About TDA
Since 1985, Truck Driving Academy has been committed to providing high quality truck driver training through a curriculum designed to prepare you for entry-level employment in the trucking industry. It is the objective of our support staff and instructors to create a positive experience for you while you are here. Through classroom courses and hands-on driving experience, you will have the opportunity to perfect your truck driving skills, enabling you to advance quickly in your career as a truck driver.
The Truck Driving Academy is licensed and approved to operate by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE).
Truck Driving Academy is a private institution, that is approved to operate by the bureau, and that approval to operate means compliance with state standards as set forth in the CEC and 5, CCR. Institutional licensing must be re-approved every five years and is subject to continuing review.
Thomas Sayles
Owner / President
Katelyn Huber
Owner / COO
Alex Soria
Operations Manager
Mike Truong
Enrollment Counselor
David Anderson
Yard Boss / Sacramento
Mike Shoquist
Instructor
Manny Singh
Instructor
Marten Benatar
Instructor
John Walker
Instructor
HISTORY
Prior to 1985, the area of North-Central California possessed minimal instruction and training for individual’s hopeful for a career in the commercial transportation industry. Responding to this need led the owners of Truck Driving Academy to open on January 1, 1985 in Sacramento, California. Charles J. Grant, founder and officer of this institution, has extensive background in transportation related industries. The main campus was originally housed at 5711 Florin Perkins Road, Sacramento, CA in a suite that consisted of three small rooms.
Manuel Sequeira co owned TDA along with Charles Grant and ran the northern California schools. Today, Truck Driving Academy has grown to become a well-established vocational educational institution. Although we have grown significantly over the past 30 years, our philosophy continues to remain the same: to provide quality, personal training to individuals seeking a career in the transportation industry.
In July of 2013, Katelyn Huber started with the TDA team and in October of 2018, Thomas Sayles joined the TDA team as an instructor. After running the school as employees of TDA, in June of 2021 Thomas and Katelyn acquired and became co-owners of TDA.
TDA Office & Yard:
8325 Siena Ave Sacramento, CA 95828
Phone: 916 381-2285
Fax: 916-381-4359
TDA Yard:
8899 Garden Highway Yuba City, CA 95991
Phone: 530-751-7815
Administrative Office Hours:
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Mon–Fri)
Sacramento Location