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GOVERNANCE

Executive Director

 

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Julie King

161 S. Cherry St., Suite 206

Galesburg, Illinois 61401

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Staff

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Joan Wright

Director of Communications

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Board of Directors

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Brian Peterson, Board Chair

Attorney, Simpson and Peterson

Galesburg, Illinois


Jay Matson, Vice President

President, Seminary Street, Ltd. (retired)

Berkeley, California


David Schramm, Board Treasurer

Executive Assistant, LTC Support Services

Galesburg, Illinois
 

 Seamus Reilly, PhD, Board Secretary

President, Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, Illinois

 

Mandy Balser, Director

Principal; Truly, Madly, Mandy, LLC

Knoxville, Illinois​

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​​Robert Bondi, Founder, ex officio

President, Bondi Building Corporation

Galesburg, Illinois

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Thomas Farrell, Director

Partner, RSM US LLP

Peoria, Illinois

 

Steve Gerstenberger, Director

Owner, Office Specialists Inc. (retired)

Galesburg, Illinois


Owen Muelder, Director

Director, Underground Railroad Freedom Station

Knox College

Galesburg, Illinois

 

Roy Parkin, Director

Director of Community Development (retired)

Galesburg, Illinois

 

John Pritchard, ex officio

Owner, Galesburg Broadcasting Company

Galesburg Illinois

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Rail Industry Advisory Group

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Brooks A. Bentz, Chair

Senior Advisor, Vorto

Denver, Colorado

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Thomas R. Brown, President (retired)

Union Pacific Streamline, Inc.

San Anselmo, California

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Edward A. Burkhardt, President 

Rail World, Inc.

Rosemont, Illinois

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Mark S. Cane, President (retired)

Amtrak Intercity

Pewaukee, Wisconsin

 

Albert Churella, PhD, Professor

Department of History, Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

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Simon Cordery, PhD, Chair

Department of History, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

 

Katie Farmer, President and CEO

BNSF Railway

Ft. Worth Texas

 

Clarence W. Gooden, President (retired)

CSX Railroad

Jacksonville, Florida

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John J. Gray, President 

Rail Management Services

Seattle, Washington

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John T. Gray, Sr. VP- Policy and Economics (retired)

Association of American Railroads

Washington, D.C.

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Larry Gross, President and Founder

Gross Transportation Consulting

Durango, Colorado

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Michael R. Haverty, Chairman (retired)

Kansas City Southern Railway

Kansas City, Missouri 

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Thomas G. Hoback, President (retired)

Indiana Rail Road Company

 Indianapolis, Indiana

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Phillip Larson, Independent Consultant

General Manager, Amtrak (retired)

Bloomville, Ohio

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Robert Leachman, Professor & Head Undergraduate Advisor

UC-Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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Mike McClellan, VP Strategic Planning

Norfolk Southern Corporation​

Norfolk, Virginia

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Paul Miller, VP Safety, Sustainability, and Network Transportation

Canadian National Railway
Montreal, Quebec

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Charles Wickliffe "Wick" Moorman, IV (retired)

President and CEO, Amtrak

Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Railway

Norfolk, Virginia

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Henry I. Posner, III, Chairman

Railroad Development Corporation

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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John Rebensdorf, VP-Network Planning & Operations (retired)

Union Pacific

Omaha, Nebraska​

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Michael Smith, President

Finger Lakes Railway​

Geneva, New York

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Contact us: 

National Railroad Hall of Fame
161 S. Cherry St.

Suite 207
Galesburg, IL 61401
309-368-7842
king@nrrhof.org

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(c) National Railroad Hall of Fame 2026. 

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