With You Every Step of the Way
Unwaivering Support Before and After the Sale
Our sales team consists of experienced and certified professionals that have been selling trucks for many years. They are not just salesmen, but trusted advisors that can help you to make the best decisions when acquiring trucks for your business. The sales support team are all capable professionals that work hard to make the customer’s buying experience positive and pleasant. Our primary mission is to remarket trucks that have been traded to Freightliner by America’s largest and most reputable fleets.
DW Miles, Center Manager
DW is a native of Columbus, Ohio with 30 years of experience in the transportation industry. DW earned a BS in Business Administration from The Ohio State University with a major in Accounting. He started his transportation career with Penske Truck Leasing as a District Controller in Cincinnati, Ohio. Over the years DW held various positions of increasing responsibility with Penske. After relocating to Atlanta in 1998, he was promoted to District Manager overseeing multiple locations with responsibility for revenue growth, operations and P/L results. Later in his Penske Career he took over the role of Remarketing Manager for the Mid-South Area, responsible for the marketing and disposal of Penske’s used trucks. DW’s last role with Penske was Sr. Manager-Retail Truck Sales, where he opened Penske’s 3rd Retail Truck Center nationally in the Atlanta market. He was twice selected for Penske’s Presidents Club for distinguished achievements.
DW joined the Selectrucks of Atlanta team in December of 2018, and serves as the Center Manager.
DW and his wife Felicia have two children and seven grandchildren. They enjoy traveling and spending time with their grandkids. DW is a huge Ohio State “Buckeye” fan and enjoys a good game of golf when time permits.
Lyn Owens, Sales Representative
Lyn has been around trucking and agriculture all of his life. Born and raised in McDonough, GA, he is a hometown guy. Lyn’s family has a long history in farming and agribusiness in Henry County. As a result, Lyn worked for many years in the family’s seed and fertilizer business. This is where his trucking roots were developed. Because of Lyn’s love of farming and trucking, he joined Atlanta Freightliner in 1996, and helped open SelecTrucks of Atlanta in 1997. He has been here ever since.
Lyn is best known for being very helpful with his customers. He is very well known and respected in this area, and he knows just about everyone in the trucking business for miles around. During his time at SelecTrucks, Lyn has become a Certified Sales Expert, and has been among the top salesmen in the Select organization for many years.
Lyn’s interests are collecting John Deere memorabilia, Ag Farm toys, and truck replicas. He keeps part of his collection in his office at work. He also enjoys attending auctions around the country, attempting to add to his collection. He and his wife JoAnn run a small cattle and hay farm in their spare time. Their hobbies include fishing, hunting, and watching movies.
Courtnay Beckham, Sales Representative / Good Energy Worldwide Contact
Courtnay is a native of Atlanta, GA. She graduated from Clayton State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business in 1990. Since then, she has spent her entire career in sales- starting with working for Polo/Ralph Lauren and then moving to Electronics. She has been in the Trucking Industry for 25 years and has been with SelecTrucks of Atlanta for the last 21 years. She is very highly respected in the industry as her tenacity and energy for learning and growing is contagious and has helped her develop a large successful customer base from all over the country. WIT-Women in Trucking Association named Courtnay one of their TOP WOMEN TO WATCH in 2019.
Courtnay loves what she does, and all her customers are part of what she calls her extended family. The relationships that she has formed, the care that she gives to her customers and her passion for helping people achieve their goals are what you find when working with Courtnay. Courtnay has continuously been a top performer nationally for the past 20 years and has been honored with the number one position many times in the SelecTrucks network. She strives to perform at a level that reflects excellence in everything she does. She has earned Presidents Club Honors and Century Club Honors year after year.
Courtnay and her husband Jay have been married for 31 years and have two beautiful daughters and two granddaughters. Courtnay has a passion for health and is certified in Plant Based Nutrition from ECornell University. She strives daily to help people learn and change their lives through proper food and life choices. Don’t be surprised if she offers you some fruit while you are purchasing a truck. Courtnay also has a strong love for kids. She has volunteered her time in many different capacities and has taught Sunday school for her church for over 20 years and sings in the choir. She is highly involved in Truckers Against Trafficking and makes sure all her customers are informed and aware of these issues. You may also find her searching for treasures at a local thrift store, antique shop, or garage sale as she loves to hunt for treasure. Her favorite places to be are camping, on a lake or just relaxing in nature.
