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CLDA & CDA join forces for
CDA’s Annual Meeting
June 26, 2024 | 2:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Name: CLDA x CDA Annual Meeting
Start: 2024-06-26T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-26T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina

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Transportation and logistics are changing fast. Make sure you have the latest info and strategies to stay compliant and grow your business. The CLDA x CDA Annual Meeting brings together top industry leaders, legislators and legal experts to cut through the noise and provide actionable insights and information.

Today’s Labor Law Issues

Labor laws are constantly evolving and the new realities that many are facing in the logistics industry can be daunting. Learn more about labor and employment legal risks including operational issues, independent contractor issues, state and federal statutory compliance, investigations, contracts, and negotiations.

Advocacy in Action Panel Discussion

Join industry leaders and elected officials for a panel discussion to understand what is happening on the advocacy front with jobs, AB5, regulatory reform, porch pirates and more.

Roundtables

Network with other carriers like you that understand the challenges you’re facing. Roundtables allow you to dig into some of these topics and learn more about how others are resolving those issues.

Local Legislative Update

Carl DeMaio joins us for a legislative update. Stick around to hear about issues impacting California businesses and what to expect moving forward.

Networking Reception

As the day concludes, make the most of your final opportunity and celebrate the success of the day. Network with old and new connections while you build on the day’s topics and learn from each other to strengthen your business moving forward.

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Hotel Accommodations

The event will take place the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, located at 1380 Harbor Island Drive San Diego, California 92101.

Reservations

Interested in Sponsorship?

Bronze – $500 – Company name on advertising for event and recognition of sponsor level plus 1 minute sales pitch at the event.

Silver – $1500 – Company name on advertising and recognition of sponsor level plus 2 minute sales pitch at the event.

Gold – $2500 – Company name on advertising and recognition of sponsor level plus 5 minute sales pitch at the event.

Platinum – $5000 – Company name on advertising and recognition of sponsor level plus 5-10 minute sales pitch at the event. Also “CDA member since logo” listing Platinum Sponsor for 2024 Annual Meeting & Networking Event and E-bulletin sponsored by listing for 1 year.

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Agenda

June 26, 2024 | 2:00 - 7:30 p.m.

2:00 pm -
3:00 pm

Today’s Labor Law Issues

Labor laws are constantly evolving and the new realities that many are facing in the logistics industry can be daunting. Learn more about labor and employment legal risks including operational issues, independent contractor issues, state and federal statutory compliance, investigations, contracts, and negotiations.

Jaime B. Laurent, Paul Marron

3:00 pm -
4:00 pm

Advocacy In Action

Join industry leaders and elected officials for a panel discussion to understand what is happening on the advocacy front with jobs, AB5, regulatory reform, porch pirates and more.

Joel Pinsky, Andrew Brady

4:00 pm -
5:00 pm

Roundtables

Network with other carriers like you that understand the challenges you’re facing. Roundtables allow you to dig into some of these topics and learn more about how others are resolving those issues.

Brian Surber, Andrew Brady, Jason Burns, Thomas Jowers, Ruth Correa, Al Jean-Baptiste

5:00 pm -
5:30 pm

Local Legislative Update

Carl DeMaio joins us for a legislative update. Stick around to hear about issues impacting California businesses and what to expect moving forward.

Carl DeMaio

5:30 pm -
7:30 pm

Networking Reception

As the day concludes, join your fellow attendees to unwind. Make the most of your final opportunity to network with old and new connections while you build on the day’s topics and learn from each other to strengthen your business moving forward.

The Speakers

Al Jean-Baptiste

Al Jean-Baptiste is the President and CEO of 24/7 Enterprises, LLC. He has been in the industry for over 23 years and believes he would be an asset to the Customized Logistics and Delivery Association (CLDA) in any way necessary to move the mission further. He is also very passionate about what he does and fully commits to anything he signs up for. Al has been a long-time member of the CLDA and two years active in the Executive Leader Summit (ELS) committee, now Final Mile Focus (FMF). He hopes to continue to serve at this level and would appreciate your support.

When he is not busy managing his business, he is passionate about running, playing golf, spending time with his wife and kids, and helping those in need. He firmly believes his mission is to help others succeed, as we can’t do it alone. He also makes regular donations to nonprofits, assisting Meals on Wheels by delivering meals to the elderly, and has volunteered for over 20 years at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Andrew Brady

Andrew Brady is the Co-Owner and COO at King Courier, a full-service courier company serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1992, he has run operations and been involved in sales for the company. Mr. Brady has previously served as President of the California Delivery Association (CDA), the statewide association of expedited delivery companies in California, from February 2006 to July 2011, and again from 2019 to 2022. Mr. Brady has been a proud CLDA member since 2000.

