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Meet Our Board Members

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President

Grant Wattman

President
Jade Management Group Inc.​

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Vice President

Greg McComas

Senior Manager Dimensional Clearances
BNSF Railway

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Chairman & Shippers Council

Theo Vallas

VP Power Generation & Rail Logistics
Luminary Logistics Solutions​

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Treasurer

Benjamin Duvall

Rail Clearance Manager
Fracht FWO Inc.

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Secretary

Andrea Zangerle

Logistics Manager
GE Vernova

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Equipment Chair

Jessica Karcz

General Manager: General Equipment & Asset Mgmt
TTX Company

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Sponsorship, Marketing & Social Media Chair

Cara Craig

Director of Business Development
Metro Ports

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Safety Chair

Chris King

Rail Engineering Manager
Logisticus

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Service Chair

Becky Dunn

Clearance Manager
BNSF Logistics

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Clearance Chair

Michael Hamilton

Sr. Military & Clearance Manager
CSXT

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Meet Our Committee Members

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Sponsorship & Golf

AJ Bush

Sales
Capital City Group, a Bay Crane Company

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Service

Michael Johnson

Market Manager-Dimensional and Military

Norfolk Southern Corporation

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Marketing & Social Media

Renny Akande

National Project Logistics Rail Manager

Kuehne + Nagel Inc.

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Marketing & Social Media

Deedee Pietzsch

Director of Rail Logistics

Takkion

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Golf

Eric Ford

Director, Rail Operations
LS Cargo Logistics

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Mailing Address

2339 N California Ave

P.O. Box 47859

Chicago, IL 60647

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