The VWEC is thrilled to continue our new Trending Thursdays VW (Veteran Women) Connect Series. Join us as we talk about the variety of events, programs, and opportunities available to women veterans across the nation in an effort to keep them informed and connected to the resources they need to succeed.
Guest Host Ladda Love Hawkins, Transportation Risk Insurance Professional, My Own Lane Consultants, LLC. We will be exploring the transportation industry and how women are making their moves in trucking. As our supplies chains get back on track, somebody is going to have make sure these supplies are delivered and that could be you.
Register: https://bit.ly/TrendingThursdaysVWConnectSeries
The association said of the 3.5 million truck drivers, only 10% of them are female. On average, women drivers drive more than 70 miles per month than men, and are 16% less likely to be in a crash.
By driving a truck, women can make the same amount of money as men, with salaries starting in the 40,000s and can go into the six figures if you own and operate your own company.
Women are getting into the trucking industry in record numbers. Ellen Voie, the CEO and Founder of the Women in Trucking Association, said females are statistically better.
Join the conversation with:
Ladda Love Hawkins, My Own Lane Consultants, LLC
Ladda Love Hawkins is the owner of two different but connected businesses within the trucking industry. She is co-owner of Lovejoy Risk Management Corp, a commercial trucking niched insurance agency. This is where much of her trucking expertise is based as a certified transportation risk insurance professional, licensed claims adjuster, and multi-state producer. The other company, My Own Lane Consultants LLC is a marketing company that aims to be the resource hub for those new and exploring the trucking industry. My Own Lane Consultants provides guidance, especially to WOMEN trucking entrepreneurs, by educating them on how to make the RIGHT connections, understand FMCSA compliance, and access cash flow resources to be profitable within this TRILLION dollar industry. With or WITHOUT a Truck!
Ladda is very active on Facebook and can best be contacted via FB messager or by emailing info@myownlaneconsultants.com.
VR Small, Founder/CEO, VWEC
VR Small, knows how to turn vision into reality. As the founder and chief executive officer, for the Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center (VWEC), a national initiative to empower entrepreneur women associated with the military to scale for success. VR is driving social, and economic change across our nation.
She testified for the original House Bill to make June 12, Women Veterans Day in Texas and participated in the Texas “I Am Not Invisible” Campaign. In 2020, she launched the first annual, statewide “Women Veterans: The Pitch” in celebration of Women Veterans Day, highlighting the innovations, and economic impact of current/potential women veteran entrepreneurs across the state of Texas.
VR is an active member of the Women Veteran Business Coalition, serves on the Advisory Committees for the 30th Congressional District Veteran and TWU’s Center for Women Entrepreneurs. Advisory Committees. She is a fellow of SMU’s Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity—Inclusive Economy, Dallas Public Voices, and the Bush Institute Stand-to-Veteran Leadership Program. Featured in Dallas Innovates 2020: The Future 50 North Texans to watched, VR is SBA’s DFW District 2020 Veteran Small Business Advocate of the Year, a Women Veterans 2030 Commissioner, a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Center for Women Veterans (CWV), 2021 Trailblazer “Women Veterans Leading the Way” a Dallas Business Journal 2021 Women in Business Honoree; featured in the Dallas Morning News, Veterans Day 2021 Special Veteran Edition, and on the cover of the Winter Issue of AVOW, a magazine by and for women veterans as well as selected as a 2022 Marquis Who’s Who in America®.
VR is a Navy Veteran, proud stepdaughter, and sister to U.S. Army Retired Vietnam & Iraq Veterans, respectively. Living her personal slogan “Changing the way we see the world and do business,” as a motivational speakers, moderator, educator, and resolute advocate for long lasting impactful change.