John C.
Hellmann
President and Chief Executive Officer
John C. Hellmann, President and Chief Executive Officer, joined the
Company in January 2000 and served as Chief Financial Officer
through April 2005. He was named President in May 2005 and Chief
Executive Officer in June 2007. Previously, Mr. Hellmann
worked in investment banking at Lehman Brothers, Inc., in the
Emerging Communications Group, and at Schroder & Co. Inc., in
the Transportation Group. He also worked for Weyerhaeuser Co. in
Japan and the People’s Republic of China.
Mr. Hellmann is a graduate of Princeton University and received his
M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies.
Timothy J.
Gallagher
Chief Financial Officer
Timothy J. Gallagher joined the Company in May 2005. He was
previously Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Level 3
Communications. Prior to that, Mr. Gallagher held a number of
financial positions during eight years at BP Amoco Corporation and
nearly five years at WilTel Communications.
Mr. Gallagher has a B.S.E. from Princeton University, an M.B.A.
from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an
M.S. in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago.
James W.
Benz
Chief Operating Officer
James W. Benz was appointed Chief Operating Officer in May 2005. He
was Senior Vice President, GWI Rail Switching Services, from March
1997 through April 2005. He was previously President of Rail Link,
Inc., which he founded in 1987. GWI acquired Rail Link in November
1996. Mr. Benz worked in various transportation supervisory
capacities on the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and CSX
Transportation from 1972 to 1987.
Mr. Benz is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and also
completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program in
2006.
Allison M.
Fergus
General Counsel
and Secretary
Allison M. Fergus was appointed General Counsel and Secretary in
October 2006. She joined GWI in November 2005 as Senior Counsel.
Ms. Fergus was previously an associate at Shearman & Sterling
LLP in New York, where she practiced in the capital markets group.
Prior to that, she worked in the treasury group of Omnicom Group
Inc. and at JPMorgan Chase, formerly Chase Manhattan Bank.
Ms. Fergus earned a B.S. in finance and international business from
Georgetown University and her juris doctorate degree from Fordham
University School of Law.
Christopher
F. Liucci
Chief Accounting Officer
and Global Controller
Christopher F. Liucci joined GWI as Chief Accounting Officer and
Global Controller in March 2006. He was previously Director of
Global Financial Planning and Reporting and Controller of Financial
Reporting/Internal Controls during more than eight years with
Genencor International, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Liucci was an Audit
Manager with Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. (a predecessor to
PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.), where he was an independent auditor
for six years.
Mr. Liucci is a C.P.A. and has a B.S. in accounting from the State
University of New York at Geneseo and an M.B.A. from The Simon
School of the University of Rochester.
Senior Executives
Mark W.
Hastings
Executive Vice President
Corporate Development
Mark Hastings has been Executive Vice President of Corporate
Development since January 2000. Prior to that he served as
Secretary, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer since he joined the Company in 1978. Before his career
with Genesee & Wyoming, Mr. Hastings was Manager Commercial
Credit Department for Marine Midland Bank (now HSBC Bank USA). He
served on the Board of the Railroad Clearinghouse, which was
established to create the administrative systems and banking
functions for electronic settlement of all rail industry interline
freight systems.
Mr. Hastings earned his undergraduate degree at Trinity College and
his M.B.A. at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Mario
Brault
Senior Vice President
Canada Region
Mario Brault, Senior Vice President of the Canada Region, is the
President of Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., the Canadian
subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. He joined the company in
September 2000 as Vice President-Operations after a 22-year career
with Canadian National Railroad. While at CN, he held positions in
Transportation Planning, Commuter Services, Intermodal and
Operations, both at CN headquarters and at various locations in the
Eastern Canada Division.
Mr. Brault obtained a B.Sc.A (Civil Engineering) from Universite de
Sherbrooke in 1978. He is a professional engineer and is a member
of the Order of Engineers of Quebec and of the American Railway
Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association.
