Rusty Duckworth was promoted to the position of chief financial officer for American Trucking Associations.

“Part of our mission is to return value for the investment our members make when they join ATA,” said Chris Spear, president and CEO of ATA. “Rusty has been an excellent steward of ATA’s budget and finances in several roles with the organization, and I’m pleased that he will serve as our new CFO.”

Duckworth has worked for ATA since 1999 in a variety of roles in the accounting and finance department, most recently as senior vice president and controller.

“It is an honor to work not just with the ATA staff, but on behalf of this tremendous industry,” Duckworth said. “I appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve both ATA and our membership as a part of the new leadership team.”

Duckworth is the fifth member of the new leadership team Spear has assembled at ATA. Duckworth joins Elisabeth Barna, COO and executive vice president of Industry Affairs, Bill Sullivan, executive vice president of advocacy and Sue Hensley, executive vice president of communications and public affairs who joined the organization in August. General Counsel Jennifer Hall also started in her new role recently.

“I’m pleased that with Rusty in his new role, we now have a complete management team that is ready to strongly position ATA for the future,” Spear said.