Vaughn Sturgeon is the president and CEO of Atlantica Diversified Transportation Systems Inc. which employs approximately 300 people in eastern Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. Thomas University and is a certified management accountant. He has been active in his community, serving on boards with the Rexton Community Access Centre, Rexton EMO and Rexton Credit Union. In the transportation industry, he has served as a director with the Canadian Trucking Alliance and the Atlantic Provinces Truckers Association and has served other corporate and not-for-profit boards. Sturgeon has also participated in many regional forums on economic development in Atlantic Canada.