La Canada Flintridge, Calif., February 12, 2008 -- The Allen Lund Company, a national third-party transportation broker, announced the promotion and addition of a manager, assistant manager, and three national accounts managers. "The promotion and addition of five employees within the last 30 days is important to our continued growth as a company nationally and internationally," said Allen Lund, founder and president, Allen Lund Company.

Toni Rooney, Manager
Memphis Office
Rooney started with the Allen Lund Company Los Angeles office, dry van division, in 1999 with an extensive background within the transportation industry. In 2004 Rooney relocated to the Louisville office and in January 2008 promoted to manager, Memphis office.

Bryan Starosto, Assistant Manager
Cleveland Office
Starosto joined the Cleveland office as a transportation broker in August 2007 with seven years experience in the transportation industry and promoted to assistant manager in January 2008.  Starosto started in the transportation industry immediately upon graduation from Bowling Green State University.

Dennis Connors, National Accounts Manager
San Francisco Office
With an impressive 23-year career with the Allen Lund Company, Connors brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as a transportation broker with the San Francisco office, dry van division, to his new position as a national accounts manager.  Connors will focus on expanding all types of TL and LTL freight from Northern California.

Steve Morton, National Accounts Manager
San Francisco Office
Morton joins the San Francisco office with 28-years of experience in the transportation industry including: intermodal and brokerage operations; customer service management; sales and marketing. Morton's focus will be on expanding the San Francisco office portfolio of services including the development of an intermodal program.

Denver Oates, National Accounts Manger
ALC International
Oates joined ALC International in January 2008 as a national accounts manager. Oates brings an extensive resume of working in the international freight sector for 19-years and will be working with ALC International to expand its international presence.

Established in 1976, the company reached the $310 million mark for fiscal year 2007 managing over 245,000 truckload shipments. The September 2007 issue of Transport Topics ranked the Allen Lund Company 11th in the nation among their list of "Top 25 Freight Brokerage Firms."