Brian Surber

Priority

Brian Surber is a leader in the last mile space having been employed and actively involved with the Customized Logistics and Delivery Association (CLDA), previously the MCAA, ‎for ~18 years. Ten of those years have been proudly representing Priority Dispatch, Inc. – one of the ‎founding companies of the association. During this time, Brian has contributed to the CLDA as a Committee ‎Member, Panelist, Presenter and Moderator. Not to mention being published numerous times in ‎miscellaneous trade publications supporting the last mile space. It is with humility and unwavering ‎commitment he seeks to give back further to the organization that has given him so much by serving as a CLDA ‎Board Member.

Carl DeMaio

Carl DeMaio, born September 14, 1974, is a Republican politician and radio host. He served on the San Diego City Council from 2008 to 2012 and has run for mayor of San Diego and the U.S. House of Representatives. DeMaio is a vocal advocate for pension reform, government transparency, and fiscal conservatism. He founded two government reform organizations, the Performance Institute and the American Strategic Management Institute. DeMaio currently hosts a radio show on NewsRadio 600 KOGO, where he discusses political issues and public policy.

Jaime B. Laurent

Jaime Laurent has extensive experience in both general and complex civil litigation. He defends businesses from labor and employment claims and regulatory actions brought by government agencies including, but not limited to, misclassification claims, discrimination and harassment claims, and wage and hour claims.

From a transactional perspective, Jaime believes that risk management for any business starts with creating operational practices that help to manage litigation cost effectively. He firmly believes in "facts over contracts." While employer written policies, procedures and contracts can work to minimize risk, the operational actions and internal communications of the company must be in alignment with the company's litigation risk management strategies. Jaime works with employers to harmonize their corporate acts with their policies to manage litigation risk.

He advises numerous companies on a wide range of labor and employment legal issues including operational issues, independent contractor issues, state and federal statutory compliance, investigations, contracts, and negotiations.

Jaime routinely speak at venues in California on various labor and employment topics. He has presented to various industry groups on issues ranging from sources of misclassification risks in California to arbitration issues.

Jason Burns

Jason Burns is a passionate business leader in the Greater New Orleans community and the final mile transportation industry. He is a proud 2006 graduate of Vanderbilt University where he was a SEC Academic Honor Roll student-athlete in football and selected as the recipient of the Head Coach’s Dedication Award.

Jason later returned to his hometown to assume a leadership role in his family’s business enterprises, including Burns Management Group (BMG), Global Parking Systems (GPS) and QCS Logistics (formerly Quick Courier Services, Inc). As a second-generation owner and President of QCS, Mr. Burns led the company’s resurgence by developing new service offerings, implementing a new technology platform, and expanding operations into new markets. These initiatives resulted in record growth and QCS was selected to the Inc. 5000 list as one of America’s fastest growing companies for four consecutive years. QCS was also recognized as a Top 100 Icon of Industry by ICIC (Initiative for a Competitive Inner City) in 2014. In 2020, QCS was acquired by Dropoff Inc, a national same day delivery company headquartered in Austin, Tx. with operations in over 25 states. In this new role, he serves as Dropoff’s Director of Corporate Development.

Additionally, Jason has served as a board member of the Customized Logistics and Delivery Association (CLDA) since 2011 and an executive board member since 2016. During his tenure has chaired the following committees: Technology, Final Mile Forum, ELS, Membership and the newly created Diversity & Inclusion.

Joel Pinsky

Global Messenger and Logistics

Joel Pinsky, CPA, is a graduate of the University of Delaware. After passing the CPA exam in his first sitting, Joel joined the audit team of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co (now KPMG) in Baltimore. Three years later Joel moved to Touche, Ross & Co (now Deloitte & Touche) to become a tax consultant. Several years later Joel pursued a dream of his and opened Ledo Pizza and Pasta. The restaurant carved out a niche in catering hot lunches and dinners. This was Joel’s first introduction to the delivery business.

In 2008 Joel was asked by his childhood friend to join Global Messenger and Logistics headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Here Joel has helped the company transition from a local messenger business into the courier and logistics company it is today.

Joel has a lovely wife, Kimberly, and is the proud father of three great children, Andrew, Eric and Julia. Joel enjoys visiting his mother and in laws in Florida. Other interest include travelling, almost all sports, playing with his goldendoodles, Bentley and Beau, and saving people money on their taxes.

Paul Marron

Paul began his legal career as a Deputy Public Defender for Los Angeles County, and tried cases in Downtown Los Angeles, Compton and Long Beach. Recruited by a large national lawfirm for his trial experience, he was assigned to high profile criminal and civil cases. He founded Marron Lawyers in 1995 and has grown the Firm from a solo practice to a litigation and outside general counsel firm dedicated to excellence and winning for clients. Mr. Marron has tried 35 cases to jury verdict and 30+ to judges, administrative tribunals and arbitrators. For plaintiffs, he has secured multiple judgments after trial of over $1M. For defendants, he has secured complete defense verdicts in trials where plaintiffs sought as much as 8 figure judgments.

