Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 23, 2002

Gail Cooper – Boyd Brothers Transportation Inc (boyd)

RICHARD C. BAILEY was named Chief Operating Officer of Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. in July 2001 and has served as Chief Financial Officer since joining the company in August 1992. He has been a Director of the company since February 1995. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bailey served as President and Director of Eastern Inter-Trans Services, Inc., a dry van truckload carrier, from December 1989 to August 1992. He previously was employed in various financial positions with Ernst & Young, Intermet Corporation and Snapper Products (a division of The Actava Group Inc.). Mr. Bailey has served on the Advisory Board of the University of Georgia Trucking Profitability Strategies Conference. He is a Certified Public Accountant with a BS in Accounting from Georgia State University. Profile
GAIL B. COOPER has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. since February 2000. Ms. Cooper served as Secretary of the company from December 1969 until February 2000 and has held numerous administrative and accounting positions since joining the company full-time in 1972. Ms. Cooper currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Alabama Trucking Association and is a Board member of the Chamber of Commerce for Barbour County, Alabama. She received a BS in Business Administration from Troy State University. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with some of the highlights in the history

of Boyd Bros. Transportation and then discuss some more recent

events at the company?

Ms. Cooper: We are a flatbed company