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FORWARD AIR CORP

Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/forward-air-corp

Entity: Public listing published
Primary listing: NASDAQ: FWRD
Verification: Partially verified
Last reviewed: 2026-10-11T04:46:13.963622+00:00

Overview

Alpha's canonical identity and public leadership record for FORWARD AIR CORP.

Canonical AEGIS identity graph

Executive leadership

Current, confirmed roles are shown only when both the person Profile and supporting source record satisfy the public projection boundary. A missing role is not evidence that it does not exist.

Executive team

9 public records

Dacona Smith

Chief People Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: From Apr 29, 2026
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: FWRD DEF 14A executive officersApr 29, 2026

Doug Smith

Chief People Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001104659-26-051569Apr 29, 2026

Eric Brandt

Chief Commercial Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001104659-26-051569Apr 29, 2026

Jamie Pierson

Chief Financial Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001104659-26-051569Apr 29, 2026

Joseph M. Tomasello

Chief Information Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: FWRD executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026

Michael L. Hance

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001104659-26-051569Apr 29, 2026

Scott Stewart

Chief Executive Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: From Apr 29, 2026
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: FWRD DEF 14A executive officersApr 29, 2026

Shawn Stewart

Chief Executive Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001104659-26-051569Apr 29, 2026

Timothy Osborne

President, U.S. & Canada

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001104659-26-051569Apr 29, 2026

Governance leadership

Boards & Committees

Board and committee assignments appear only when the canonical public projection retains a current role and supporting source. Unpublished records are not interpreted as absence.

Record as of Oct 11, 2026. Chair, executive office, Lead Independent Director and committee appointments retain their separate source roles. A complete board composition denominator and committee charters are not established by a partial roster.

Board roles

5 public records

Jerome Lorrain

Executive Chairman

Board chairNot independent

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001104659-26-051569Apr 29, 2026

Christine M. Gorjanc

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2024
Confidence: 88%
Evidence: DEF 14A tm2612551-4_def14a.htmApr 29, 2026

Dale W. Boyles

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2024
Confidence: 88%
Evidence: DEF 14A tm2612551-4_def14a.htmApr 29, 2026

Paul Svindland

Director

Independence not stated

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2025
Confidence: 88%
Evidence: DEF 14A tm2612551-4_def14a.htmApr 29, 2026

Shawn Stewart

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Not independent

State: confirmed
Effective: Date not stated
Confidence: 95%
Evidence: SEC DEF 14A 0001104659-26-051569Apr 29, 2026

Committees

3 public records

Membership and chair roles are projected from current board seats. A chair is shown only when a stored chair flag says so.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Chair: Christine M. Gorjanc
Members: Christine M. Gorjanc (Chair); Dale W. Boyles

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

Chair: Not stated
Members: Christine M. Gorjanc; Dale W. Boyles

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Chair: Not stated
Members: Christine M. Gorjanc; Dale W. Boyles

Source record

Alpha canonical company public projection

Supports Company identity, Published leadership, Entity status boundary

Reviewed 2026-10-11T04:46:13.963622+00:00