North Carolina League of Transportation & Logistics 2022 Bill H. Teague Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient. Mark will be honored on June 10th at the North Carolina League of Transportation & Logistics Annual Conference Banquet.

Mark Andrews is an industry veteran who joined Cargo Integrated Logistics as Vice President of Logistics Solutions in 2013. A native of Akron, OH, Mark studied Business Administration with an emphasis on Management and Marketing at Bowling Green State University in OH and The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Mark’s experience spans over 41 years in various transportation and distribution roles. By accepting roles with increasing leadership responsibilities, his career has taken him from Tucson, AZ, to Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ, Sacramento, CA, Charlotte, NC, Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati, OH, finally landing in Hickory, NC. Prior to joining Cargo Integrated Logistics, he spent the previous 11 years working for major, asset-based warehousing and packaging third party logistics market leaders in Charlotte and Cincinnati. 

Mark is passionate about the transportation logistics industry and works diligently to maintain strong industry connections. He has held various leadership roles within the industry including: 

*Operations Manager, Convention Sales Manager, City Sales Manager, Region Sales Director, National Accounts Director Northwest US, Corporate Sales Northeast, Director of LTL Consolidation & Distribution, Director of Offline National Sales, and Vice President of Sales..

*President and Chairman for the North Carolina League of Transportation and Logistics (NCLTL). Currently, Mark serves on the Board of Governors, and is the acting Vice President.

*Presently, Mark also serves on the Advisory Board for the Associated Warehouses (AWI).

Mark has also been active with the Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC), Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), National Small Shipment Traffic Council (NASSTRAC), American Trucking Association (ATA), Distributors & Consolidators of America (DACA), and the International Warehousing Logistics Association (IWLA).

In addition to maintaining strong industry connections, Mark is skilled at developing local connections. He was a board member for the Catawba County Chamber of Commerce in 2016, 2017, & 2018, and served on the Executive Committee Board of Directors in 2017 and 2018. Currently, Mark is a member of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Managers Association of Lincoln County Economic Development Council, as well as actively serving on the Board of Directors for Cargo Integrated Logistics.

 Mark has also been extremely involved with the Sherrills Ford Optimist Club, a non-profit organization providing community support and sports programs for local youth. He served as Vice President, and over 14 years coached many youth baseball, softball, and basketball teams. He also dedicated over 12 years as an adult assistant leader for the Boy Scouts Troop 327 in that same community.

Mark is passionate about customer service and training and is excited about extending it through Cargo Integrated Logistics division, by delivering excellence, enhanced relationships, and superior customer service.

Mark values the relationships he has built through his truly lifetime career, that developed into many friendships. He has made hundreds of friends along the journey and was able to see most of the country through this occupation. He symbolizes the expression “When you love what you do, it isn’t work at all.”. He is grateful to all his colleagues in this industry for this achievement who made it possible, by sharing their knowledge and mentoring him along the way. Without their leadership, this wouldn’t be attainable. Finally, he is thankful to have a supportive family – wife Erin, and children, Nicholas and Anneliese, who make all this possible and motivate him to do more each day.

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