LINDA J. FRENCH - Corporate Board Profile

SAIA INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2010-03-29	Ms. French is retired from her position as assistant professor of business administration at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where she served from 1997 to 2001. Prior to joining the William Jewell faculty, Ms. French was a partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP for approximately four years and an executive officer of Payless Cashways, Inc. for approximately 12 years. Ms. French brings a wide variety of experience as an executive officer and general counsel of a public company, a partner in a major law firm and an assistant professor of business administration to the Board. Additionally, Ms. French has particular experience in human resource matters.
2011-03-22	Ms. French is retired from her position as assistant professor of business administration at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where she served from 1997 to 2001. Prior to joining the William Jewell faculty, Ms. French was a partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP for approximately four years and an executive officer of Payless Cashways, Inc. for approximately 12 years.
2012-03-23	Ms. French is retired from her position as assistant professor of business administration at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where she served from 1997 to 2001. Prior to joining the William Jewell faculty, Ms. French was a partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (now Husch Blackwell LLP) for approximately four years and an executive officer of Payless Cashways, Inc. for approximately 12 years.
2013-03-22	Ms. French brings a wide variety of experience to the Board as an executive officer and general counsel of a public company, a partner in a major law firm and an assistant professor of business administration.
2014-03-21	Ms. French is retired from her position as assistant professor of business administration at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where she served from 1997 to 2001. Prior to joining the William Jewell faculty, Ms. French was a partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (now Husch Blackwell LLP) for approximately four years and an executive officer of Payless Cashways, Inc. for approximately 12 years.
2015-03-20	Ms. French is retired from her position as assistant professor of business administration at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where she served from 1997 to 2001. Prior to joining the William Jewell faculty, Ms. French was a partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (now Husch Blackwell LLP) for approximately four years and an executive officer of Payless Cashways, Inc. for approximately 12 years. Ms. French brings a wide variety of experience to the Board as an executive officer and general counsel of a public company, a partner in a major law firm and an assistant professor of business administration. Additionally, Ms. French has particular experience in human resource, governance and ethics matters. Ms. French also has extensive knowledge of Saia and the LTL industry having served on the Board of Saia since 2004.
2016-03-18	Ms. French is retired from her position as assistant professor of business administration at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where she served from 1997 to 2001. Prior to joining the William Jewell faculty, Ms. French was a partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (now Husch Blackwell LLP) for approximately four years and an executive officer of Payless Cashways, Inc., a publicly-traded hardware retailer, for approximately 12 years.

Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-03-22