35 part 2: Women in Logistics: Building Connections & Empowering Future Leaders

In the second of this 2-part episode, the panel, Amanda Meadows, KJ Swaggert, and Tamson Fricke, continue the discussion surrounding the impact of mentorship, taking calculated risks, and having the confidence to step outside our comfort zones. ✨ Key takeaways: • You don’t have to know it all to take the next step. • Mentors can open doors that change your career. • Build your network, embrace growth, and protect your reputation. • Lift others up and create opportunities for the next generation. Success is stronger when we support one another! Let’s keep opening doors, sharing knowledge, and empowering more women to lead in logistics and supply chain. 🚛🤝 Learn more about this topic: Asendia USA Strategic Partners Shipium | The Shipping Platform for Complex Supply Chains Trusted Enterprise Parcel Shipping Software | ProShip Asendia USA: Request a sales quotation KJ Swaggert | LinkedIn Katie Jo "KJ" Swaggert is a supply chain and logistics executive who leads Enterprise Alliances at ProShip, Inc., focused on strengthening partnerships and driving joint go-to-market strategies across complex, high-volume shipping environments. She joined ProShip after four years as Director of Strategic Solutions at Redwood Logistics, where she drove growth across parcel, technology, and modern 4PL strategies which earned her a 2024 Pros to Know Award. Before that, she spent nearly a decade at UPS, leading teams across the Northern Plains district and building a deep understanding of global parcel networks. KJ is also a passionate advocate for Women in Logistics, recently honored with the Empowering Women in Logistics BCS Award at the Broker-Carrier Summit. She's based in Alexandria, Minnesota, with her husband and two teenage sons. Tamsen Fricke | LinkedIn Tamsen Fricke leads Carrier Portfolio Strategy and Operations at Shipium, deciding how carriers are evaluated, tiered, and certified across the network, and which ones are the right fit for Shipium customers' networks. She's spent more than twenty years in logistics and supply chain, and since 2020 has focused on small parcel: building networks, vetting and onboarding carriers, and negotiating contracts. These days she's putting AI to work on carrier performance data.