Bill Graves

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Bill Graves is president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the leading industry trade and safety advocacy organization in the United States. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations, conferences, and other trucking-related organizations, ATA represents the interests of nearly 37,000 motor carriers and suppliers before the federal and state governments. Graves brings many attributes to his role at ATA, including his political and administrative experience, his ability to create sound public policy, and his lifelong connection to the motor carrier industry. Beginning with his grandfather and father, the Graves family has been involved in the trucking industry for nearly 75 years. Graves spent 22 years in public service in his home state of Kansas, highlighted by two terms as governor. He was reelected to his second term with the largest percentage of votes in Kansas history, carrying all 105 of the state's counties. In addition to his duties at ATA, Graves serves on the board of International Speedway Corporation, the leading promoter of motorsport racing in America. He earned a degree in business administration from Kansas Wesleyan University in his hometown of Salina, Kansas, and attended graduate school at the University of Kansas. He and his wife, Linda, have a daughter, Katie.