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GOVERNANCE

National Advisory Group


 

Brooks A. Bentz, Chair

Senior Advisor, Vorto

Denver, Colorado

Thomas R. Brown, President (retired)

Union Pacific Streamline, Inc.

San Anselmo, California

Edward A. Burkhardt, President 

Rail World, Inc.

Rosemont, Illinois

Mark S. Cane, President (retired)

Amtrak Intercity

Pewaukee, Wisconsin

 

Albert Churella, PhD, Professor

Department of History, Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

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

John J. Gray, President 

Rail Management Services

Seattle, Washington

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

Association of American Railroads

Washington, D.C.

Larry Gross, President and Founder

Gross Transportation Consulting

Durango, Colorado

Michael R. Haverty, Chairman (retired)

Kansas City Southern Railway

Kansas City, Missouri 

Thomas G. Hoback, President (retired)

Indiana Rail Road Company

 Indianapolis, Indiana

Phillip Larson, Independent Consultant

General Manager, Amtrak (retired)

Bloomville, Ohio

Robert Leachman, Professor & Head Undergraduate Advisor

UC-Berkeley

Berkeley, California

Mike McClellan, VP Strategic Planning

Norfolk Southern Corporation

Norfolk, Virginia

Paul Miller, VP Safety, Sustainability, and Network Transportation

Canadian National Railway
Montreal, Quebec

Charles Wickliffe "Wick" Moorman, IV (retired)

President and CEO, Amtrak

Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Railway

Norfolk, Virginia

Henry I. Posner, III, Chairman

Railroad Development Corporation

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Union Pacific

Omaha, Nebraska​

Michael Smith, President

Finger Lakes Railway

Geneva, New York

Executive Director

 

Julie King

161 S. Cherry St., Suite 206

Galesburg, Illinois 61401

Staff

Joan Wright

Director of Communications

Sunshine Regiacorte

Communications Assistant

Board of Directors

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

Rob Benedict, Director

President, Mechanical Services, Inc.

Galesburg, Illinois

Robert Bondi, Founder, ex officio

President, Bondi Building Corporation

Galesburg, Illinois

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

 

Robert Bondi, Founder, ex officio

President, Bondi Building Corporation

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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