Power of Attorney

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned (the
Reporting Person) hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas
Schmitt, Michael L. Hance, and Rebecca J. Garbrick, and each of
them, as the Reporting Persons true and lawful Attorneys-in-Fact
to:

      (1)     execute for and on behalf of the Reporting
Person, in the Reporting Persons capacity as an
officer or director of Forward Air Corporation (the
Company), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules thereunder;

      (2)     do and perform and all acts for and on behalf of
the Reporting Person which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5 and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

      (3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such Attorney-in-Fact, may be of benefit to, and in
the best interest of, or legally required by, the
Reporting Person.

      The Reporting Person hereby grants to each such Attorney-
in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting
Person might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such Attorney-in-Fact, or such Attorney-in-Fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by the virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The Reporting Person acknowledges that
the foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the Reporting Person, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the Reporting Persons
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the Reporting Person is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the Reporting Persons holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this first day of
November, 2022.


                            /s/ Nancee L. Ronning
          NANCEE L. RONNING