The Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) honored Tom Fleming of Aim NationaLease with the Steve Lawrence Legacy Award during its 2023 annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort in Bonita Springs, FL.

“Tom Fleming is equal parts leader, mentor, visionary, philanthropist and provider,” Dean Vicha, president of NationaLease, said. “The amount of lives Tom has positively influenced is immeasurable and he does it with such a combination of self-confidence and humility that he is truly someone we should all aspire to be more like. NationaLease and the entire truck leasing industry are truly blessed to have him on our side.”

Fleming, chairman and CEO of Aim Transportation Solutions (now Aim NationaLease), began the company in 1982 when he purchased McNicholas Transportation, a company with only 29 trucks and five employees. Today, Aim NationaLease operates and/or maintains nearly 11,000 vehicles with approximately 1,200 employees at more than 100 facilities. Fleming has served on TRALA’s board of directors and the National Truck Leasing System as past chairman.

Fleming is now the fifth NationaLease member to be recognized with the Steve Lawrence Legacy Award. Past recipients of this award include Steve Lawrence of Lawrence NationaLease, Paul DeCarolis of DeCarolis NationaLease, Doug Clark of Corcentric and Tom Brown of Brown NationaLease.