Andrew T. Chunko
Senior Vice President
Rocky Mountain Region
Andrew T. Chunko was appointed Senior Vice President of the Rocky
Mountain Region in June 2009. He was previously vice president of
GWI’s Rail Link Region, where he was responsible for a combination
of short line railroads and port operations. Chunko joined GWI in
2002 with the acquisition of the York Railway, where he served as
operations manager. Prior to that, he held a variety of management
positions with CSX Transportation, Inc.
Mr. Chunko earned a B.S. in business, management and economics from
Empire State College.
David J.
Collins
Senior Vice President
Business Technology
David J. Collins was appointed Senior Vice President of Business
Technology in July 2011. He previously served as Senior Vice
President of the former New York/Ohio/Pennsylvania Region since
2008 and continues to serve as President of the Ohio Central
Railroad. He was Senior Vice President of the New York/Pennsylvania
Region from 1998-2008. Prior to that, Mr. Collins held a variety of
management positions since joining GWI in 1979.
Mr. Collins earned his undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts
University and his M.B.A. from the Simon School at the University
of Rochester in 1988.
Robert
(Bert) Easthope
Managing Director
Australia Region
Robert Easthope was appointed General Manager of the Australia
Region in June 2006. Prior to that, he had 33 years in the rail
industry with both Westrail and the Australian Railroad Group
(ARG). Since 1994, Mr. Easthope has held management positions in a
range of disciplines including operations, rail safety and human
resources in both Westrail and ARG, where he served as Regional
Transportation Manager for South Australian operations prior to
joining GWI.
Gerald T.
Gates
Senior Vice President
Southern Region
Gerald T. Gates was appointed Senior Vice President of the Southern
Region in June 2007. He previously served as Vice President, Safety
and Compliance, since February 2006. Mr. Gates had been Vice
President, Atlantic Short Lines, in the Rail Link Region since
joining the company in June 2005. Prior to that, he was President
of the Terminal Railroad of St. Louis.
Mr. Gates began his railroad career at Conrail after earning a
degree in Civil Engineering at Bucknell University.
Raymond A. Goss
Senior Vice President
New York/Pennsylvania Region
Ray Goss was appointed Senior Vice President of the New
York/Pennsylvania Region in October 2008. He joined GWI in 2003 as
General Manager of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad. He
previously held numerous railroad management positions over his 30
year career, including VP Operations and Maintenance for the BAR
System, Division Engineer Boston for Amtrak, Assistant Chief
Engineer Delaware & Hudson RR, as well as positions with CP
Rail in both the U.S. and Canada.
Mr. Goss completed the Wharton School of Business Executive
Development Program in 1996.
James E. Irvin
Senior Vice President
Oregon Region
James E. Irvin was appointed Senior Vice President of the Oregon
Region in June 2011. He was previously Vice President, Industrial
Switching for GWI's Rail Link Region and has nearly 30 years of
railroad experience. Prior to joining GWI in 2008, he held a
variety of management positions with CSX Transportation, most
recently as General Manager, Network Operations.
Mr. Irvin earned his B.S. in transportation from the University of
Alabama.
Bill
Jasper
Senior Vice President
Rail Link Region
Bill Jasper was appointed Senior Vice President of the Rail Link
Region in January 2007. He previously served as its Vice President,
Operations Services, since 1997. Mr. Jasper has nearly 30 years in
the railroad industry and joined Rail Link, Inc., in 1989 as an
Operations Manager and then a General Manager prior to its
acquisition by GWI. He began his career as a Switchman with the
Seaboard Coastline Railroad and was Assistant Trainmaster and
Terminal Trainmaster at CSX Transportation.
Mr. Jasper is a C.P.A. and earned a B.S. in accounting from
Virginia Commonwealth University.
Tony D. Long
Senior Vice President
Operations Support
Tony D. Long was appointed Senior Vice President,
Operations Support in November 2008, with responsibility for
customer service, car management and motive power. He joined GWI in
March 2005 as Vice President, Customer Service and was named Vice
President, Customer Service and Car Management in January 2007.
Previously, Mr. Long spent 25 years with CSX Transportation in a
variety of roles in operations, customer service, technology and
car management.
