Management Team

Richard D. O’Dell is Chief Executive Officer of Proficient Auto Logistics. Mr. O’Dell has served as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saia since April 2020. Mr. O’Dell served as Chief Executive Officer of Saia from December 2006 until his retirement in April 2020. Mr. O’Dell joined Saia in 1997 and served in various executive and financial positions until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. O’Dell also has experience in public accounting as a certified public accountant. Mr. O’Dell graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Kansas.

Amy Rice is President and Chief Operating Officer of Proficient Auto Logistics. Ms. Rice served in various roles at CSX, a Class I freight railroad and transportation provider, from 2011 – 2019, including as Vice President, Coal and Intermodal Operations from 2018 – 2019, Vice President, Strategic Planning from 2017-2018, Vice President of Operations Planning and Performance in 2017 and Vice President of Finance in 2017. More recently, Ms. Rice served as the chief executive officer of Sy-Klone International, a private manufacturer of fine dust filtration systems, from 2019 to 2023. Ms. Rice has been a board member of Firan Technology Group Corporation (TSX: FTG) from 2022-2025. Ms. Rice has a Masters of Business Administration from the Ross School of Business of the University of Michigan and an undergraduate business degree from Emory University. She serves on the Board of the Auto Haulers Association of America.

Brad Wright is Chief Financial Officer of Proficient Auto Logistics. Mr. Wright was most recently the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of PMC Consolidated Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Protect My Car, a Crestview Partners portfolio company (until its sale that closed in August 2023) providing extended auto warranty plans to consumers, since September 2018. From September 2017 through March 2018, Mr. Wright was the interim Chief Financial Officer of Eurasia Group, a global consultancy firm. From February 2008 through July 2017, Mr. Wright served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of FBR & Co., the NASDAQ-listed parent company of Friedman, Billings Ramsey Capital Markets & Co., an investment banking and institutional brokerage firm. Mr. Wright is also a member of the Board of Directors for Redzone Technologies, LLC, a privately held provider of cybersecurity services. Mr. Wright earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from Nebraska Wesleyan University (1982).