Mona Gore has been named Saia’s brand manager. This is a new position within the Marketing Department that will be responsible for managing both internal and external brand initiatives. She will be acting as a guardian of the company’s brand by maintaining its integrity across all initiatives, communications, and our portfolio of services and products. As such, communications, public relations (PR) and design now report to Mona.

Though new to Saia and the transportation industry, Mona has worked in the marketing, advertising, PR, digital marketing, and event planning arena for 20 years holding senior roles on both the corporate and agency side. She has worked in several industries including telecommunications, advertising, sports and medical device manufacturing for several national and global corporations including Cingular, MCI, BBDO, NASCAR, Erbe and Elekta.

Jason Ham was named the manager for our NSH terminal at the end of May. Jason has over 20 years of combined sales and operations leadership in the industry. He has been with Saia for 17 years, serving as the terminal manager in Shreveport, Louisiana for the past nine years.

John Rose has been named our new KCY regional operations manager. John started at Saia in 2013 and has previously served as a terminal manager for our DEN, KCY and OKC facilities. He has 20 years of experience in the industry.

Rodney Warmke has assumed the role of KCY terminal manager. He joined Saia in 2008 and has over 25 years of experience in the industry. He has served as our DLS and GRL terminal manager and as the KCY regional manager. He attended Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.

Michael Sprague has been named the regional sales manager for our CIN Region. In this new role, he will be responsible for our team of 27 Saia account executives covering the states of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio.

Michael’s career at Saia began in 2012. He has served the company in field sales as well as a national account executive. He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Ohio State University and a master’s degree from Wright State University.