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DEREK J. LEATHERS, is our Chairman and CEO, serving as Chairman since May 2021 and CEO since May 2016. He was Vice Chairman in 2020-21 and President from 2011 to January 2024. Our Board appointed him in May 2020 to fill a directorship vacancy and stockholders initially elected him in May 2021. Mr. Leathers has worked in the transportation and logistics industry for over 30 years. Throughout his tenure at the Company, he has held integral roles in many facets of the organization, including the establishment of our Mexico operations and oversight for all the asset operating groups. Prior to joining the Company in 1999, he was employed by Schneider National for eight years, during which time he was based out of Mexico City for several years and was one of the first foreign members of Mexico's trucking association (CANACAR). Mr. Leathers holds an economic degree from Princeton University. He serves on the board of public company SkyWest Incorporated, an airline company; as the board chair of the American Transportation Research Institute; as the board vice-chair of the American Trucking Associations; on the executive committees of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of the Midlands; and on the board of trustees for Creighton University. He is a founder and board member of the PlaySmart Leadership Academy, an Omaha non-profit for youth. He brings to the Board a unique understanding of our business and operations as well as his extensive knowledge of the transportation industry.

NATHAN J. MEISGEIER has served as our President and Chief Legal Officer since January 2024, including the role of Chief of Staff and overseeing Legal, Safety, Risk, Human Resources, Government Affairs, Driver Recruiting, Field Recruiting, the Roadmaster School Network, Terminal Management, Corporate Security, and Construction. He previously served since February 2018 as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, after having been Vice President and General Counsel since 2016 and fulfilling other legal leadership roles. Prior to joining Werner in 2005, he was a litigator at the Kansas City law firm of Stinson, Mag and Fizzell for seven years. He holds a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School. He is Chairman of the American Trucking Associations' Legal Reform Advisory Council and serves on the American Trucking Associations Litigation Center board, among other positions in the transportation industry.

CHRISTOPHER D. WIKOFF has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since April 2023. He previously served since 2016 as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of West Technology Group, formerly Intrado Corporation, a cloud-based, global technology company, where he was responsible for strategic finance, accounting, treasury, tax, investor and lender relations and multiple finance shared service centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He served in various financial leadership roles over 16 years with Lucent Technologies, Avaya and CommScope. He graduated from the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business with a business administration degree including a concentration in international business.

ERIC J. DOWNING has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2023. He previously served since 2016 as Senior Vice President of Dedicated, after having been Vice President of Specialized Services since 2012. Since joining the Company in 1998, he has also had roles in operations, marketing and Logistics. He was in the United States Air Force from 1991 - 1998 and works with Werner's associate resource group for veterans. He has a degree from the University of Nebraska - Omaha in criminology and criminal justice. He serves on the board of the Truckload Carriers Association and on the executive committee of the Nebraska Trucking Association board.

ALEXI A. WELLMAN, was initially elected to our Board by stockholders in May 2021. She has been the CEO of Altaba, Inc., a closed-end management investment company, since January 2022. She served as Altaba, Inc.'s Chief Financial and Accounting Officer from 2017 - 2021. She was Vice President, Finance and ultimately Vice President, Global Controller of Yahoo! Inc. from 2013 - 2017 and Chief Financial Officer of Nebraska Book Company from 2011 - 2013. She was a certified public accountant with KPMG LLP for 18 years, seven of which she served as an audit partner. She was the audit engagement partner on the Company's annual audit for the year ended December 31, 2010. She serves on the board of public company ESS Inc., a manufacturer of energy storage solutions. Among other boards, she has served on the boards of public companies Endurance International Group Holdings and Yahoo! Japan and of public special purpose acquisition companies Bilander Acquisition Corp., TWC Tech Holdings II Corp., and Nebula Caravel Holdings, LLC and early-stage technology companies MatMaCorp and V2verify. She is the senior advisor to the Master of Accounting Program at the University of Cambridge Judge School of Business and a former board member of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.

DIANE K. DUREN, was initially elected to the Board by stockholders in May 2017. In February 2017, she retired from Union Pacific Corporation, having served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary for four years. Her 32 years at Union Pacific also included roles in finance and as a vice president and general manager in chemical marketing/sales and agricultural products. In her early career, she was a certified public accountant with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells. While it was still a public company, she served on the board of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. She also served on the board of Savage Companies until 2025, a provider of infrastructure and supply chain services. She chairs the board of the Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority of Omaha, chairs the board of trustees of Creighton University, and serves on the board of trustees of Peter Kiewit Foundation. Among many other community contributions, she has chaired the Heartland Chapter of the American Red Cross board and the board of Children's Nebraska, a non-profit pediatric hospital.

