DC Velocity - February 2016

Watching over
intermodal’s
interests
thoughtleaders

32 DC VELOCITY FEBRUARY 2016 www.dcvelocity.com In her 18 years at the helm of IANA, Joni Casey has made it her mission to advance the interests of intermodal freight transportation providers and their customers.

JONI CASEY HAS HAD A CLOSE-UP view of how the sausage is made. She has spent more than 30 years in the transportation industry, most of that time working for trade associations representing the trucking industry, third-party logistics service providers, and, since 1997, intermodal service providers.

She began her career as an economist for the American Trucking

Associations (ATA) and was the first
executive director of that group’s
Intermodal Conference. She left
that position to become CEO of
the Transportation Intermediaries
Association, where she served until
becoming president and CEO of the
Intermodal Association of North
America (IANA). She has spent the
last 18 years at the helm of that orga-
nization, whose stated mission is to
promote the growth of intermodal
freight transportation through inno-
vation, education, and dialogue. The
trade group boasts more than 1,000
members, including railroads, ocean
carriers, port authorities, intermodal
and over-the-road motor carriers, and
intermodal marketing companies.
Casey has served on various indus-
try committees and boards, includ-
ing the executive committee of the
Transportation Research Board; the
University of Denver’s Intermodal
Transportation Institute; the Global
Maritime and Transportation School
of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy;
the board of advisers of her alma
mater, the Smith School of Business
at the University of Maryland; and
the business advisory committee of
Northwestern University.
Late last year, the Containerization
& Intermodal Institute awarded Casey
its Lifetime Achievement Award.