Business Beat: Rhode Island Trucking Association’s 1st female chair
Photo: Debora Babin Katz, ATA President & CEO Chris Spear, and Michael Kiselica Debora Babin Katz assumed the gavel as the first woman to Chair the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Trucking Association on Tuesday, carrying on a rich legacy within the 92-year History of that association. In doing so, she paid homage to a former trucking industry trail blazer and vowed to ‘move minds’ as she endeavors to lead and grow that organization’s non-profit Foundation. “Lena Daly was an exceptional female leader in our industry and her leadership of the Rhode Island Truck Owners Association from 1960 to 1981 contributed to where RITA is today,” said Babin Katz. “I am excited to move forward on a dual track as RITA’s new Chair: to serve and support our valued members and to advance the mission of RITA’s newly-formed Foundation. The trustees of this Foundation board will be comprised of an incredible group of thought leaders, bot...