* Indiana - Longtime friends bring woman-owned trucking company to Zionsville
-- Togo Express is one of the newest businesses to call Zionsville home... Together, Misty Boodt and Jo Ellen Roberts have successfully broken into a typically male-dominated industry, and their business is growing... The company is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise trucking organization founded by Boodt in June 2012. Not long after, she brought in best friend and former roommate Jo Ellen Roberts. The pair first met during their days at Indiana University and, in separate conversations, each described the other as being “like a sister” ... Mutual friends at supplier Star Leasing put Boodt and Roberts in touch with Daryll Guiducci, the owner of Jet Star, Inc., which is now sharing a building with Togo. Although Jet Star is also in the trucking and transportation business, Togo focuses on dry van freight and the two companies aren’t competitors... Togo tries to be a refreshing place for its drivers and employees to work, which was always a goal of Boodt’s as she was embarking on breaking into the traditionally male-dominated trucking industry... The company currently has six drivers and as many trucks, but leases and rents others and is looking to make more hires as it continues to grow...
(Photo by Lisa Price - Misty Boodt, left, and Jo Ellen Roberts recently moved Togo Express to Zionsville) -- Zionsville,IND, USA - Current in Zionsville, by Sam Elliott - Sept 22, 2015Labels: trucking industry news USA, women in trucking
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