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Karen Vellutini has been in the international logistics industry since 1988. Her professional experience encompasses many facets of the industry, including ocean carriers, terminal operators and motor carriers. She is currently the President for Devine Intermodal, a logistics company headquartered in West Sacramento, CA providing trucking/warehousing/3PL services throughout the western states.  Karen's previous positions include management positions with Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) and American President Lines (APL).  

Karen is the Chairwomen of Women in Logistics (WIL). Additionally, she is the incoming Chairperson of the American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Carrier Conference, a member of the Port of Oakland’s Port Efficiency Taskforce, the World Economic Forum’s Blockchain for Supply Chain working group, a member of the US State Department’s International Speaker Program, and Advisory Board Member for California Maritime Academy’s school of International Business and Logistics and a guest lecturer at California State University, San Francisco.

Karen is a Northern California native and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from California State University, Fresno.

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Amanda Damstetter is IT Manager at Ruan where she leads the IT Security team and Service Desk which includes both end user support and office hardware management. She joined Ruan in 2020. In her current role she is responsible for overseeing the IT Security team in achieving goals for continued security governance and strengthening our environment while reducing risk. She is also responsible for overseeing commitment to all Ruan employees through support, access and role based controls. Prior to joining Ruan, Amanda was an IT Manager at Businessolver where she lead the service desk team and was instrumental in supporting a growing IT infrastructure team from 7 to over 30, implementing best practices, agile processes, and documentation standards to support a quickly growing organization. Amanda earned her bachelor’s degree in Advertising and Graphic Design from Morningside College, where she learned to hone her leadership and competitive skills as a 4 year starter on the Women’s Soccer team. On the home front, Amanda enjoys chasing after her three always busy kids and catching as many ball games as possible, while volunteering to coach whenever needed.

Ava Harrington is VP of Technology at The Pete Store and has worked in the trucking industry since 2010. After starting her career in real estate and joining The Pete Store in marketing, her path shifted into technology as opportunities opened up to support the business through growth. Today, she works across IT and operations, focusing on the behind the scenes work that keeps the wheels turning, from systems and support to vendors, contracts, licensing, security and change management. Known as a bit of a Swiss army knife, Ava enjoys making technology easier for end users and building teams where people can grow and do their best work. She believes you’re only as strong as the people you surround yourself with, and that progress comes from owning mistakes, learning, and moving forward. As C.S. Lewis said, “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”