Judy R. McReynolds is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ArcBest Corporation, responsible for managing the multibillion-dollar logistics solutions company, which includes the brands ArcBest®, ABF Freight®, Panther Premium Logistics®, FleetNet America® and U-Pack®.
Since 2010, Ms. McReynolds also has held the post of Director of ArcBest Corporation and is the only member of the company’s senior management who serves on the board. In 2016, Ms. McReynolds was elected as Chairman of the Board of ArcBest Corporation. Her 28 years of logistics and transportation industry experience, including 21 years at ArcBest, provides significant value to the board.
During her tenure, Ms. McReynolds has evolved the ArcBest strategic focus to expand beyond its core less-than-truckload services represented by the ABF Freight brand in order to better serve customers across the supply chain spectrum. Building upon ABF Freight’s 95-year-old roots, she has diversified ArcBest into a full-service logistics provider through the addition of asset-light solutions.
In 2017, ArcBest realigned its structure to go to market primarily under the ArcBest brand, one logistics enterprise with creative problem solvers who deliver integrated logistics solutions. The approach is to provide the best possible customer experience and present a unified identity for all of the ArcBest services, including ABF Freight and Panther Premium Logistics.
Previously, Ms. McReynolds was Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Vice President – Controller, and Director of Corporate Accounting when she joined the company in 1997. Prior to joining ArcBest, she served as Director of Financial Reporting and Taxation with P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. and as a Senior Manager of Ernst & Young LLP.
Ms. McReynolds serves on numerous outside boards including OGE Energy Corp., First Bank Corp. and First National Bank of Fort Smith. She also serves on the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, the Brandon Burlsworth Foundation Board and the University of Arkansas Fort Smith Foundation Board, of which she is former chairwoman. She is the current chair of the American Transportation Research Institute board, and a member of the American Trucking Associations Board of Directors and Executive Committee. A Certified Public Accountant, Ms. McReynolds holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Oklahoma.