{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Transportation Nation","title":"Driver's Seat to C-Suite: Jennifer Hedrick on Building a Welcome Mat","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1575,"description":"Only about 9–10% of CDL drivers are women. Jennifer Hedrick, former President & CEO of Women In Trucking, joins Lee Gentry and Katlyn Foulks to talk about what's actually moving that number — and what isn't.\nIn this episode:\n- Jennifer's path from association leadership to leading WIT\n- What the latest WIT Index reveals about women in driver, leadership, safety, and dispatch roles\n- Why culture, properly fitting gear, and zero-tolerance policies matter more than slogans\n- How mentorship through the Connect program supports both mentors and mentees\n- The WIT on the Road regional events and the Engage online community\n- A preview of the Accelerate Conference & Expo — October 25–28 in Dallas\n- Practical advice for women considering trucking, and for carriers who want to recruit them\nBennett is proud to support Women In Trucking and the Women in the Driver's Seat program, championed by Marcia Taylor and led by Alicia Echols.\nLearn more: womenintrucking.org\nSubscribe to Transportation Nation for more conversations shaping the road ahead.\nTimestamps\n00:37 Meet Jennifer Hedrick\n02:20 Inside the Women In Trucking mission\n04:00 Engage platform & WIT on the Road\n05:39 What the WIT Index reveals\n08:31 Bennett's Women in the Driver's Seat\n10:15 Culture, fit, and safety that retain women\n13:12 Building internal women's programs\n15:39 Mentorship through the Connect program\n18:32 Accelerate Conference preview\n20:41 Whitney trailer and reaching the next generation\n22:52 Advice for women entering trucking\n23:48 Rewriting job descriptions to remove bias","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dp8Qu1ep64tErzXugq5JHnDw3TVsN2YgBa22Lk5CuGg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNmY3/ZDAxNGFhMzg4ZjYx/MDJlYTZlYWIxODkw/MDBmOC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}