The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today announced its reappointments to the Motor Carrier Board for 2009.  The advisory board consists of members representing the transportation industry and the shipping public in addition to ex-officio members of the Michigan departments of State Police, Transportation, Treasury, and Secretary of State, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. 

The following members were reappointed for a one-year term:

Don Beerens, Waste Management, Lansing

Donald Messing, J. W. Hunt, Fenton

Douglas G. Ostrowski, Evans Distribution Systems, Melvindale

George Thompson, Transportation Services, Inc., Romulus

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/Don Lahring, Changing Places Moving, Waterford

Gregory Gorno/Karen Gorno, Gorno Transportation Services, Inc.,

     Brownstown

Michael Haller, PVS Transportation, Detroit

William Kotynski, Ryder Transportation Service, Ann Arbor

Glen Merkel, Davis Cartage Company, Corunna

David Nicklesen, Combined Van Lines, Lansing

The Motor Carrier Advisory Board facilitates a continuing dialogue among the trucking industry, consumers, other interest groups, and state government on issues, problems and solutions important to Michigan freight transportation.

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