5:30 - 6:45 PM - Registration Table Open

6:00 - 8:00 PM - Welcome Reception

6:45 - 7:45 PM - Networking Activity

8:00 - 11:30 AM - Registration Table Open

8:00 - 8:45 AM - Attendees Eat Breakfast at Hotel

8:45 AM - Opening Remarks & Safety Briefing

Speakers: Nikki Thomas, Vice President, Industry Affairs, American Trucking Associations; Nicky Morrison, Controller, Prime Inc.

9:00 - 10:00 AM - Session 1: Christy Uffleman’s Wayfinding: Leading Yourself Through Change, Disruption, and Uncertainty (Part 1)

This powerful group coaching experience offers tools, examples, and practices for anyone ready to evolve how they lead – and live - in a world that is changing by the minute. The stories shared are not only grounded in Christy’s research on personal evolution across the last 20 years, but also the latest data on both emotional agility from her mentor, Dr. Brené Brown, and neuroscience from Adam Grant.

Speaker: Christy Uffelman

10:00 - 10:15 AM - Break

10:15 - 11:15 AM - Session 1: Christy Uffleman’s Wayfinding: Leading Yourself Through Change, Disruption, and Uncertainty (Part 2)

11:15 - 11:30 AM - Break

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM - Session 2: Advocacy 101: Making the Persuasive Ask 

Advocacy is a skill and an activity not just reserved for lobbyists on the Hill. When women learn to advocate effectively, they get better, and their workplaces get better. They advocate for themselves, each other, and positive change in the workplace and industry as a whole. When women learn to advocate effectively, everyone wins.

Speakers: Brenda Neville, President and CEO, Iowa Motor Truck Association, Abbey Schroeder, Grassroots Program Manager, ATA

12:45 - 1:30 PM - Lunch  

1:30 - 2:45 PM - Session 3: Table Topic Discussions with Industry Trailblazers

Women In Motion Board Members, past and present, will facilitate a series of small, intimate discussions on a variety of topics, allowing attendees to dive deep into issues of their choosing as well as build rapport with fellow attendees. 

Facilitators: Brenda Neville, President and CEO, Iowa Motor Truck Association; Megan Melichar, VP Enterprise Strategic Program Management, FedEx; Frances Craig-Watson, Transportation Feeder Division Manager, UPS; Krista Toenjes, General Manager, North America On-Highway Business, Cummins Inc.

Topics: TBA

2:45 - 3:00 PM - Break

3:00 - 4:15 PM - Session 4: Emerging Technologies, Opportunities, and Challenges 

Keeping up with the latest technological innovations across our industry can feel like a full-time job in and of itself. With emerging technologies come emerging opportunities as well as challenges. How are we effectively keeping up with innovation and thoughtfully incorporating it into our companies’ ever-growing toolkit of resources? What new challenges do new technologies bring with them, and how can we overcome them?  

4:15 - 5:30 - Break

5:30 - 7:30 PM - Networking Dinner and Fireside Chat with Local Leaders

7:30 - 8:45 AM - Session 5: Breakfast and Training Session with Truckers Against Trafficking

Speaker: Esther Goetsch, Chief Executive Officer, Truckers Against Trafficking

8:45 - 9:00 AM - Break 

9:00 - 11:00 AM - Session 6: Building Relational Intelligence

The skills needed to successfully navigate your professional life aren’t always technical. This session is designed to strengthen participants’ self-awareness and relational awareness while equipping them with practical skills to build trust, deepen connection, and communicate more effectively in both professional and personal relationships. The session emphasizes understanding what drives behavior, strengthening empathy, and developing the relational skills required to navigate complexity, collaboration, and conflict with confidence.

Speaker: Jenny Belismith, Beatty Leadership 

11:00 - 11:15 AM - Break

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM - Session 7: Building a Supportive Corporate Culture

In 2025, WIM launched its first survey of women in the trucking industry, specifically exploring the factors influencing the recruitment and retention of women in non-driver roles. While many of the obstacles women face when choosing to enter or remain in the trucking industry are structural and systemic, many can be addressed by changes made to company culture and values. This session will explore the results of the WIM survey as well as actionable takeaways for how WIM members themselves can work towards building a more accessible and supportive industry for other women. 

Speakers: Laura Duryea, Director of Driver Recruitment and Professional Growth, Boyle Transportation; Christy Choice, Professional Services Consultant, Tenstreet ;  Nicky Morrison, Controller, Prime Inc.

12:30 Symposium Wraps