Chairman's Award Winners:
2026 Steve Hoffman, Mid States Transport
2025 Glade Evenson
2024 SDTA Staff
2023 Brad & Shelley Schipper, K&J Trucking, Inc.
2022 Jean Ollerich, Jerry Ollerich Trucking
2021 Tom Murphy, Parker Transfer & Storage
2020 Rick Underwood, Dale’s Tire & Retreading, Inc.
2019 Rick Hoogendoorn, YRC Freight
2018 Lowell Somsen, Transportation Insurance Services
2017 Mark Dybvig, Jim Hawk Truck-Trailer Sales
2015 Alton Palmer, Alton Palmer Trucking, LLC
2014 Jerry Cudmore
2013 Larry Thury
2012 Tim Kotalik, Wilson Trailer Company
2011 Stan Kopfmann, Stan’s, Inc.
2010 Larry Anderson, A&A Express, Inc.
2009 Dakota Truck Underwriters
2008 Cliff W. Tjaden, Tote, Inc.
2007 Rep. Larry Rhoden, House Majority Leader
2006 Great West Casualty Co.
2005 Ted Bultsma, Bultsma Truck Line
2004 Michelle Koch Schipper, K & J Trucking, Inc.
2003 Bud Westendorf, Cummins Central Power, LLC
2002 Charlie Flowers, Flowers Trucking
2001 Gene Phillips, B&G Transportation, Inc.
2000 Capt. Myron Rau, SD Highway Patrol
1999 Ray Walz, Universal Transport
1998 Bryan Eden, Butler Machinery Co.
1997 Dale Peterson, Hyman Freightways
1996 Lyndon Franzen, Sheehan Mack Sales & Equipment
1995 Jim Bukrey, Power Brake & Wheel
1994 Linda Bickford, Prorate 48
1993 Ron Green, Dakota Truck Underwriters
1992 Dave Tingle, Sioux Falls Kenworth Inc.
1991 Dennis Zoellner, Thermo King Of Sioux Falls, Inc.
1990 Ed Burke, Graham Tire Co.
1989 Joe Kelly, Norwest Bank Sd, N.a.
1988 Dan Nelson, West River International
1987 Tom Jennings, FBS Leasing Corp.
1986 Arnie Zueger, Marx Truck Trailer Sales
1985 Sam Nastase, Cummins Great Plains Diesel
1984 Ed Burke, Graham Goodyear Tire Co.
Safety Director of the Year Winners:
2026 Clark Thomas
2025 Tammy Bishop
2024 Glade Westwood, Dixon Bros, Inc.
2023 Tim Miller, Cliff Viessman, Inc.
2022 Dave Dailey, Johnson Feed, Inc.
2021 Peter Book, A&A Express
2020 Jennifer Raddatz, K&J Trucking, Inc.
2019 Heather Ruth, Dakota Carriers
2018 Tyler Skoglund, Midwest Motor Express, Inc.
2017 Ken Albers, TBI, Inc.
2016 Shanna Gray, Blachowske Truck Line
2015 Jenny Thorson, AO Express
2014 Matt Stensland, Johnson Feed
2013 Randy Hindt, A&A Express, Inc.
2012 Safety Department at Orion Food Systems
2011 Don Knowler, MCT Transportation, LLC
2010 Jane Swenson, Stan’s Inc
2009 Joe Sandoval, TBI, Inc.
2008 Henri Oldenkamp, Alton Palmer Trucking
2007 Jennifer Raddatz, Blachowske Truck Lines
2006 Stan Knox, Dept. of Public Safety
2005 Tim Miller, Cliff Viessman, Inc.
2004 Dewey Garvey, A&A Express, Inc.
2003 Mary Dolge, K&J Trucking, Inc.
2002 John Kemp, Dakota Truck Underwriters
2001 Bud Westendorf, Cummins Central Power LLC
2000 Tim Anderson, K&J Trucking, Inc.
1999 Gene Peterson, Lewis Truck Lines
1998 Kevin Lundstra, PacLease
1997 Larry Thury, Midwest Coast Transport
1995 Harold Brown, Direct Transit
1994 Steve Wynthein, Burns Moving & Storage
1992 Rett Miller, Cenex Transportation
1991 Joe Chavez, Hyman Freightways
1990 Doug Brockhouse
