Chris Easter has been Daseke’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors since February of 2020. He began his career at Daseke as its Chief Operating Officer in January of 2019 and assumed the additional responsibility as its Interim Chief Executive Officer in August of 2019. His background includes more than 30 years of operational leadership serving in key transportation and logistics roles with the United States Army, Walmart and Schneider National. From 2012 to 2017, he served as CEO of Keen Transport, a specialized transportation, warehouse, and logistics company focused on serving the industrial equipment market. During more than a decade with Walmart, he was responsible for overseeing the transportation of goods from around the world. Easter graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point; he then served with distinction in the U.S. Army, where he was a leader in heavy machinery logistics. Easter was awarded the Bronze Star during Operation Desert Storm

John P. Michell has served as Daseke’s Vice President of Operations Strategy since April 2019. He previously served as Vice President of Finance since June 2017. Prior to this, beginning in July 2013, Mr. Michell served as Daseke’s Director of Finance. Before joining Daseke, he spent several years as an Assistant Vice President at Texas Capital Bank working in its Financial Sponsor Group conducting due diligence across a wide array of industries. Mr. Michell began his career as an Analyst at Frost National Bank in its Middle Market Commercial Banking Group. Mr. Michell graduated magna cum laude from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance.

Amanda Hemker has served as Daseke’s Vice President since 2017 and was promoted to Corporate Controller in January 2019. Ms. Hemker has been with Daseke since she joined as Assistant Corporate Controller in 2013. She provides controllership for all Daseke subsidiaries across the United States and Canada. Ms. Hemker has extensive knowledge of GAAP accounting and financial reporting as well as SEC accounting and reporting. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Ms. Hemker graduated with honors from Southwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in Business and Political Science. She also has an undergraduate degree from Fort Hays State University in Sociology and is certified in Grant Proposal Writing and Community Development.