Business View Magazine l January 2023

89 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 DART TRANSI T COMPANY Stephanie Williamson, the company’s only senior vice president, who manages a large portion of Dart’s corporate operations. The company sent several female employees to the Women in Trucking Conference in late 2022 and is looking to establish a Women in Trucking Taskforce led by Williamson that will interact with leaders at other companies and within the industry. Dart is hoping to grow its female driver base while still allowing those employees to address their own family and personal needs. “We want to build a culture of inclusiveness and opportunity, where all of our employees feel safe,” Cafarelli says. That inclusiveness extends to people of color and employees from other diverse backgrounds as well, he adds. A substantial population of the company’s drivers were originally from Africa and immigrated to the U.S. By growing that diversity and strengthening its environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Dart will become a stronger organization seen as a progressive subject matter expert, Cafarelli says. One thing that Dart is encouraged about is that demand for high-quality freight delivery services has increased since the summer of 2020. Cafarelli says that trend is likely to continue, even as a driver shortage continues. Dart understands the necessity of investing in its employed and contract drivers to help manage its own business. That includes creating an environment for higher-margin work.