Paul's career includes numerous wins in bet-the-company cases. Clients have described him as a "legal sharpshooter." After a lengthy trial, the judge described Paul as “among the finest litigators I’ve had in court.” In another case, plaintiff sought $5M. While under Mr. Marron’s cross examination, plaintiff fired his lawyer and dismissed his case the next day. Recently, Mr. Marron secured a finding of “independent contractor” status and a $1.1M+ judgment against the California Employment Development Department (EDD) in a 4.5 month trial in which EDD sought to re-classify 1500 independent contractors as employees and dismantle his client’s business model.

Paul has represented a wide range of clients, from Fortune 1000 companies to small businesses. Clients have brought him and his skilled team in to try cases across California, and in ID, CO & TN; and litigate in TX, AZ, OR, MI, MN, NY & FL.

Ruth Correa

Ruth Correa started Tempo in 2008, as a franchise of Dynamex, nka Transforce. With a background in real estate and finance, she was excited to start a new business and a new challenge in an expanding and ever- changing industry. Teaming up with Dynamex allowed her to learn from experienced professionals and gave her the right tools to succeed.

In 2011, Tempo exited the Dynamex franchise and has since grown into multiple markets. Good, honest, and hard work ethics helped to build a team of hard-working individuals who are customer focused. With branches in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Olathe, KS, and over 35 independent contractors Tempo provides customized solutions for all delivery needs. With over 15,000 sq ft of warehouse space, Tempo boasts a range of services offered including 2-man white glove service for home or medical, warehousing, scheduled routes, on-demand work, cross-dock, and more.

As satisfying as growing her business has been, Ruth's greatest happiness has been growing her family. Her three children, Luca, Samuel, and Lily are where she gets her strength, drive, and motivation to continue to grow and do her best in all aspects of her career and personal life.

Thomas Jowers

Thomas began his career in logistics in 1994 serving as a service facilitator at U.S. Delivery (later purchased by Corporate Express Delivery Systems) in Houston, TX. Shortly thereafter, he became the Director of Logistics for a small company known as Dedicated Services, Inc (DSI). After DSI was purchased by Noble International from Detroit, MI, Thomas stayed on as Director of Logistics for what became Noble Logistic Services where he developed and managed regional delivery systems all over the country, including the development of a distribution network for Toyota & Ford.

In July of 2003, Thomas ventured into a partnership with Advantage Delivery & Logistics (ADL) headquartered in Tampa, FL where he currently serves as President - Southeast. In addition to having developed the current corporate infrastructure, Thomas aided the firm in nearly tripling its business while expanding its coverage into six new states. Placing a strong emphasis on the importance of creating strategic partnerships with customers and other carriers around the country, Thomas has spent the last few years helping to develop vendor relations that ensure strong participation and a solid membership for the Florida Messenger Association. He currently serves as President for the Florida Association and is also the Meeting Committee Chair. Thomas served in the Army prior to beginning his career in Logistics. He has been married for 13 years and has four children. In his spare time, Thomas coaches both Little League Baseball and Fast Pitch Softball and currently serves on the Board of Directors for a Little League.

CLDA & CDA join forces for
CDA’s Annual Meeting
June 26, 2024 | 2:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Registration Details

CDA/CLDA Members: $99 (includes all education sessions and the Networking Reception).
Non-Members: $150 (includes all education sessions and the Networking Reception)
Networking Reception ONLY: $75 (5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.)

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Hotel Accommodations

The event will take place the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, located at 1380 Harbor Island Drive San Diego, California 92101.

Reservations

Events

CLDA & CDA join forces for CDA’s Annual Meeting June 26, 2024 | 2:00 – 7:30 p.m.

REGISTER

Today’s Labor Law Issues

Advocacy in Action Panel Discussion

Roundtables

Local Legislative Update

Networking Reception

REGISTER

Hotel Accommodations

Interested in Sponsorship?

Contact Us

Agenda

The Speakers

Al Jean-Baptiste

Andrew Brady

Brian Surber

Carl DeMaio

Jaime B. Laurent

Jason Burns

Joel Pinsky

Global Messenger and Logistics

Paul Marron

Ruth Correa

Thomas Jowers

CLDA & CDA join forces for CDA’s Annual Meeting June 26, 2024 | 2:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Registration Details

REGISTER

Hotel Accommodations

CLDA x CDA Annual Meeting

CLDA & CDA join forces for CDA’s Annual Meeting June 26, 2024 | 2:00 – 7:30 p.m.

REGISTER

Today’s Labor Law Issues

Advocacy in Action Panel Discussion

Roundtables

Local Legislative Update

Networking Reception

REGISTER

Hotel Accommodations

Interested in Sponsorship?

Contact Us

CLDA & CDA join forces for
CDA’s Annual Meeting
June 26, 2024 | 2:00 – 7:30 p.m.

CLDA & CDA join forces for
CDA’s Annual Meeting
June 26, 2024 | 2:00 – 7:30 p.m.

CLDA & CDA join forces for
CDA’s Annual Meeting
June 26, 2024 | 2:00 – 7:30 p.m.