Board of Directors

Richard D. O’Dell is Chief Executive Officer of Proficient Auto Logistics. Mr. O’Dell has served as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saia since April 2020. Mr. O’Dell served as Chief Executive Officer of Saia from December 2006 until his retirement in April 2020. Mr. O’Dell joined Saia in 1997 and served in various executive and financial positions until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. O’Dell also has experience in public accounting as a certified public accountant. Mr. O’Dell graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Kansas.

Charles A. Alutto is a director of the Board. Mr. Alutto has served as an operating executive with The Halifax Group, a private equity company, since October 2021. Mr. Alutto served as Chief Executive Officer of Sierra Lake Acquisition Corp., a blank check special purpose acquisition corporation, from September 2021 until December 2022. From 2013 through 2019, Mr. Alutto was President and Chief Executive Officer of Stericycle Inc. (NASDAQ: SRCL), or Stericycle, a compliance company that specialized in collecting and disposing of regulated wastes and also provided document destruction services. Mr. Alutto served on Stericycle’s board of directors from 2012 to 2019 and currently serves as an independent board member for several privately held companies. Mr. Alutto has an MBA from St. John’s University and a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Providence College.

Douglas L. Col is a director of the Board. Mr. Col served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Saia, Inc., a transportation company providing less-than-truckload services across North America, from January 2020 through his retirement as Chief Financial Officer in May 2024. Mr. Col joined Saia in 2014 as Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to joining Saia, Mr. Col was a Director in the transportation investment banking group at Cowen and Company from 2012-2013. From 2006-2011, Mr. Col was an equity analyst at Wellspring Management where he focused on industrial and transportation sectors. Mr. Col was a fund manager at Red Rock Partners from 2004-2006. Mr. Col is a current member of the board of directors of Knigh-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KNX), a diversified freight transportation company. Mr. Col received his MBA from Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of Management in 1994 and spent 10 years at Morgan Keegan & Company where he was a Managing Director focused on transportation equities. Mr. Col also has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

James B. Gattoni is a director of the Board. Mr. Gattoni served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ: LSTR) (“Landstar”), a worldwide, technology-enabled, asset-light provider of integrated transportation management solutions from 2015 until his retirement in 2024. From November 1995 through June 2024, Mr. Gattoni served in various capacities for Landstar, including as chief financial officer from 2007 through 2013 and President and CFO in 2014. Prior to joining Landstar, Mr. Gattoni was a certified public accountant in audit with KPMG for approximately eight years. Mr. Gattoni received a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Ramapo College.

Steven F. Lux is a director of the Board. Mr. Lux is a Founder and Managing Partner at Topmark Partners, a growth equity firm based in Tampa, Florida, which spun out of Stonehenge Capital in 2013. Mr. Lux was a director of, and an investor in, Proficient Auto Transport from 2004 until its sale to the Company in May 2024. From November 1998 through June 2013, Mr. Lux was a Managing Director of Stonehenge Capital, a growth equity fund. Prior to 1998, Mr. Lux spent 17 years with Bank One and its predecessor in Dallas, where he led a team of commercial lenders that focused on and originated over $500 million of middle market buyouts and financed technologyenabled businesses. He later joined Bank One’s Capital Markets Group, where he originated venture capital, private equity, and corporate finance transactions throughout Texas and the Southwest. Mr. Lux has both an MBA in Finance and Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tulane University.

John F. Schraudenbach has served on our Board of Directors as our audit committee chair since the closing of our IPO. Mr. Schraudenbach is a partner with The Goodwin Group, an executive retained search firm. Prior to joining Goodwin, Mr. Schraudenbach held various positions at Ernst & Young for 37 years until his retirement in June 2019. Mr. Schraudenbach serves on the board of OneWater Marine (ONEW) which is a boat retailer where he is the Chairman of the Board. He also serves on the board of Printpack, Inc., a private manufacturer of packaging materials for consumer products and other industries. Mr. Schraudenbach also serves on the University of Georgia Foundation Board as well as various other civic organizations. Mr. Schraudenbach received both a Bachelor and Masters of Accounting from the University of Georgia. He was a certified public accountant.

John Skiadas is a director of the Board. Mr. Skiadas is the former owner of Delta Automotive Services, Inc., doing business as Delta Auto Transport, which he founded in 1999. Mr. Skiadas earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, studying Transportation and Logistics.

Brenda Frank is a director of the Board. Ms. Frank is the current Group Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST). Since joining Ross Stores in 2018, she has leveraged her extensive experience in human capital management and legal affairs. Previously, she served as Chief People Officer at Stericycle (NASDAQ: SRCL) from 2016 to 2018, where she led the integration of the Shred-it acquisition. From 2010 to 2016, she held the position of Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Franchise Relations, General Counsel & Secretary at Shred-it. Earlier in her career, she served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of HR at Itochu International Inc., the North American flagship of ITOCHU Corporation, overseeing HR operations for investments in a variety of industries. She began her career practicing law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Proskauer Rose LLP. Ms. Frank holds a J.D. from the New York University School of Law and graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany.

Rohit Lal is a director of the Board. Mr. Lal currently serves as the Executive Vice President of IT Strategy for Saia, Inc (NASDAQ: SAIA) (“Saia”), where he leads IT teams to develop and deliver enterprise-wide solutions from applications to analytics. Prior to Saia, Mr. Lal held the role of Director of Enterprise Architecture for CONA Services, an IT shared services company co-owned by The Coca-Cola Company and the 12th largest Coca-Cola Bottlers in North America. He joined The Coca-Cola Company in 2008 and served in a variety of roles during his tenure, with ranging responsibilities including implementing end-to-end SAP-centric sales, manufacturing, warehousing and route planning solutions. Before joining The Coca-Cola Company, Mr. Lal led various business development initiatives and ERP value realization engagements at mid-market and global companies across multiple industries as CEO and Founder of AceTrack, Inc. and in various sales and consulting roles at QAD. Mr. Lal earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.