Our Team
Elaine Terry, Load Coordinator
Employed since: April 1998
Elaine joined DFA Fluid Transportation in 1998 with a diverse background in transportation. When Elaine started she was responsible for scheduling transportation for the butter and cheese from the plant to customer. For over 18 years she has been scheduling transportation for the raw milk from the farms to bottling plants. She continues to build and maintain relationships with customers, farms, plants, and haulers for smooth transportation. Elaine is a dedicated Christian, Wife, Mother of 4 daughters, Grandmother of 9, and Great Grandmother to 1 and counting. She enjoys traveling with her husband to perform and listen to Gospel music. In her free time, she also enjoys crocheting, singing, reading and traveling to the beach with her family.
Edith Angus, Load Coordinator
Employed since: October 1998
Edith is our Island girl from the beautiful American Samoa. She keeps everyone laughing both in the office and with anyone who calls. Her background in transportation brought her to DFA Fluid Transportation in 1998. She started as a load coordinator for the Raw Milk. For over 17 years she has been handling all other food grade products such as cream, condensed, juice, soy base, and oils. Her positive attitude makes it easy to build and maintain relationships with customers, plants, and haulers. Edith enjoys spending time with her husband and fur babies. She is an avid book reader, loving authors like Karin Slaughter and Nora Roberts.
Kent Collier, Load Coordinator
Employed since: April 1995
Kent started with DFA in 1995 working in the plant running various pieces of production equipment. For over 21 years he has been working in the DFA Fluid Transportation office. He schedules outbound loads for food grade products such as cream, condensed, juice, soy base, and oils. He has built strong relationships with our haulers that helps in providing great service for our customers and plants. In his off time, he enjoys spending time with his family, cat and dog. He also enjoys hunting and fishing.
Lance Arnold, Load Coordinator
Employed since: August 2009
Lance came to DFA with a detailed background in transportation. He dispatched for the late Geo transportation in van freight. He also dispatched on the tanker fleet for Aartman. He began with the DFA Fluid Transportation office as a load coordinator for the raw milk. He is now our main cream coordinator along with continuing to coordinate raw milk and all other fluid products. Lance is also talented with technology and helps us in resolving computer issues when they arise. He enjoys reading and spend time with his family. His family spends a lot of time enjoying a nearby lake in the summers.
Jennifer Essick, Traffic Manager
Employed since: December 2002
Jennifer started working in the van/reefer division of DFA handling the Borden Cheese Label from there she transitioned into export logistics & documentation. After the centralization of exports, she took the lead over freight payables. She became the administrative manager of the DFA Fluid Transportation office. Early 2017 she accepted the Traffic Manager position for the DFA Fluid Transportation office. When she is not out marketing new business and carriers she can be found in her office. Jennifer practices an “open door” policy and maintains a personable relationship with everyone in the office. Jennifer is married and has one son. She also has a dog and cat. Jennifer and her family enjoy camping in the summer. They also love to take cruises throughout the year.