggled to overcome impediments for most of her life. It was not until she decided to
enter the predominantly male industry of transportation that she would meet her greatest challenge yet.
In 2006 she attended All State Trade School in the day, while working nights at a local hospital. She quickly realized that she would have to overcome prejudice in the workplace. She would have to prove herself to an industry led and operated by men. She jumped in with full force, working long exhausting hours as an OTR driver nearly three years, loading and unloading for .60 a mile. After paying her dues she gained the respect of her colleagues.
She was soon able to move to her second job, where she spent the next 9 years transporting freight regionally for a major food distributor. It was not until April 2019 that I would get the opportunity to hire her at Mariner Distribution. She came with a wealth of experience, but I soon realized that had not reached her full potential. I watched as she demonstrated a positive attitude and impeccable work ethic. Even when her day does not go as planned, her unwavering commitment is evident to everyone who meets her.
A team player who soon proved herself as a leader who the company could depend on often referred to as our Rising Star. It is with great pleasure that I share with you that since joining Mariner over 2 years ago, she has graduated from Company Driver to Owner Operator.
In addition, she serves as a leader and trainer, the go-to person for training new drivers. Demonstrating the SMITH System with fidelity.
A true ambassador for the trucking industry. Her ability to lead by example, is a true inspiration. In addition to formally training new drivers, it is her true passion to encourage minorities to the industry. She uses every possible opportunity to promote responsible trucking by sharing how to overcome obstacles and reach goals. It is her ability to connect with people that makes her an asset to us all. I have no doubt that she will represent your organization with the same fierce yet graceful determination.
I still remember the day that she came to the office to discuss her options at Mariner. She entered the office with tenacity and confidence. She would be the only female driver at Mariner. I was slightly reluctant to hire her because I knew the physical demands of the job were difficult.
By the end of our conversation, I offered to give her a chance. She worked hard: was always punctual, always positive, and is a great communicator. It was one of the best hiring decisions I ever made.
Linda Machell Provence (No Photo Available)
She and I have been friends for 25 plus years, and she has been driving almost as long.
She loves her job. She is helpful to others male or female. She encourages and assist others without expectation of anything in return. She respects everyone she meets out there. She has sacrificed so much of herself for the industry.
She helps new and seasoned drivers if needed, with backing, directions, assistance any way she can. She introduced me to the S.H.E. Trucking page. She also encouraged me to get my CDL. She is old school, meaning she will assist anyone who is in the industry old or new to it.
She works for Stallion Transportation. One of the many reasons she chose them as her employer is because of the convoy for Special Olympics.
Another reason is they are family oriented and take care of their drivers. She loves that they deliver the wreaths to Arlington Cemetery, she is a true American and when there is a call for delivering assistance to areas hit by natural disasters, she wants to help.
Nancy Brown
She left the comforts of her corporate job and family to embark on her lifelong dream of driving a
truck.
When she started out in training, she started a YouTube channel to keep family and friends updated of her progress. She turned that channel into the real struggle and the successes of being a female trucker. Through her storytelling abilities she connected with her followers and inspired many to follow their dreams into trucking. She has shared very personal life lessons and a few laughs along the way. In 3 1/2 years since she completed her CDL training, she successfully completed a three-year truck-lease contract, became a CDL instructor and an OTR Trainer in addition to serving on a trucking company’s driver advisory board. She volunteered her holiday time to talk with lonely truckers who just needed to know someone cares. She has built strong female friendships in the trucking world and is advocate for career transitioning.
She had a difficult training period, and she did not want others to experience the same. She paid it forward by becoming a trainer. She has freely given her time, knowledge, and money to help others in trucking. She even just hoped on YouTube shortly before Christmas and randomly gave cash away. That is just who she is, always helping others.
She sets out to do things to constantly learn and improve. I remember her telling me that she read her trainer’s truck manual. She wanted to know more about the machine she was operating. But it does not stop there, she has recently earned her certification as a Master Broker. She wanted to know what they knew as she embarks on owning her own independent trucking company. She is a lifelong learner and takes her job very seriously.
Cathy Vanerveer
I knew I wanted to be her friend.
She has been a friend of mine for the past 6 years. She is determined, resourceful and a hard worker in a field dominated with men. She has been a trucker for 27 years, both long haul and short hauls. Currently, she is working
as a fuel hauler. Working with her current company, she has commanded respect from the other drivers and is relied on to train and help new drivers find the correct stations and drops. She has earned her respect by always treating everyone fairly, honestly. Most importantly, she never lets a team member down. She works the night shift going to from station to station based out of Louisville, so this means she is driving 12 hours or more. Their schedules have also been 6 days a week for long periods this year. She never gives up. She also gets the job done professionally. I admire her a great deal.
Her company has hired new drivers who came from other industries, and she has taken the initiative to be available to the new fuel haulers to answer their questions and help them draw maps for the new stations the company is serving. She is a very giving person who will help anyone who asks.
