The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) named Christopher Burroughs to succeed Anne Reinke as president & CEO of TIA at the end of November. Burroughs has been with TIA for 13 years and most recently as its vice president of Government Affairs for the past six years.

He currently oversees all legislative and regulatory efforts before Congress and the federal agencies. He has played a key role in positioning TIA as the Trusted Voice of the 3PL Industry with Congressional and FMCSA leaders.

“I’m obviously thrilled and honored to lead such a great organization,” Burroughs told Transport Topics. “TIA has been an industry-leading voice for the freight brokerage industry. I’ve been here 13 years and just have a ton of passion. Our members are amazing and just love the collaboration we have with a bunch of different other organizations — folks like [American Trucking Associations] — and just the great work that we’ve all collectively done together to advance transportation.”

Under his leadership TIA has obtained support for many key policy priorities that have moved our industry forward, including the passage of CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2023. Additionally, he has served on the Board of Directors of the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and was nominated two years ago to serve as the chair of the Industry Advisory Subcommittee.

“We’ll continue to build upon those strong coalitions that we have — making those even stronger, sharing in that collective voice, addressing issues,” Burroughs said, “which we’re doing right now in addressing issues like the rampant fraud that’s going on.” He cited ATA, the Truckload Carriers Association, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, retail industry leaders and “other great organizations” working with TIA to address a wave of fraudulent brokering activity that has beset the 3PL sector.

Burroughs is confident TIA can help members navigate difficult business conditions amid a soft freight environment and looming regulatory and legislative challenges.