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.
David A. Brown
Chief Operating Officer
David A. Brown was appointed Chief Operating Officer in October
2012. He joined G&W in June 2012 to succeed James W. Benz. From
2010 to early 2012, Mr. Brown was Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of CSX Transportation. He was Chief
Transportation Officer for CSX from 2006 to 2010 and, prior to
that, served 25 years with Norfolk Southern in roles ranging from
strategic planning to the integration of the Conrail
acquisition.
Mr. Brown earned a B.S. from the University of Tennessee and
completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard
University.
Allison M. Fergus
General Counsel
and Secretary
Allison M. Fergus was appointed General Counsel and Secretary in
October 2006. She joined G&W 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 G&W 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
International Business Development
Mark Hastings has been Executive Vice President 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 G&W, 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
Customer Service
Andrew T. Chunko was appointed Senior Vice President of Customer
Service in January 2013. He was previously Senior Vice President of
G&W's Mountain West Region since June 2009 and Vice President
of G&W’s Rail Link Region, where he was responsible for a
combination of short line railroads and port operations. Mr. Chunko
joined G&W 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 G&WI 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.
Raymond A. Goss
Senior Vice President
Northeast Region
Ray Goss was appointed Senior Vice President of G&W's Northeast
Region in January 2013. He previously was Senior Vice President of
the New York/Pennsylvania Region since October 2008. He joined
G&W 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
Rail Link Region
James E. Irvin was appointed Senior Vice President of the Rail Link
Region in April 2013. He held the same position with G&W's
former Oregion Region from 2011 to 2013, and had most recently been
on assignment with G&W Australia as Vice President of New
Business Operations. Mr. Irvin was previously Vice President,
Industrial Switching for the Rail Link Region and has nearly 30
years of railroad experience. Prior to joining G&W 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
Southern Region
Bill Jasper was appointed Senior Vice President of the Southern
Region in April 2013. From 2007 to 2013, he held the same position
with the Rail Link Region. He previously served as Vice President,
Operations Services, of Rail Link 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 G&W. 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.
Scott Linn
Senior Vice President
Engineering
Scott Linn was named Senior Vice President of Engineering in
January 2013. He was previously a Regional Vice President of the
South East Region at RailAmerica, which he joined in 2000. Prior to
that, Mr. Linn spent more than 17 years with Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Railway Company, where he began as a Corporate Management
Trainee, and held various engineering and operating positions, with
his last as Division Engineer in Galesburg, Illinois.
Mr. Linn earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering
from Montana State 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
G&W 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 Valley Region
Chuck McBride was appointed Senior Vice President of G&W's Ohio
Valley Region in January 2013. He previously was Senior Vice
President of the Ohio Region since 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 G&W, Mr. McBride spent
26 years with CSX Transportation in a variety of management
positions, most recently as head of its largest operating
division.
J. Bradley Ovitt
Senior Vice President
Mountain West Region
J. Bradley Ovitt was named Senior Vice President of G&W’s
Mountain West Region in January 2013. He began his railroad career
in 1987 on the former Central Vermont Railroad and went on to hold
several positions of increasing responsibility, most recently
as Regional Vice President of RailAmerica’s Northeast
Region.
Mr. Ovitt studied Criminal Justice at
Castleton State College and earned four certificates in business
from the University of Notre Dame on-line.
Greg Pauline
Managing Director
Australia Region
Greg Pauline assumed leadership of Genesee
& Wyoming Australia Pty Ltd in March 2013. He joined the
Company from Lend Lease Group, where he was Executive Director of
Development and Corporate Affairs of its Infrastructure Services
business. Mr. Pauline worked in senior roles with three major
Australian corporations, including Transfield and Downer EDI, and
also at Bilfinger Berger India.
Mr. Pauline holds a degree in Civil
Engineering from Sydney University.
Arnoud de Rade
Managing Director
Netherlands Region
Arnoud de Rade was appointed Managing Director of G&W'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.
Ryan
Ratledge
Senior Vice President
Operations
Ryan Ratledge was named Senior Vice President of Operations in
January 2013. He was previously a Regional Vice President at
RailAmerica, which he joined in 2007 as a General Manager. From
1994 to 2007, Mr. Ratledge held several positions with Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, most recently as a Terminal
Superintendent.
Mr. Ratledge studied at Eastern New Mexico
University.
Richard J. Regan Jr.
Senior Vice President
Mechanical
Richard J. Regan Jr. was named Senior Vice President, Mechanical
in October 2012, with global responsibility for the Company's
mechanical functions, including locomotives and rolling stock. Mr.
Regan joined G&W in 2008 as Vice President, Transportation for
the Southern Region. Previously, he spent 34 years at CSX/Conrail
in several positions, including Vice President, Mechanical and
Managing Director, Material Assets.
Ray
E. Stephens
Senior Vice President
Central Region
Ray E. Stephens was named Senior Vice President of G&W’s
Central Region in January 2013. He previously worked at
RailAmerica, starting in 2005 as Vice President, Service Design,
and later as a Regional Vice President. Previously, Mr. Stephens
held several executive positions with Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Railway Company, most recently as an Assistant Vice President of
operations.
Mr. Stephens earned an undergraduate degree in
Administrative Management from the University of
Missouri-Columbia.
Matthew O. Walsh
Senior Vice President
Corporate Development
Matthew O. Walsh, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development,
joined G&W 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
Midwest Region
Spencer D. White was named Senior Vice President of G&W's
Midwest Region in January 2013. He previously was 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 G&W 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.
James W. Benz
Chief Integration Officer
James W. Benz has postponed his planned retirement to lead the
integraton of RailAmerica. Mr. Benz served as G&W's Chief
Operating Officer from May 2005 until October 2012. He was Senior
Vice President, G&W Rail Switching Services, from March 1997
through April 2005. He was previously President of Rail Link, Inc.,
which he founded in 1987 and which was acquired by G&W 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.
Matthew C. Brush
Chief Human Resource Officer
Matthew C. Brush joined G&W 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.
Michael O. Miller
Chief Commercial Officer
North America
Michael O. Miller joined G&W 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.
Niels Hansen
Vice President
Employee and Labor Relations
Niels Hansen joined G&W 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 G&W'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
G&W's Oregon Region, Director of Safety and Training for the
Oregon Region and Chief Safety Officer of G&W's Australia
Region. He joined G&W in 2002 with the acquisition of the Utah
Railway, where he was Terminal Manager.
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 G&W 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 40 years of railroad experience and
previously 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.
Thomas D. Savage
Vice President
Corporate Development and Treasurer
Thomas D. Savage, Vice President, Corporate Development and
Treasurer, joined the Company in March 2005. Since joining G&W,
Mr. Savage has been focused on mergers and acquisitions and
corporate finance. Since January 2012, he has also been responsible
for G&W's treasury functions while continuing to focus on
corporate development initiatives. Prior to joining G&W,
Mr. Savage worked at a boutique investment bank focused on
real estate investments.
He earned a B.S. in economics from Colby College and
an MBA from New York University's Stern School of
Business.
Jerry E. Vest
Vice President
Government & Industry Affairs
Jerry Vest joined G&W as Vice President, Government &
Industry Affairs in July 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 G&W 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.