The U.S. Chamber of Commerce named John Ruan III as its vice chairman for 2010 in a June 9 election by the board. Ruan is chairman and CEO Ruan Transport Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa.

'John Ruan's selection as Vice Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce speaks to his leadership ability and the respect he commands from his peers,' American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves said. 'It is a tremendous honor'for the trucking industry to have one of our leaders in line to become Chairman of the leading business organization and lobby in the nation.'

In addition to overseeing Ruan Transport Corporation, Ruan'serves as director and Chairman of Iowa Export-Import Trading Co. and the World Food Prize Foundation; director, chairman and president of City Center Corporation; director of Seven Hundred Grand Association; trustee of John Ruan Foundation Trust; and director, chairman, president and CEO of Ruan Center Corporation, and Ruan, Inc.

Outside of the transportation business, Ruan is director, chairman, president and CEO of bank holding company BTC Financial Corporation and serves as chairman and director for the bank subsidiary, Bankers Trust Company NA.