Q&A: NTI’s Leah Shaver on What’s Keeping Women Out of Trucking – Drivers [Video]

Leah Shaver is president and CEO of the National Transportation Institute. As a woman who’s been working in the trucking industry for more than two decades, she’s passionate about issues affecting women in a traditionally mostly-male industry. And she has some ideas.

While NTI originally researched truck driver compensation, it’s since branched out to include tracking compensation for technicians and consulting with motor carriers on driver recruiting and retention.

Shaver has been with NTI for going on 10 years, but before that she worked in human resources in recruiting and retention for a motor carrier. NTI is woman-owned, she served six years on the board of directors of the Women in Trucking Association, and she recently became a parent — so the topic of women in trucking is something she’s personally and professionally passionate about.

NTI recently conducted a survey about the experiences and challenges encountered by …