CNF Honors Five Exceptional Employees At Sixth Annual Raymond F. O'Brien Award of Excellence Dinner.

Business Editors

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001

CNF Inc., a management company of global supply chain services, presented its most coveted award last week to five employees at its sixth annual Raymond F. O'Brien Award of Excellence Dinner. Winners, who were nominated by their peers, were flown to Palo Alto for the special recognition ceremony hosted by CNF President and Chief Executive Officer Gregory L. Quesnel. O'Brien, CNF chairman-emeritus and namesake of the award, participated in the event, as did Donald E. Moffitt, CNF's current chairman and founder of the award.

The Raymond F. O'Brien Award of Excellence is bestowed annually upon employees who demonstrate the same professional and personal leadership qualities as O'Brien, who served as CNF's chairman for 17 years. CNF (NYSE: CNF) is a $6 billion company with 30,000 employees and business activities in more than 200 countries. It has businesses in regional trucking, air freight, ocean freight, customs brokerage, global logistics management and trailer manufacturing.

Each honoree received $5,000 worth of CNF stock and a specially designed crystal sculpture.

The recipients of this year's Raymond F. O'Brien Award of Excellence were:

-- Hector Ahorrio, logistics manager, Menlo Logistics, Sandston, VA.

-- Mary K. Hallgren, senior account executive, Con-Way Central Express, Quad
Cities, IL.

-- Gerald D. Jeffs, senior logistics engineer, Menlo Logistics, Redwood City,
CA.

-- Mark Lombardo, general manager, Emery Worldwide, San Diego, CA.

-- Robert G. Simons, senior capacity performance and facilities administrator,
CNF, Portland, OR.

These employees were initially nominated for the award by their peers. A peer-selection committee then submitted names to a final selection committee, composed of former recipients and distinguished retirees. The award recipients were selected because they exemplify many of O'Brien's leadership traits, such as service excellence, innovative solutions, cost controls, developing others and ethics/integrity.

"We have so many talented employees at CNF," said Quesnel. "This award is designed to recognize the best of the best each year.

"These employees were nominated because their special contributions to our organization stand out to their peers. When our chairman, Don Moffitt, founded this program, it was based on the belief that the highest honor employees can receive is the respect of their coworkers. After meeting this year's recipients, I can see why the people who work with them each day value these employees so highly."

Following are brief descriptions of some of the many accomplishments for which these honorees were recognized:

-- Hector Ahorrio - Ahorrio was honored for his important role in

planning and executing the successful move of a warehouse in

Virginia that Menlo Logistics operates for Hewlett-Packard,

one of its largest accounts. The move involved transporting

840 truckloads of material in 10 working days while continuing

to ship from both the old and new facilities. Hector was also

recognized for his ability to lead and motivate by the example

that he sets, and for the outstanding results he has achieved

in the areas of customer service, warehouse operations,

process documentation and production standards.

-- Mary K. Hallgren - In her role as senior account executive for

Con-Way Central Express, Mary is credited with taking a

troubled account and increasing it five-fold. Her research and

preparation before each sales call have given her a reputation

as a formidable adversary for Con-Way's competitors. Described

as an employee who will always go the extra mile for Con-Way,

its customers and her coworkers, Mary was also honored for her

leadership and mentoring of junior account executives, and for

keeping CCX driver/sales and customer service representatives

informed of new and potential customers.

-- Gerald D. Jeffs - Despite his heavy travel schedule as a

senior logistics engineer, Jeffs was described by coworkers as

a tireless and enthusiastic team player who is exceptionally

willing to share knowledge and encourage the professional

development of others. He was also recognized for helping

create the template Menlo Logistics uses to develop customized

warehouse management systems for its clients, and for

developing tools that help the company make accurate

assumptions in the development of customer contracts. These

tools have saved both Menlo and its customers time and money.

-- Mark S. Lombardo - The customer service team at Emery

Worldwide's San Diego service center think they're the best in

the business and they credit Lombardo, their service center

general manager, with making them that way. One of the people

who nominated him for this award wrote the word "winner"

across his nomination form and noted, "Mark is always so

complimentary and appreciative of our work. The positive

reinforcement he gives us makes us want to do even more."

Lombardo was also recognized for his efficiency in reducing

waste and streamlining pickup and delivery routes.

-- Robert G. Simons - in his work as senior capacity performance

and facilities administrator at CNF's data center, Simons

spearheaded the successful move of the center to CNF's new

information technology building, which opened this past winter

as a new addition to CNF's Portland campus. Since this data

center supports all of CNF's operating companies, the move was

critical to each of them and their hundreds of thousands of

customers. That the move was not only successful but invisible

to almost everyone in the company, was credited to Simons'

exceptional project management skills.

CNF is based in Palo Alto, California. Con-Way Transportation Services is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Emery Worldwide and Menlo Logistics are based in Redwood City, California.

Information about CNF and each of its companies can be found on the Internet at www.cnf.com.

Editors Note: Photographs available upon request.