One of the first conversations I had with her we talked about her choice of profession. She loves her work. She is not sitting at a desk or in a cubicle. She gets to see different sights and people. Every station she visits she has made good friends. She is very competent at her job and takes pride in what she does. After our first conversation, I knew I wanted to be her friend. She is also an example for every woman who thinks the profession is only for men.
Angie Baum
They treated her like she was too old to finish.
She was the oldest in her CDL school class.
She started when she was 45 years old. All the trainers were male and treated her like she was too old to finish. It
took her 6 months to pass her test due to trainers who did not want to properly train her.
They harassed her and tried to get her quit. After finally having enough she contacted FedEx who was sponsoring her class. They threatened to never send any further students to that school unless they trained her properly.
Within a week of that phone call, she passed her CDL exam in Missouri, since then she has gone on to create Trucker’s Safety Info providing weather and accident reporting for truck drivers.
She and her husband have a private truckers relief fund and have gifted around 500 meals to truck drivers during the Covid-19 pandemic and sponsored a single mom and her 2 kids for Christmas.
She is one of the most selfless people I know who truly loves her trucking community and wants to make a real difference.
Jess Graham
She has worked both as a company driver, and an independent.
When she started out, her daughter travelled with her, and she homeschooled on the truck. She turned to trucking to
support herself and her family, and once here, she thrived.
The freedom and financial independence are the main rewards. Her daughter is now in college, and she is continuing to advance through the industry advocating for all women, minority, and LGBTQ truck drivers as she goes.
She never turns way from work that needs to be done.
She is a mentor to many individual women truckers, and a tireless advocate in the industry. If something is controversial or challenging, she is still willing to step up.
She has done policy advocacy work and participated in petition drives. Yet, through it all, she does not take life too seriously — she takes time out to socialize with other truck drivers and likes to make sure that everybody is included and has fun.
One time, she called me because she was in my town getting her truck serviced, so she had some time. I asked if she wanted to go to my favorite gay bar. Some people avoid gay hangouts, but she was totally game to go, and we had a great time. Lea DeLaria happened to come in for a drink and a few songs, she and I totally made friends with her. That is how open and fun she is. Nobody feels awkward near her, and everybody feels glad they met her.
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daughter is a super soccer player, and she makes sure she gets to every game. She has 3 very handsome grandsons that love to go trucking with Nana. She has been a single mom for a long time. Her family was at first against her becoming a truck driver but realized this was her dream. They could not be prouder of her now! She was raised in East Los Angeles but now lives in West Valley City where life is much calmer.
where the predator is or may be. Mr. Meerkat must always start his every day in Level Yellow. Let us imagine the
On July 8th, RWIT President Desiree Wood was invited to participate in a roundtable
discussion hosted by the US Department of Transportation on Truck Driver Retention and Supply Chain.
the supply chain and workforce stability. The virtual event was attended by US Department of Labor Secretary Walsh, Department of Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, and facilitated by FMCSA Administrator Meera Joshi.
Economic Sociologist Steve Viscelli , Author of , 
consultant,
and expert on entry level driver training fleet practices. The founder and President of the REAL Women in Trucking organization formed by working women truck drivers.
We are part of a forming coalition of truck drivers numbering over 33,000 individuals
who are predominately women of color and LGBTQ drivers. Many of us who are the products of the modern-day entry-level driver training system and survived it only by dumb luck.
In honor of our friend Pat Hockaday “JoJo” who passed away this month, I am reposting some of his writings on detention and driver wages that he worked tirelessly to research. Pat was incredibly detailed and wrote long articles. I will try to cut them down to be more readable but they are filled with information for future advocates who want to see change in this industry and this is why I feel they should be made public and easily accessible. You will be missed Pat. We will keep trying to fight for what is right. ~ R.I.P. Driver
Jess began her career in transportation in 2007 as part owner of a sedan service in Detroit Michigan. Following the rise of ride sharing, she transitioned to big trucks in 2012, attending a training program at a mega carrier.
Debbie Desiderato is the owner of Walkabout Transport, a certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)
Tracy has been a port driver since 2001 in Long Beach, California. She was also an over the road truck driver before that.
equalizer,” and as a woman of color she is guaranteed equal pay and treatment to male counterparts.
insurance, Human Resources, and architectural finishes.
Diversity and Inclusion is earned trust, it’s not just a tagline. We value the viewpoints and ideas of our members and encourage involvement in order to make the greatest impact for drivers in the trucking industry.
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meet with other government agencies like the Department of Labor Women’s Bureau to ask for support to urge action in this area of importance. RWIT Board Member Brita Nowak was able to give a ride along to talk about her firsthand experiences as a new driver entering the industry and day to day safety concerns in the trucking industry.
of a crisis and reporting line.
distress calls for over 10 years from the companies listed in the AVOID section. We urge women who are entering this industry as a solo driver to do their due diligence before signing any labor contracts or making a commitment to a company that requires team driving as a phase of training. Remember, you cannot be a safe truck driver if you are being terrorized in an unsafe living situation during your training and you need to stay put for 6 months to a year to be insurable for better paying trucking jobs. Being a truck driver requires a high level of safety consciousness and this begins with making well informed choices from seasoned drivers who will provide you authentic information as you get started.
