National 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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