Bill Swedelson, Sales Representative
A native new yorker, Bill is a graduate of the university of Miami with a BA in advertising photography. Bill began his professional career as a photographer in New York City working for some well known production studios. After 2 years behind the cameras, Bill moved over to the food and beverage industry where he worked in sales and management for over 21 years and helped build names like evian and pellegrino waters along with vitamin water and naked juice into what they are today. After working for distributors and manufacturers, Bill made a move to have his own food and beverage distributorship and along with the support of his wife of almost 40 years, built it from the ground up and sold it in the matter of 3 years.
In 2003, after many years fighting the snow in the northeast, Bill moved his family to the south side of the metro atlanta area and joined the SelecTrucks of Atlanta team as a sales representative. Although very different from the food and beverage industry business that he was accustomed to, the fundamentals of sales are quite the same, as bill caught on to the trucking business very quickly. In fact, Bill has become one the top producing SelecTrucks salespeople in the nation. He was honored over 8 times presidents club and winners circle award winner and multiple times century club winner as the top performer in the DTR SelecTrucks network. Bill’s care and concern for his customers has helped him achieve these results. Bill has maintained his core group of loyal customers over the years and continues to help them achieve their goals and dreams.
Bill and his family reside in the south side of the metro Atlanta area near their grown kids and grandchildren. Bill is an avid sports fan and although surrounded by Georgia Bulldog fans, Bill continues to support his Hurricanes and the teams from his native New York. He and his wife Pam have adapted well to the slower southern lifestyle and enjoy spending time with their family and childhood friends of 50 plus years that reside in the same town.
Jeff Wilkerson, Service Manager
Jeff was introduced to trucking at a very early age, as both of his parents were truck drivers. As a young child, Jeff’s family moved around quite a bit, but they finally settled down in the Atlanta area when he was in his early teenage years. One of Jeff’s first jobs while in high school was detailing trucks at the JB Hunt terminal in Forest Park. When he graduated, he took a job as a trailer mechanic at the same terminal, and eventually learned how to work on diesel engines. He worked on the floor for about five years, and then became a shop foreman. After 14 years at JB Hunt, Jeff took a job as a service manager at the local Peterbilt dealer, and was there a few years.
In August of 2017, Jeff joined the SelecTrucks team as Service Manager. He actually works for Peach State Freightliner, who operates the shop at SelecTrucks of Atlanta. Jeff is responsible for the certification and reconditioning of several hundred trucks a year at the SelecTrucks shop. Just recently, Jeff has also become responsible for the Peach State Truck Center’s shop in Byron, GA, just South of Macon.
Jeff and his wife have been married for five years, and they are the parents of a beautiful daughter. He enjoys spending time with friends and family, and can often be found on a local golf course!
Lanya Lewis, Sales Coordinator
Lanya was born and raised in Monroe County, GA. She graduated from Mary Persons HS in 1996 & attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College where she majored in Livestock Health. She also attended Liberty University where she graduated with a BS in Business Administration in 2015.
She joined the Peach State Team in July of 2016 as a Sales Coordinator in Norcross where she handled titling for several major fleets, as well as many retail customers. In late 2018, she transferred to SelecTrucks of Atlanta where she continues to serve as Sales Coordinator.
Lanya and her husband, Clark, have been married for 25 years and reside in Griffin. They have 2 beautiful children and 2 wonderful grandchildren. Lanya’s hobbies include serving in her church, singing, and attending historical reenactments as a member of the 30th GA Co. E and the Molly Pitchers.
Terrance Tonic, Inventory / CRM Specialist
Terrance is a native of New Jersey and has resided in Georgia since 2007. He graduated from the University of Phoenix with an AA in Business Fundamentals. Terrance is also a veteran who served proudly in the United States Army. He worked in the aviation industry in operations for 8 years for the City of Atlanta and Federal Aviation Administration.
Terrance loves and enjoys spending time with his wife and three beautiful children, traveling to different countries, and coaching competitive youth sports. He also enjoys landscaping and grounds keeping work as a hobby.
Laura Collier, General Accounting Administrator
Laura is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, with a strong and deeply rooted background in the trucking industry. Raised in a family where both parents spent more than 25 years in the trucking world, Laura developed an early appreciation for the industry and the people who keep it moving. She graduated from Ola High School and pursued her studies at East Georgia College before settling in Jasper County.
Laura joined SelecTrucks in October 2019 as an Accounts Payable Administrator and has since expanded her role significantly. Today, she is responsible for booking all truck purchase transactions for Selectrucks. Laura has chosen SelecTrucks as her home location but actually is a corporate employee for Peach State Trucks Centers whose main role is in the accounting department.
Outside of work, Laura has been married to her husband, Hunter, for four years. Together, they have two children, Luke and Collins. As a family, they enjoy spending time at the lake, hunting, traveling, and playing golf at their neighborhood course.
