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INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE

The Dalilah Standard
Governing Council

The 14-member voting Council is designed to bring transportation, safety, fraud prevention, legal, and family perspectives to the same table. Members serve in an unpaid advisory and program-review capacity. The Council adopts and amends the Standard and oversees recognition integrity and enforcement policy. Council service does not appoint a member as a director or officer of FreightValidate or another entity.

Seat advisory committees and opportunities to contribute

Meet the current Council members and explore the open seats below.
MEET OUR CO-FOUNDERS

Co-Founders and interim leadership

These interim roles coordinate the work while the Council fills its seats. They create no additional Council seats or votes. The seated Council elects its formal Chair and Vice Chair under the governance charter.

Continuing founder role and mission protections. Dale Prax and Marcus Coleman remain Co-Founders after interim leadership ends. The proposed advisory rights require formal Council adoption and do not add votes or extend leadership terms.

Dale Prax
Co-Founder · Interim Chair

Dale Prax

Leadership term: October 3, 2026 to October 2, 2027, or until the Council elects a Chair.

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Marcus Coleman with his daughter Dalilah
Co-Founder · Interim Co-Chair

Marcus Coleman

Leadership term: October 3, 2026 to October 2, 2027, or until the Council elects formal leadership.

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Current Governing Council members

10 seated members · 4 open seats. Click a member’s photo or name to read their bio and seat responsibilities, or choose an open seat to apply.

Zachary MeiborgZachary MeiborgSeat 01 · Established motor carrierBio and seat responsibilities →Pamela J PolyakPamela J PolyakSeat 02 · Owner-operator or small-fleet motor carrierBio and seat responsibilities →Grace MaherGrace MaherSeat 06 · Factoring, transportation finance, or commercial creditBio and seat responsibilities →Dred "Drew" WilderDred "Drew" WilderSeat 07 · Transportation insurance, underwriting, claims, or risk managementBio and seat responsibilities →Todd DaumTodd DaumSeat 09 · Commercial driver, driver safety, or driver trainingBio and seat responsibilities →Scott CornellScott CornellSeat 10 · Law enforcement, cargo theft, highway safety, or investigationsBio and seat responsibilities →Alex PanfilovAlex PanfilovSeat 11 · Fraud Advisory and identity verificationBio and seat responsibilities →Randy PerkinsRandy PerkinsSeat 12 · Transportation compliance, licensing, data, telematics, TMS, or verificationBio and seat responsibilities →Philip Grosvenor Sr.Philip Grosvenor Sr.Seat 13 · Public highway-safety advocate, crash-survivor advocate, Safety Consultant, or Expert WitnessBio and seat responsibilities →Michael KrauseMichael KrauseSeat 14 · Family member of a person killed or seriously injured in a commercial-vehicle crashBio and seat responsibilities →
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Governing Council Member

This badge identifies an approved individual Council appointment. Open an appointed member’s certificate link below to verify current status and download their certificate and email signature.

Council appointment is separate from a company’s Pledge Signatory or Recognized Participant status.

Council application deadlines

Apply by November 19, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Central. Review and voting may begin before the application deadline when the required qualifications, seat-specific application materials, pledge and identity checks are complete. A biography and JPEG headshot are required with the application and before a new approval vote.

Applies to the current open-seat intake. Any previously published seat-specific cutoff takes precedence. Applications received later stay on file for a future vacancy. Existing appointments and voting rounds are unchanged. A deadline is not a promise of appointment or automatic cancellation.

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Council seat selection

Read the proposed Charter amendment and adoption status. All qualified applicants received by a seat’s published cutoff are considered together.

THE FOURTEEN SEATS

Open seats and Council responsibilities.

Each seat has one vote. Members serve the integrity of the Standard, with affiliations and conflicts disclosed and managed under the governance charter. Interim leadership is listed above and does not change the seat count.

Open Council seats

Click an open-seat card to review its qualifications, duties and service commitment before starting an application.

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SEAT 03

Licensed property freight broker

Open for applications

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SEAT 04

Freight forwarder

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SEAT 05

Shipper, manufacturer, retailer, or beneficial cargo owner

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SEAT 08

Transportation or related commercial-law attorney

Open for applications

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INDEPENDENCE

Safeguards in the governance charter

Conflicts are disclosed and acted on.

Members provide annual disclosures and recuse from matters involving material employer, client, financial, family, or other impartiality concerns.

Funding does not buy a vote.

A founder, sponsor, funder, administrator, or technology provider has no veto or guaranteed recognition outcome.

Terms rotate.

Council members serve three-year terms, with shorter initial terms where needed to stagger seats. Each profile shows the recorded start and end dates. The formal Chair and Vice Chair serve separate one-year leadership terms without extra votes.

Votes follow published rules.

Once five seats are filled, quorum must include at least five stakeholder categories. Founding appointments follow the published initial voting exception. A tie fails; the Chair has no second or tie-breaking vote.

Read Council service terms, membership review, workload, and endorsement limits

Read the founding appointment voting policy

Read the governance charter

Appendix A of the manual contains the full seat descriptions, appointment, conflict, voting, committee, and transparency provisions.

Read the complete Governance Charter ↗