Guest Speaker

VP of Sales and Marketing, Marilyn Surber joined Drivers Legal plan in April 2024.  Marilyn is also Principal and Co-Founder of Candela Professional Group.  Marilyn has been a part of the transportation industry since 2008.  She is passionate about serving the transportation industry and is an advocate for the transportation community. She has over 15 years’ experience in corporate communication, industry relations, recruiting, safety and driver training.

Mark Landry, CPP is a sought-after speaker and thought leader in the implementation of new security technology to augment existing security efforts. He spent 20 years at FedEx, initially in the investigations organization, with his last 7 years standing up the Corporate Strategic Security Organization. Under his leadership, he developed enterprise-level solutions to evaluate, develop and test new security technologies to mitigate constricting security manpower resources.

Daniel C. Deacon is a Partner in the Washington, DC office of Conn Maciel Carey, working in both the Labor Employment and OSHA Workplace Safety Practice Groups. Dan's practice focuses on all aspects of occupational safety & health law and labor and employment law. He represents employers in inspections, investigations and enforcement actions involving OSHA and other state and local safety related agencies.

Tim O’Neil is a nationally recognized and award-winning leader and innovator in the benefits and wellness industry, Tim O’Neil partners with organizations to identify and mitigate risk, enhance levels of well-being and drive improved financial outcomes. 

Over the last 20 years, he has held several leadership roles guiding global benefits and wellness strategies and has served as the benefits lead on three $1B+ transactions. 

With more than 20 years experience in the transportation industry, Bert has developed a reputation for partnering with his clients to develop and implement corporate wide strategies focused on preventing injuries and crashes.  His expertise in reduction of overall cost of risk and driver retention helps impact client culture so they can be more profitable in their business.  He is well versed in all aspects of transportation risk, safety and compliance. 

Jeff Reeves, General Manager and Certified Director of Safety with Fortune Transportation for 6 years and has 30 years of transportation industry experience.

I have been with ODFL for 25 years with 23 years in the Security realm, 10 overseeing Cargo Claims and adding Central OS and D for the last 3 years.  I graduated from Canisius College in 1991 with a BS in Athletic Training and Biology and from University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1998 with a BS in Information Systems and Operations Management. 

Aaron R. Gelb is a partner in Conn Maciel Carey’s Chicago office where he regularly advises and represents clients in relation to inspections, investigations, and enforcement actions involving federal OSHA and state OSH programs, while managing a full range of litigation against OSHA. Mr. Gelb also litigates EEO matters in federal and state courts (having tried several cases to verdict) and defends employers before the EEOC and fair employment agencies across the country. 

As Founder and CEO of DriverReach, Jeremy Reymer is innovative and passionate about addressing today’s challenges with recruiting and retaining CDL drivers. Reymer brings 20 years of experience in the trucking industry as both a carrier and a vendor, having led a small truckload operation and a regional CDL driver staffing company. In 2016, Reymer founded DriverReach, a modern driver recruiting and compliance management solution to address the technological deficiency in this area.