The Board of Directors is the governing body of the Association. Each year an election is held at the Annual Convention for one-half of the seats on the Board. Any current, Regular member of the Association is eligible to run for the Board.
Michael Gualtieri is President of ProCourier, Inc. The company maintains 3 locations in Connecticut - West Hartford, New Haven and Stamford and provide same day and overnight delivery to the state's business community.
Since 1997 he has served on the Board of Directors of MCAA and chaired the State Association, Ethics, Magazine and Convention committees before becoming President of MCAA in May, 2008. Mike has worked in various capacities in the air express, overnight and same day courier industry since 1980. He founded ProCourier, his third start up in 1997. Mike and his wife Sharon live in West Hartford and have 3 children - Michael III, a production assistant at ESPN, Tyler, a senior at the University of San Diego and Ali, a freshman at Providence College.
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Christopher MacKrell is currently President of Custom Courier Solutions, Inc a full service transportation organization based in Saratoga Springs, New York. Custom Courier Solutions, Inc provides the full range of logistic services to the less than 24 hour delivery market. Prior to Custom Courier Solutions, Inc Mr. MacKrell was with CD&L, a full service transportation company based in Hackensack, New Jersey, where he held the position of Manager of Business Development and oversaw the company’s sales effort in the Northeast. Prior to joining CD&L, Mr. MacKrell was Regional Vice President-East overseeing the field sales and ground operations of AirNet Systems eastern US operations. AirNet operates a fleet of turbo and jet powered aircraft servicing the Banking and Medical industry based in Columbus, Ohio.
Prior to AirNet Systems Mr. MacKrell was employed by Velocity Express, and its predecessor companies, in various National Sales and Senior operations position in the Northeast. Mr. MacKrell has been active in the transportation industry since 1982.
Mr. MacKrell resides in Saratoga Springs, New York with his wife and two sons.
Upon graduation from Drexel University in 1989, Rob worked his way up various sales positions at IBM. However, Rob wanted to control his own destiny, so he teamed up with college roommate, Gerry Frey, to start Priority Express Courier in 1994. A focus on providing quality service while aggressively growing the business has landed Priority on Inc. Magazine’s Fastest Growing Company list and the Inc. 500 for the last 3 years. Priority has emerged as a leading regional provider of time critical same day delivery and scheduled route delivery, with offices in the Philadelphia and New Jersey markets.
In 1975, Rob and his wife Carol, founded Hackbarth Delivery Service. The company has grown from a single vehicle , single branch operation into a 15 branch company. HDS currently has locations in seven states making thousands of stops daily. Rob has grown his company from a local small package delivery business into a full service transportation and logistics company providing warehousing, on-demand, routed, and appliance delivery. He graduated from Samford University earning a business degree with a major in management and a minor in economics. Rob has been involved with the MCAA for over 10 years. Currently, Rob is involved with L’Arche, an international organization that helps handicap persons. He also sits on the Board for the Service Center, a local Mobile, AL organization that helps the poor. He enjoys all kinds of fishing and spending time with his seven grandchildren.
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Kirk is President & co-owner of Corporate Couriers, which he founded in 1993. The company has offices in Ft. Worth and Austin, Texas, and provides time critical same day delivery, scheduled route delivery, and distribution services within Central and North Central Texas. Implementing and leveraging emerging technologies has led Corporate Couriers to be recognized as one of the most efficient courier companies in the country. Kirk also owns SmartIcon Technologies LLC, which is the developer of SmartLogin, a patent pending 1-Click Login desktop app.
Since 2006 he has served on the Board of Directors of MCAA and currently chairs the Technology committee. He also serves on the Magazine and Public Relations committees. Kirk received his BBA degree from Texas Christian University, and resides in Fort Worth, TX with his wife, Kelley, and two daughters.
