ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Con-way Inc.
(NYSE: CNW) today announced this year's winners of the CEO
Constellation Award, presented annually to select employees for
exceptional achievement, performance and leadership.
Chosen from hundreds of peer-nominated employees across the
company's 30,000-person workforce, this year's winners join an
elite group of past recipients who exemplify the company's lean
culture, purpose and core values of Safety, Integrity, Commitment
and Excellence.
"One of the key principles of our lean culture is recognizing
employees who go above and beyond for our customers, facilitate
effective teamwork and contribute to learning and continuous
improvement," said Douglas W.
Stotlar, Con-way's president and chief executive officer.
"The Con-way CEO Constellation Award is the highest honor we can
bestow on employees who exemplify these ideals. They illustrate our
purpose by demonstrating our lean principles and core values in
action through their attitude, work ethic, focus on safety and
respect for their fellow employees."
Stotlar and his executive leadership team honored the recipients
at a recent ceremony, where recipients also received a monetary
award and a specially sculptured crystal vase, providing lifelong
recognition of this highest employee achievement.
Con-way's 2015 CEO Constellation Award recipients are:
Gina Abbate, Customer Service
Representative, Con-way Freight, Hartford, Connecticut: Gina is a
straightforward and effective leader who is highly regarded among
her peers for her hard work and tireless dedication to her team's
success. As a Lean leader, Gina is detail-oriented, enthusiastic,
and passionate. Her leadership was instrumental in earning the
Hartford service center its bronze
Lean certification. She is committed to Con-way Freight's Lean
journey, even traveling to new pilot locations to guide them in
their early stages of Lean.
Karen Farrell, Marketing and
Brand Development Manager, Menlo
Logistics: Karen regularly demonstrates her commitment
to the success of Menlo through her work in communicating and
building Menlo's brand. Specifically, Karen was instrumental in the
company's 2014 brand refresh campaign and launching the new Menlo
Logistics website. Karen works exceptionally hard, successfully
managing key marketing projects while support a multitude of other
business development and communications initiatives for Menlo.
Karen is a team player who leads by example. She demands
excellence, holding herself and her peers to high standards.
Tim Hicks, Driver Advocate,
Con-way Truckload: As a driver advocate, Tim is dedicated to
being an effective intermediary between drivers and management.
Often the first one into the office and the last one to leave, he
goes above and beyond to provide quality service and support a
quality engagement experience with drivers. Most notably, Tim
spearheaded the "Passionate Driver Focus" program, which aims to
educate non-driving employees of the challenges that professional
drivers face. This is an innovative program that has contributed
significantly to Con-way Truckload's low driver turnover rate. As a
former driver who surpassed one million safe driving miles, Tim has
tremendous credibility with drivers, relates and interacts well
with them, and is an outstanding communicator across all levels to
ensure drivers' voices are heard and successful retention programs
are continually refined and improved.
Joe Jones, Driver Sales
Representative and Driver Trainer, Con-way Freight, Pompano Beach, Florida: Joe is a
knowledgeable, hardworking, and dedicated individual. He goes above
and beyond to ensure the success of not only himself, but his local
team and the company. He is quick to volunteer for weekend
deliveries to guarantee a positive consumer experience. Joe is
committed to safety, achieving more than 1 million accident-free
miles. He uses this experience and knowledge in his role as a
driver trainer to ensure all drivers are properly trained and
operate with the highest attention to safety. He carries himself
with integrity and consistent professionalism and is a role model
for those he works with.
Mike Senflug, Service Center Manager, Con-way Freight,
Carlstadt, New Jersey: Mike's
passion and dedication to leading his team is evident to all those
who work with him. Mike understands that profitability comes not
only from respect toward the customer, but also by building a
culture of respect among the team, an approach that helped Mike
lead his team to become the first site in Con-way Freight's network
to achieve Silver Lean certification. Mike brings pride and
integrity to the job, traits that inspire his team, who have noted
that he "brought a sense of pride back to the job." Mike is a
compassionate individual who volunteers with the Wounded Warrior
Project and supports his whole team in living Con-way's purpose of
building communities and enriching lives by delivering the things
that matter.
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About Con-way Inc.
Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) is a $5.8
billion freight transportation and logistics services
company headquartered in Ann Arbor,
Mich. Con-way delivers industry-leading services through its
primary operating companies of Con-way Freight, Con-way Truckload
and Menlo Logistics. These operating units provide
high-performance, day-definite less-than-truckload (LTL), full
truckload and multimodal freight transportation, as well as
logistics, warehousing and supply chain management services.
Con-way also operates Con-way Manufacturing, a trailer refurbishing
and manufacturing company which supplies trailing equipment to the
company's trucking fleets. Con-way Inc. and its subsidiaries
operate from more than 500 locations across North America and in 20 countries.
For more information about Con-way, visit www.con-way.com.
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