Chief Marketing Officer, Armstrong Transport Group
Bio
Lauren Russell serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Armstrong Transport Group, a
leading third-party logistics partner to shippers, carriers, and freight agents.
As Chief Marketing Officer, Lauren applies more than 20 years of experience in
logistics and transportation to planning, developing, monitoring, and implementing
overall business marketing strategies and procedures. Lauren ensures the
organization's message is distributed across channels and to targeted audiences to
meet corporate objectives.
Lauren also assists in managing Armstrong's Agent Recruiting team. She plans and
coordinates all special events relative to the agent partner program, including agent
conferences, reward trips, and recruiting events.
Lauren began her career as an Account Manager at C.H. Robinson's Chicago Central location in 2000. The next step in her career was to join the start-up American Transport Group. In this role, she oversaw the structure of the back office and led their recruiting efforts, growing the team to 150 employees. In 2012, after relocating to Charlotte, NC, Lauren joined Armstrong, managing human resources and recruiting new agents to join Armstrong.
Lauren earned her bachelor's degree in Advertising from the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign.