Lynn Gravley

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Lynn
Gravley

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Lynn is Founder, President, and CEO of NT Logistics, a Frisco-based, full-service, third-party logistics provider (3PL) he founded in 1999. Previously, he founded and ran North Texas Carrier Corp, an asset-based contract carrier company that he started in 1988. NT Logistics is a leader in the 3PL transportation industry with a large footprint in the consumer-packaged goods market, earning a considerable collection of customer service awards. NT Logistics serves a national customer base with additional offices in Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Michigan. During its 20+ year history, NT Logistics has been recognized on multiple occasions by the SMU Cox School of Business and Dallas Business Journal as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in Dallas-Fort Worth. Lynn has been further recognized as a two-time finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Lynn also serves as an advisor for Freight Think, a supply chain advisory group.

Lynn, a native of Gunter, Texas, graduated in 1987 from the University of North Texas (UNT) with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. In 2021 he was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from UNT. He is a member of the UNT Logistics Center Board of Directors and is active in the University’s Sigma Nu Alumni Association. Lynn was elected to the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) Board and serves as Secretary, Chairman of Services, and as a member of the Executive Committee. In 2018, Texas Governor Greg Abbott appointed Lynn to the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) board of directors where he serves as Chairman of the Finance, Audit, and Administration committee; he is currently serving his third term.

Lynn is active in his local church and served on the Board of Directors of Christian Care Centers, Inc. in Mesquite, Texas and served 12 years as a member of the Gunter ISD Board of Trustees. He was a founding member of the board of the GISD Educational Foundation. Lynn is a private pilot who enjoys flying, hunting, and raising cattle with Dianne, his wife of 35 years, on their ranch in Grayson County. They have three adult children, one son-in-law, two daughters-in-law, two grandsons, and one granddaughter.