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Rob Slack currently serves as Past President of MCAA. He has been involved in MCAA for the past 16 years and is proud to have been a part in its growth. He started in the courier business as an independent contract courier while attending college and followed that as the retail warehouse and distribution manager for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY. He then founded his first courier company, L.E.D.F.O.O.T Express Inc., in 1981 and grew it to over 500 employees. He sold L.E.D.F.O.O.T to U.S. Delivery Service in 1994 and went on to found USAcourier.COM, NextFlightOut.net and Door-to-Door.net, which he sold to NextJet Inc. in 2000, becoming the company’s Sr. Vice President. He founded NationalDelivery.com, Inc to facilitate a nationally owned "Joint Marketing" venture, owned and used by a variety of courier companies internationally. He also owns a consulting company that specializes in courier operations, acquisitions and independent contractor issues and is a partner at SCI, SubContracting Concepts Inc. Rob is married with 4 children and maintains residences in Glens Falls and Lake George NY.
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John Benko’s career began over 25 years ago with Piedmont Airlines. He left the Airline Industry in 1999 to start MANKO Delivery Systems Inc. MANKO operates five stand alone verticals (Warehousing; Lost Luggage; Ground Freight; Air Freight; and On Demand Deliveries) that are operated out of its Tampa, Florida, Headquarters. In the brief time MANKO has been in existence they have worked hard to become the “Best In Class” service provider to each of our 420 current customers. John is the husband to Sandra Benko for the past 13 years. They have three children: Kyle (10), Gavin (7), and Hailey (4). He attributes most of the success in his life to the strong support, encouragement, and love of his family.
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Dan Byrne, a co-founder of the National Transportation & Logistic Association (NTLA), is now a member of the board of the Messenger & Courier Association of America (MCAA). Byrne, a senior vice president of Sales & Technology for BeavEx, Inc. has been involved with MCAA since 2008. He has an MS in Telecommunications Engineering from George Washington University, an MBA from Emory and an undergraduate degree in Finance from Stetson University.
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Rick has been with Express Messenger Systems since 1994 and manages special projects such as acquisitions, market expansion, product development, litigation, and independent contractor vendor development. Express Messenger System’s Corporate Risk Department, Safety Department, and Human Resource Departments also report directly to him. Rick has 25 years of transportation business management experience, and prior to joining Express Messenger Systems he held senior management positions with both Roadway and Emery Worldwide. Rick is a current member of the MCAA Board of Directors and chairs the IC Committee, and is a member of the GLAC Committee.
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Charles F. Chiusano is Vice President of Avant Business Services Corp. Avant has offices in New York City, Stamford, CT, and Hartford, CT. He has been in the expedited delivery business since 1973, when he joined Airline Delivery Services (re branded as Avant in 2006). In the years he has been in the industry he has held several positions in The New York State Messenger and Courier Association. He also represents Avant in their membership in the Connecticut Messenger & Courier Association.
Twice past president of the NY Association, and long term board member, he was responsible for the name change, and the successful outreach program to include members from every part of the state. For many years he was a member of the Datatrac Customer Advisory Board.
He has been married for 31 years, and his wife and he have one child, a daughter.
In addition to the industry associations, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of two Schools Special Needs Children, and a member of the Leadership Committee of the Intrepid Sea/Air Space Museum.
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J.D. Gamble has over 30 years of experience in the same-day delivery industry. He is the President & CEO of AEXGroup. He began his career in the transportation industry in his father’s air cargo business in the 1970s. In 1983, he founded 1st Courier, a successful time-critical logistics company based out of Pittsburgh, PA. In 1989, Gamble merged 1st Courier with the multi-national Australian-based Mayne Nickless Courier Systems and was appointed as Eastern Regional Vice-President. He joined AEXGroup in 1993 as Executive Vice President & COO.
John graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Industrial Psychology in 1988. In 1989 he partnered with a pair of local Attorneys to form A-Courier Inc. /Express Air Management Inc. When A-Courier was sold to the consolidator Dispatch Management Systems (DMS) in 1997, A-Courier had offices in Atlanta GA, Charlotte NC, Nashville TN, and Stamford CT. After a paid non-compete John founded Courier Connection Inc. in May 1999. In 2005 Courier Connection Inc. was recognized as the 32nd Fastest Growing Privately Held Company in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business chronicle. John has served for several years in the Mentoring program with High School and College students. John also serves as a volunteer pilot for Angel Flight of Georgia transporting Cancer Patients throughout the east coast. John has also served as staff member for Dale Carnegie’s leadership courses and has taken and staffed many of the Anthony Robbins live events.
