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Heartland Express CEO and leadership

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Heartland Express CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Michael J. Gerdin is the Heartland Express's CEO. Heartland Express has 3,600 employees, of which 12 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Heartland Express executive team is 8% female and 92% male.
  • 70% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Heartland Express management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Michael J. Gerdin

Chairman/President/CEO

Heartland Express is led by Michael Gerdin, who started his career with Heartland in 1983 as a teenager working in the truck wash bay. From 1998 to 2001, Mike was President of A&M Express, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heartland Express. In 2001 Michael was appointed to Vice-President of Regional Operations, and in 2006 he was appointed to President of the Company. Mike earned his BA degree in Business Management from Luther College.

Russell Gerdin

Founder

Benjamin J. Allen

Board Member

Christopher A. Strain

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & VP-Finance

Christopher Strain is an Exec VP:Finance/CFO/Treasurer/Secy at HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC. He has worked as VP/Secretary/Controller at HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC.

James G. Pratt

Board Member

Brenda S. Neville

Board Member

David Paul Millis

Board Member

Kent D. Rigdon

Vice President-Sales

Kris Eric Eickman

Vice President-Information Technology

Larry J. Gordon

Board Member

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Name & TitleBio
Russell Gerdin

Founder

Heartland Express board members

Name & TitleBio
Michael J. Gerdin

Chairman/President/CEO

Heartland Express is led by Michael Gerdin, who started his career with Heartland in 1983 as a teenager working in the truck wash bay. From 1998 to 2001, Mike was President of A&M Express, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heartland Express. In 2001 Michael was appointed to Vice-President of Regional Operations, and in 2006 he was appointed to President of the Company. Mike earned his BA degree in Business Management from Luther College.

Benjamin J. Allen

Board Member

James G. Pratt

Board Member

Brenda S. Neville

Board Member

David Paul Millis

Board Member

Larry J. Gordon

Board Member

Michael Sullivan

Board Member

Heartland Express leadership demographics

Heartland Express gender distribution in management team

  • The Heartland Express executive team is 8% female and 92% male.
  • Heartland Express is 14% female and 86% male company-wide.
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92%
Company-wide: 86%
Female
Female
8%
Company-wide: 14%

Heartland Express executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Heartland Express executive officers is White.
  • 70% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Heartland Express's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 65% of employees are White.
  • 14% of employees are Black or African American.
  • 12% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • Management team
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What employees say about the executives at Heartland Express

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2024
Pros of working at Heartland Express

Loved seeing my same customers everyday, and got to be close with my coworkers.

Cons of working at Heartland Express

The management could use some help there.

Heartland Express benefits

No benefits there

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Updated November 18, 2022

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