Mr. Long earned a B.S. in business administration from Lincoln
Memorial University and is a certified Six Sigma "Master
Blackbelt."
Charles E. McBride
Senior Vice President
Ohio Region
Chuck McBride was appointed Senior Vice President of the Ohio
Region in July 2008. He was previously Vice President of the
Southen Region since 2005 and joined GWI in 2004 as General Manager
of the Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad and the
Fordyce & Princeton Railroad. Prior to GWI, Mr. McBride
spent 26 years with CSX Transportation in a variety of
management positions, most recently as head of its largest
operating division.
Arnoud de Rade
Managing Director
Netherlands Region
Arnoud de Rade was appointed Managing Director of GWI's Netherlands
Region in January 2010. He joined Rotterdam Rail Feeding in October
2006 as Director of Sales and Operations. Mr. de Rade previously
held management positions with rail companies Shortlines and
Rail4Chem in Rotterdam and, before that, various positions with 3PL
in the intermodal container business.
Mr. de Rade is a graduate of the Rotterdam School of
Economics.
Matthew
O. Walsh
Senior Vice President
Corporate Development and Treasurer
Matthew O. Walsh, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and
Treasurer, joined the Company in September 2001. From 1996-2001,
Mr. Walsh was an investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.
and Schroder and Co., Inc. both in New York and London. He serves
on the Board of the Railroad Clearinghouse, which was established
to create the administrative systems and banking functions for
electronic settlement of all rail industry interline freight
systems.
Mr. Walsh is a graduate of Princeton University.
Spencer
D. White
Senior Vice President
Illinois Region
Spencer D. White is Senior Vice President of the Illinois Region
and President and General Manager of Illinois & Midland
Railroad, Inc. He joined the Company in 1988 as Chief Engineer of
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., after serving in
progressive engineering positions with CSX Transportation since
1982. Mr. White has served GWI as Vice President of Operations for
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., and Chief Engineer of the
New York/Pennsylvania Region and Allegheny & Eastern Railroad,
Inc.
Mr. White holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Pennsylvania State
University.
Michael O. Miller
Chief Commercial Officer
North America
Michael O. Miller joined GWI as Chief Commercial Officer, North
America, in September 2010. He was most recently General Manager of
Norfolk Southern's Modalgistics Supply Chain Solutions, where he
improved customers' supply chain efficiencies through rail,
transload and intermodal service, and was previously Vice President
Strategic Development for Derivion Corp. Prior to that, he held
logistics-related positions with Georgia-Pacific and Roadway
Express.
Mr. Miller holds a B.S. in industrial engineering and an M.S. in
business management from North Carolina State
University.
Matthew
C. Brush
Chief Human Resource Officer
Matthew C. Brush joined GWI as Chief Human Resource Officer in
March 2007. He previously led human resources for several global
businesses at Corning, Inc. He has more than 15 years of technical
and leadership experience in human resources at medium and large
companies including union and non-union manufacturing, restaurant,
biotech and insurance firms.
Mr. Brush holds a B.A. in psychology from the University of
Connecticut and an M.I.L.R. degree from Cornell University.
Niels Hansen
Vice President
Employee and Labor Relations
Niels Hansen joined GWI as Vice President of Employee and Labor
Relations in September 2008. He was previously Director, Labor
Relations and Labor Counsel for Rite Aid drug stores and has more
than 25 years' experience in employee relations and labor
law.
Mr. Hansen holds a B.S. in political science and a J.D. from Wayne
State University.
Tyrone C. James
Vice President
Safety and Compliance
Tyrone C. James was appointed Vice President, Safety and Compliance
in May 2007. He previously served as Vice President, Transportation
of GWI's Oregon Region. Mr. James joined the company in 2005 and
has more than 30 years of railroad experience. He held positions of
Terminal Superintendent, General Manager of Safety, Division
Superintendent, and General Director of Transportation Development
at CSX Transportation.