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Chuck has over 30 years of transportation experience. Chuck came to our industry with 9 years of tractor-trailer and airfreight experience. His 21 years experience in the courier industry ranges from operating as an independent contractor to all positions up to and now including Chief Operating Officer for Express Courier International, Inc. (Nashville, Tennessee). Chuck started his career in the courier industry with Priority Dispatch (Cincinnati) in 1984 and joined Express Courier (Nashville) in 1993. His responsibilities include overseeing operations for 19 facilities, 900 independent contractors, 140 employees and annualized sales totaling over 35 million dollars.
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Monte O’Hara founded Capital Express Inc. with his wife Debi in 1987 with two delivery vehicles. Today Capital Express is a regional courier with operations in eight (8) states. Monte is also a partner in Naparex, LLC. Naparex is a online national courier with operations in all U.S. States. Monte is President of Western Iowa Youth Sports Inc. which provides free tackle football to over 700 youth. He has been a member of MCAA since 1993 and has served on the ethics committee. He is the Nebraska State Captain for the Government and Legal Affairs Committee and has participated in the MCAA lobby day both years. Monte enjoys golfing, boating, riding his Harley, and tennis in his free time. Monte and his wife Debi have been married 30 years and have two grown children, Zachary and Hayley who both work with Capital Express Inc. and Naparex, LLC.
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Matt Seiter, along with Mike Bernecker and Robert Smith, founded Relay Express in 1986 with three pickup trucks and sheer determination. Relay Express has grown from a small city courier to a regional transportation provider with 4 offices and over 120 independent contract drivers. Because of Matt's leadership and vision, Relay Express has the honor of being on the Inc. 5000 fastest growing privately held companies the last three years in a row. Matt has been involved with the MCAA since 1996. He donates his time to a number of non profit and charitable organizations namely the SIDS foundation, Relay for Life, and Fredriechs' Ataxia. He has been married to Angie for 25 years. They have three children, Emilie, Pete, and Jack. When Matt is not working he spends his time golfing, fishing or working in his yard.
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Ken graduated from the Simon School of Management at the University of Rochester with a MBA in 1986. Over the next six years he held a number of marketing positions at Pepsi, Ciba Geigy and Nestle Corporations. In 1992, he joined his in-laws courier business (Click Messenger) and took over operations for Upstate New York and New England. In 1995, he became a founding member of CD&L when Click became one of the initial companies who brought the entity public. He is married and lives in Rochester New York with three children.
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As the President of RDS Delivery Service, Larry Zogby is not only an astute entrepreneur, he is a man with a vision, and the drive and determination to make it a reality. Larry has innumerable accomplishments to his credit, however he is most proud of his work with the disabled. Through his efforts, RDS has integrated 50 disabled employees among the 120 plus staff members. His commitment to this special group has earned him countless awards and public recognition including the prestigious 2000 Crain's Small Business Award for his dedication to the New York City community and his innovative business approach. In his off-hours, Larry is an accomplished magician who has performed close up for the New York Mets, and actors Cher and Chaz Palmetierri. He has brought his magic to hospitals and charitable events. He shares his generous volunteer spirit with infamous magician and RDS customer, David Copperfield, who brings joy and hope to the disabled through his own Project Magic.
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Bob DeCaprio MCAA Executive Director – Washington DC
Bob has wide association and government affairs experience, having previously worked for The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, The Heritage Foundation, the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, the American Petroleum Institute and the United States International Trade Commission. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Youngstown State University and a master’s degree in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been Executive Director since 1998.
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John Ferraro MCAA Government Affairs Director - Washington DC
John has a strong background in legislative affairs having most recently worked in the Florida Senate Majority Office as a Legislative Analyst. He also worked for Florida Governor Jeb Bush and United States Senator Bob Graham. He holds a Masters degree in American Politics and Policy and a Bachelors degree in Political Science and International Affairs, both from Florida State University. He has been Government Affairs Director since 2007.