PACR Pacer International, Inc. (MM)

The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) has appointed Jeffrey Brashares to its Board of Directors as Intermodal Conference chairman. Brashares is vice chairman, Commercial Sales, at Pacer International, Inc., (NASDAQ:PACR) a leading North America logistics and freight transportation provider. Brashares succeeds Robert Dinardo of Fort Pitt Consolidators, Inc., as TIA's Intermodal Conference Chairman. This conference offers transportation intermediaries the opportunity to learn and share knowledge with their peers within the intermodal segment of the industry; to develop policy recommendations; and to address specific intermodal concerns and opportunities. The group traditionally meets during TIA's annual Convention and Trade Show, to be held this year from April 6 - 8, 2006 in Tucson, Arizona. With a long career in rail and intermodal transportation, Brashares is uniquely qualified to serve as chairman of TIA's Intermodal Conference. His career began as a chief clerk for the Erie Lackawanna Railway. In 1984, he became a partner in Rail Van, Inc., an Ohio-based intermodal transportation company that in 2000 became part of Pacer. Robert Voltmann, TIA President and CEO, said, "Jeffrey Brashares has been a long time active and supportive member of TIA. We are looking forward to his participation on the TIA Board of Directors and to his leadership of the Intermodal Conference." TIA is the premier professional and educational organization of the $100 billion third party logistics industry. TIA is the only organization exclusively representing transportation intermediaries of all disciplines doing business in domestic and international commerce. TIA is the voice of transportation intermediaries to shippers, carriers, government officials, and international organizations. TIA is the U.S. member of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders of Associations (FIATA). TIA members are the only members of the transportation industry bound by a mandatory code of ethics. For more information please contact TIA at 703-299-5700 or info@tianet.org. You can also visit the TIA website at www.tianet.org.