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Dennis Firestone
KKW Trucking Inc., President
President of KKW Trucking Inc. since 1967, Dennis
Firestone has guided the business through periods of
innovation and dramatic change in the transportation
industry. He has been active on the board of the
California Trucking Association and served a term as
president; he also served a term as state vice president
for the American Trucking Association. From making
home deliveries of furniture in his own truck to shaping
KKW into an efficient, competitively priced general
commodities interstate truckload carrier, he has
driven and witnessed tremendous changes in the way
customers are served and distribution needs are met. In
2004, KKW had $35 million in sales and 280 employees.
Firestone is a former member of the university’s Ambassadors for Higher Education, which is a group of individuals committed to improving public access to higher education and strengthening the connections between communities and educational institutions. He would like to use his transportation expertise and knowledge of business to advance the goals of the university and specifically those of the athletic programs through his NDC membership. This year, KKW Trucking literally advanced the Cal Poly Universities by providing the essential tow service to deliver the student-built float from Pomona to Pasadena for its participation in the annual Tournament of Roses parade.
Moving past driving furniture delivery trucks when he began racing formula cars more than 17 years ago, Firestone has also raced Indy cars for the last eight years. He is a golfer and has been a pilot for 40 years, and he and his wife, Dianne, reside in Yorba Linda.