JACK A. HOLMES, was appointed by our Board in August 2018 to fill the directorship position created by a Board expansion and initially elected by stockholders in May 2019. He was president of UPS Freight (UPS) from 2007 until his retirement in 2016. In his 37 years at UPS, he also held leadership roles in operations, engineering and human resources. As executive chairman, he leads the board of EmergeTech, Inc., which provides solutions for freight procurement. He served as a director of Sharps Compliance when it was a public company. He also served on the boards of Redwood Logistics, LaserShip and 10-4 Systems. He formerly co-chaired the National Freight Advisory Committee's Conditions, Performance and Data Subcommittee and served on the American Transportation Research Institute's board.

MICHELLE D. GREENE, was appointed by our Board in November 2023 to fill a directorship vacancy and initially elected by stockholders in May 2024. She has served since August 2022 as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Global Technology and Business Services at Cardinal Health (CAH), a healthcare services and products company, where she manages teams charged with digital and commercial technologies, information technology and technology processes. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Cardinal Health's pharmaceutical segment. From March 2018 until she joined Cardinal Health in February 2021, she was Vice President Information Technology at Masco Corporation, a home improvement products manufacturer. She held various information technology leadership positions at Johnson Controls from 2009 - 2018 and worked in business infrastructure and information technology at Sony Ericsson from 2000 - 2008. At Cardinal Health, she is on the board of its charitable foundation and sponsors its STEM Initiative and Black and African American employee resource group. She serves on the board of Goodwill of Southeastern Wisconsin; vice-chairs the boards of Goodwill Manufacturing, Inc. and GreenPath Financial Wellness; and is active in the Information Technology Senior Management Forum.

MICHELLE D. LIVINGSTONE, was appointed by our Board in May 2022 to fill a directorship vacancy and initially elected by stockholders in May 2023. She is the founder and CEO of M. D. Livingstone Consulting, LLC, which was established in 2022 and provides supply chain solution consultation. She teaches at the Transportation and Supply Chain Institute at the University of Denver and is an advisor to The Pasha Group, a family-owned diversified global logistics and transportation services company. She retired in 2021 from serving as Vice President - Transportation from The Home Depot, a home improvement retailer, which she joined in 2007. She was Senior Vice President - Transportation for C&S Wholesale Grocers from 2005 - 2007, Vice President - Transportation for J.C. Penney from 2002 - 2005, and a transportation leader at Kraft Foods from 1985 - 2002. She serves on the board of Mastery Logistics Systems, Inc., which provides a cloud-based transportation management system. She is on the executive board of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business Transportation and the boards of the Transportation and Supply Chain Institute at the University of Denver and of Rainbow Village, a non-profit addressing homelessness in Georgia.

M. GAYLE PACKER, was appointed by our Board in May 2025 to fill a directorship vacancy. She has served as CEO since 2019 and as President since 2018 of Terracon Consultants, Inc., an engineering consulting firm providing environmental, geotechnical, facilities, and materials services. Since joining Terracon in 2004, other roles have included Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Services and co-General Counsel. She holds juris doctorate and Master of Laws degrees and was a corporate, tax and employee benefits attorney at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP from 2001 - 2004. She has also worked in public relations and sales for an agricultural broadcasting network. She serves on the boards of VHB, Inc. (a top-rated civil engineering and design firm with services in transportation infrastructure), the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the Construction Industry Round Table; the board executive committee of ACE Mentor Program of America, which provides architecture, construction, and engineering career information to youth; and the executive committee of the Design Professionals Coalition of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). She is a former board member of the ACEC Research Institute.

JIM S. SCHELBLE has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since May 2016 and has ongoing responsibilities related to Driver Recruiting, the Roadmaster School Network, and terminal operations. He previously served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing since 2005. Prior roles since joining the Company in 1998 also include, among others, Senior Vice President of Sales and other leadership roles in sales and in development of our Dedicated business. He serves on the board of the Professional Truck Driver Institute. Prior to joining the Company, he spent 12 years with Roadway Express in various management positions within operations, sales, and marketing. He has a business administration degree from St. John's University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Drake University.

CRAIG T. CALLAHAN has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer since February 2018. His primary responsibilities include leading sales and business development efforts across the Company's entire suite of transportation and logistics service offerings, managing marketing and communications, and facilitating sustainability initiatives. He previously served since 2015 as Senior Vice President of Sales. Since joining the Company in 1995, he has also had other leadership roles in sales, customer service and operations. He holds a degree in finance and business management from Creighton University.