ST. LOUIS – Tom Linhares, Dodge Moving & Storage, Earth City, Mo., was honored with the Mayflower Transit 2008 Operations Achievement Award at Mayflower’s national sales and operation conference, held recently in St. Louis. Dodge Moving & Storage is an agent of the worldwide household goods transportation van line.

The recognition acknowledges excellent individual performance in the field of operations. Only one individual is chosen for the annual award from the employees at the nearly 400 domestic Mayflower agencies.

Linhares serves as an Executive Vice President and the General Manager at Dodge Moving & Storage. He is also President of the Missouri Movers Association, a position he took over in 2007.

His career in the moving and storage industry started back in 1985 while he was attending college. Linhares worked as a driver and crew supervisor for an agency in Kansas City, Mo. After graduating from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, he was soon promoted to operations supervisor, sales manager, and later vice president.

He joined the Dodge team in 1998 as general manager of the Chicago office, and moved to St. Louis when that office was sold in 2001. Recently he was named to the “Futures Group” by Mayflower’s parent company’s Board of Directors.

Mayflower Transit, founded in 1927, is one of the nation’s oldest and largest van lines and transports household goods, electronic equipment, trade show exhibits and displays, works of art, and specialized freight, utilizing a network of 700 affiliated agents throughout the United States and around the world. Mayflower’s headquarters offices are located in suburban St. Louis, Mo. Further information about the company is available on its Internet site – www.mayflower.com.