FOOD
A N D
TRUCKS
BY LARRY HURRLE, EDITOR
JULIE PIPAL TRANSITIONS FROM A STATE'S FOODBANK
TO LEADING A STATE TRUCKING ASSOCIATION
W
hen Julie Pipal first started working with the Idaho Trucking Association,
it wasn't necessarily because she was focused on her current position of
president and chief executive officer for the association. Rather, it was
because she saw a benefit the industry had in bringing value to itself and
providing food for people who were in need.
Pipal was working as a food resource manager for the Idaho Foodbank
when the president's position opened up at ITA.
"I think I was on their radar screen," Pipal said. "I had been working on a program with the
food bank to get donations to hungry folks."
One of the biggest challenges Pipal faced, she said, was getting food into the food bank.
She went to the Idaho Trucking Association and visited with board members and told them
she thought there would be value to the trucking industry through working with the Idaho
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