December 21, 2006

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today announced its appointments to the Motor Carrier Advisory Board for 2007. The Advisory Board consists of 15 members representing the transportation industry and the shipping public plus ex-officio members of the Michigan departments of State Police, Transportation, Treasury, and Secretary of State, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Appointees are:

NEW APPOINTMENTS

Don Beerens, Waste Management, Wixom
Donald Messing, J. W. Hunt, Bad Axe
Douglas G. Ostrowski, Evans Distribution Systems, Melvindale
George Thompson, Transportation Services, Inc., Romulus
Jerry Wheeler, Deeco Transportation, Lansing

REAPPOINTMENTS

Mickey Blashfield, Central Transport International, Inc., Warren
Carl Brune, The McKinley Group, Carson City
Al Demeester, Eagle Express, Ludington
Robert Esler, Independent Drivers Association, Taylor
Johnna Goodwin, Changing Places Moving, Waterford
Gregory Gorno, Gorno Transportation Services, Inc., Brownstown
William Kotynski, Ryder Transportation Service, Ann Arbor
Jack Landstrom/Vincent Held, Sr., Great Lakes Petroleum, Alma
Glen Merkel, Davis Cartage Company, Corunna
David Nicklesen, Combined Van Lines, Lansing

Members of the Motor Carrier Advisory Board are appointed for a one-year term.

The MPSC is an agency within the Department of Labor & Economic Growth