Michael F. Lundell
Vice President
Compliance and Safety
Michael F. Lundell was appointed Vice President of Compliance and
Safety in September 2011. He has more than 30 years of railroad
experience and has served as Vice President of Transportation for
GWI's Oregon Region, Director of Safety and Training for the Oregon
Region and Chief Safety Officer of GWI's Australia Region. He
joined GWI in 2002 with the acquisition of the Utah Railway, where
he was Terminal Manager.
Shayne
L. Magdoff
Vice President
Organizational Effectiveness
Shayne L. Magdoff was appointed Vice President, Organizational
Effectiveness in September 2008. She joined the company in 1987 as
Accounting Manager for the Louisiana & Delta Railroad, Inc., a
GWI subsidiary formed the same year. In 1998, Ms. Magdoff assumed
the responsibilities of Vice President, Administration and Human
Resources for all of GWI.
Ms. Magdoff is a certified Senior Professional of Human Resources
and earned a B.S. in business administration from Louisiana State
University-Baton Rouge.
Mike
Meyers
Vice President
Information Technology
Mike Meyers has been Vice President of Information Technology since
September 2000. Prior to that, he held positions within the
semiconductor and manufacturing sectors, and provided consulting
services to various organizations including IBM, Eastman Kodak and
the United States Coast Guard. He is a member of the Rochester
Business Alliance and the CIO Roundtable.
Mr. Meyers is a graduate of the University of Maine and earned his
M.B.A. from the University of Rhode Island.
Richard T.
O'Donnell
Vice President
Tax
Richard T. O’Donnell joined GWI as Vice President - Taxes in
September 2002. Previously he was with Bausch & Lomb where he
served since 1998 as a corporate tax director. He has 25 years of
domestic and international tax and accounting experience, including
seven years in public accounting, seven years in the
medical/consumer goods manufacturing industry with Bausch &
Lomb and Sybron Corporation in Rochester, New York, and nine years
in the publishing industry with Harcourt General in both Boston and
Orlando. His international experience includes all of the Americas,
the Asia-Pacific region, and Europe.
Mr. O’Donnell is a C.P.A. who received a B.S. in Accounting from
Syracuse University.
David L.
Powell
Vice President
Motive Power
David Powell was appointed Vice President - Motive Power in January
2005. David has more than 35 years of railroad experience, most
recently as Vice President with UniRail LLC, a railroad management
and investment advisory firm, since 1998. Previously he held
VP/Chief Mechanical Officer positions with Ferrocarrill del
Pacifico SA (FEPASA) in Santiago, Chile, the Nuevo Central
Argentino in Rosario, Argentina, as well as with the Delaware &
Hudson and New York, Susquehanna and Western railroads in the U.S.
He began his career working for the Lehigh Valley Railroad and
Conrail, and as Vice President with the National Railway Equipment
Company.
Mr. Powell served a 4-year railroad journeyman apprenticeship and
has an associate degree in Automotive Technologies from WACC, a
Penn State campus.
Jerry E.
Vest
Vice President
Government & Industry Affairs
Jerry Vest joined GWI as Vice President, Government & Industry
Affairs in July of 2005. Prior to joining the company, he worked in
the rail freight industry for 20 years, in marketing, sales,
customer service, strategic planning, operating, and development
positions. Mr. Vest worked for three Class I carriers, Conrail, CSX
and CN, and was Vice President and General Manager at Great Lakes
Transportation where he was responsible for the Bessemer & Lake
Erie Railroad and Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock company.
Mr. Vest graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill with a B.S. in Business Administration and earned his M.B.A.
from Indiana University.
Michael E.
Williams
Director of Corporate Communications
Michael E. Williams joined GWI in November 2006. He has broad
communications management experience, including nine years in the
chemical industry. Mr. Williams was previously responsible for
brand and marketing communications at BASF Catalysts LLC (formerly
Engelhard Corporation), a division of the BASF Group. Prior to
that, he held marketing and communications positions at Union
Carbide Corporation and Todd Combustion Inc. after beginning his
career as an advertising and public relations account
executive.
Mr. Williams earned a B.S. in public relations and journalism from
Utica College of Syracuse University.