Joseph M. Medlin

President Dart Entities

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Joseph M. Medlin is President of Dart Entities, the Los Angeles third-party logistics company founded in 1938 by legendary USC baseball coach Rod Dedeaux. A career-long Dart executive, he worked across employee relations, safety, business development and strategy before being named Executive Vice President in 2017, and the company’s leadership page has since listed him as President. Dart, which began as a single-truck operation and remains family owned, now describes itself as operating 29 facilities in 11 states with more than 16 million square feet of managed warehousing, fulfillment and transportation capacity.

Career Highlights

• President of Dart Entities, listed as such on the company’s leadership page from at least March 2023 through September 2025.
• Named Executive Vice President in 2017 after roles in employee relations and safety, and in business development and strategy.
• Credited by Dart, alongside Vice President of Operations Larry Nelson, with expanding operations into four additional states and adding 3.4 million square feet of operated space.
• Announced Dart Warehouse Corporation’s new Pendergrass, Georgia facility in July 2018, one of three locations Dart opened that year alongside sites in Illinois and Texas.
• Holds a BA from Southern Methodist University and an MA from California State University, Fullerton, both in corporate communications.

Professional Journey

Medlin studied corporate communications and public affairs at Southern Methodist University and went on to earn a master’s degree in corporate communications at California State University, Fullerton.

His career has been built inside Dart Entities. The company’s own biography describes a progression through employee relations and safety and then business development and strategy, the operational and commercial sides of a warehousing business, before he was named Executive Vice President in 2017. In that role he and Larry Nelson, Dart’s Vice President of Operations, oversaw an expansion into four additional states that added 3.4 million square feet of operated space. In July 2018 he announced the opening of a Dart Warehouse Corporation facility in Pendergrass, Georgia, telling customers the company had “kept our promise to continue to grow and service our customers to their expectations and needs.”

Dart itself is an unusually old logistics business. Rod Dedeaux, the legendary USC baseball coach, founded it in 1938 with a single truck; it grew into a closely held group of trucking, warehousing, equipment and property companies based in Los Angeles. His son Terry Dedeaux led it as Chairman and CEO from 2005 until his death in June 2025. By the time of a 2024 industry feature, Dart described itself as a full-service 3PL focused on multi-tenant logistics, e-commerce fulfillment and transportation, and was building out a brokerage division, Trojan Logistics. Medlin, quoted there as president, summarised the company’s approach: “When we partner with someone, I want Dart to be invisible to our customer’s customer, and that’s what we strive for.”

Education

Southern Methodist University

Bachelor of Arts, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs

California State University, Fullerton

Master of Arts, Corporate Communications