Fleet Safety – Driving Toward Success

Speaker: Peter Shackford, SMP, CHST – Vice President
of Safety & Risk Control Services, Hettrick, Cyr & Associates Inc.

Jon Lasko – Transportation Specialist

Jonathan Lasko has over 40 years of transportation experience in general management, safety, fleet operations, sales, and marketing.  For over 20 years Jonathan has managed private trucking fleets for food distributors in New England.  Jonathan was also a Smith System certified defensive driving instructor.  Jonathan holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN.

Linda Stratton – Sr. Safety & Risk Control Consultant

Safety & Risk Management professional with extensive experience helping commercial clients enhance productivity and reduce risk, with a strong focus on Transportation Safety. Skilled in developing, overseeing, and evaluating Fleet Safety Programs to ensure compliance with State and Federal regulations, including USDOT/FMCSA requirements. Provides services such as fleet safety audits, best practice implementation, training development, and loss analysis and trending. Also supports clients across various industries with safety program audits, OSHA mock inspections, ergonomic evaluations, and risk analysis, delivering actionable recommendations with measurable return on investment.

As your company grows, your fleet operations often grow with it — and so do the risks and responsibilities that come with managing vehicles and drivers. Whether your business operates light-duty service vehicles or larger trucks exceeding 10,001 pounds GVWR, maintaining a strong fleet safety program is essential to protecting your employees, your assets, and your bottom line. This Fleet Safety Seminar, presented by Hettrick, Cyr & Associates (HC&A), helps companies of all sizes understand the evolving requirements and best practices for managing safe and compliant vehicle operations.

We’ll discuss how DOT regulations may apply to certain vehicles and drivers, as well as the core safety standards every employer should follow — including driver qualification, vehicle inspection and maintenance, distracted-driving prevention, accident response, and strategies to reduce collision frequency and rising auto insurance costs. With over 30 years of transportation safety expertise, HC&A provides practical, real-world guidance to help organizations strengthen compliance, improve driver performance, and build a culture of safety that delivers measurable results on and off the road.

(This educational offering is recognized by MA & RI as satisfying educational credits towards renewal of Construction Supervisors License (CSL) requirement.)