Frank A. Lonegro
President and Chief Executive Officer
2024 – Present
2 years (current)
Key Decisions & Impact
Lonegro officially became President and Chief Executive Officer of Landstar System on February 2, 2024, succeeding the regarded long-time CEO James B. Gattoni. Joining as a rare external hire, Lonegro brought deep logistics, operational, and financial experience, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Beacon Building Products and having held strategic senior leadership roles at the Class I railroad giant CSX Corporation. Under his immediate direction, he restructured the executive commercial organization, actively appointing a new Chief Commercial Officer in July 2026 to heavily accelerate growth across strategic specialized freight modes. He has prioritized the aggressive incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) across the Landstar network, purposefully designing proprietary technology tools that instantly empower independent agents rather than attempting to algorithmically replace them.
Legacy
Lonegro's ultimate contribution is defined by his solutions-oriented leadership style during one of the most prolonged and devastating freight market recessions in modern trucking history. He stabilized the Business Capacity Owner (BCO) network despite plummeting spot market rates, actively recruiting some of the largest independent freight brokers to the platform in over 15 years. His strategic mandate is focused on executing Landstar's digital modernization, heavily expanding the lucrative specialized heavy-haul segment, and protecting the unique, entirely asset-light franchise model from aggressive digital disruption and severe macroeconomic volatility.