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GOVERNANCE

National Advisory Group


 

Brooks A. Bentz, President (retired)

Breakthrough Supply Chain, LLC

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Thomas R. Brown, President (retired)

Union Pacific Streamline, Inc.

San Anselmo, California

Edward A. Burkhardt, President 

Rail World, Inc.

Rosemont, Illinois

Albert Churella, PhD, Professor

Department of History, Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

Simon Cordery, PhD, Chair

Department of History, Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

 

Clarence W. Gooden, President (retired)

CSX Railroad

Jacksonville, Florida

H. Roger Grant, PhD, Cathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor

Department of History, Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

John J. Gray, President 

Rail Management Services

Seattle, Washington

John T. Gray, Sr. VP- Policy and Economics

Association of American Railroads

Washington, D.C.

William E. Greenwood, RIAG Chair Emeritus
Chief Operating Officer (retired)

Burlington Northern Railway

Ft. Worth, Texas

Larry Gross 

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

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

64 South Prairie Street, Suite 216

Galesburg, Illinois 61401

Staff

Austin Ross

Director of Multimedia Production

Board of Directors

Brian Peterson, Board Chair

Attorney, Simpson and Peterson

Galesburg, Illinois


Roger Taylor, Board Vice-Chair 

President, Knox College (retired)
Of Counsel, Kirkland and Ellis, LLP


David Schramm, Board Treasurer

Traffic Director, Galesburg Broadcasting Company

Galesburg, Illinois
 

 Seamus Reilly, PhD, Board Secretary

President, Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, Illinois

 

Thomas Farrell, Director

Partner, RSM US LLP

Peoria, Illinois

 

Steve Gerstenberger, Director

Owner, Office Specialists (retired)

Galesburg, Illinois

 

Jay Matson, Chair Emeritus

President, Seminary Street, Ltd. (retired)

Berkeley, California


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

Galesburg Illinois

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