{"id":3837,"date":"2017-05-04T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T16:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:06:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:06:37","slug":"director-of-government-affairs-appointed-at-ooida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/2017\/director-of-government-affairs-appointed-at-ooida\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of Government Affairs Appointed at OOIDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"right\">\n<h5><strong>Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>1 OOIDA Drive, Grain Valley, MO\u00a0 64029<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Web Site:<\/strong>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/\">www.www.ooida.com<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook:<\/strong>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OOIDA\">OOIDA Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>Norita Taylor,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:norita_taylor@ooida.com\">norita_taylor@ooida.com<\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"red\"><strong>Headquarters<\/strong>: (816) 229-5791<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>For Immediate Release<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"black\" align=\"center\">Director of Government Affairs Appointed at OOIDA<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3839\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mike-matousek-2017-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Matousek\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mike-matousek-2017-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mike-matousek-2017.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Matousek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the nation\u2019s only organization representing professional and small-business truckers, appointed Mike Matousek as Director of Government Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>For the past three years, he has been the Director of State Legislative Affairs at OOIDA. He will retain that position at the Association\u2019s headquarters while also directing advocacy efforts with the legislative and regulatory team on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Matousek is originally from Enterprise, Fla., and graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Political Science. He began his career in Washington, DC in the office of U.S. Rep. John Mica of Florida. He later joined the staff of U.S. Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri. Congressman Graves currently serves as Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Prior to joining OOIDA in 2014, Matousek was a staffer for the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The Association\u2019s D.C. office is staffed by Director of Legislative Affairs Collin Long and Manager of Federal Affairs Jay Grimes. Going forward, Long will lead the day-to-day operations in the D.C. office, primarily focusing his efforts on legislative activities. Grimes will give his attention to regulatory issues by monitoring rulemakings, attending agency meetings, and participating in working groups with like-minded organizations. He will coordinate efforts and work with the regulatory team to develop and submit comments on behalf of OOIDA membership. Doug Morris, Director of Security Operations, will continue as director of security operations, lending his experience and insights to legislative and regulatory efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very much a team approach, and we believe we have the best people in place to make the biggest impact,\u201d said OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Press Release:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/2019\/director-of-legislative-affairs-joins-ooida\/\">Director of Legislative Affairs joins OOIDA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the nation\u2019s only organization representing professional and small-business truckers, appointed Mike Matousek as Director of Government Affairs. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[164,166,345,165,348,155,346,662,160,680,347],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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