Name: 2022 Semi-Annual Meeting
Start: 2022-10-05T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2022-10-06T23:59:59-07:00
Location: Loews Arlington Hotel

2022 Semi-Annual Meeting

October 5, 2022 - October 6, 2022

SWARS 2022 Semi-Annual Meeting was held on October 5-6, 2022, at The Downtown Phoenix Renaissance Hotel. We had 550 registered attendees – our largest meeting ever outside the state of Texas! In addition to a great line-up of speakers at the conference, we had 205 golfers at our SWARS Scholarship Golf outing on Wednesday, October 5th, featuring two courses, Whirlwind at Wild Horse Pass and Ak-Chin Southern Dunes. The SWARS Board presented the all new rail course, RR 301, Intro to the Railcar Market & Fleet Management on Wednesday, October 5th. Also on Wednesday afternoon, our new Wine Tasting event featured Arizona wines and artisan cheeses.

FINAL Agenda RR 301 Outline

FINAL Meeting Registration by Last Name FINAL Meeting Registration by Company

Meet Our Phoenix Speakers!

Beth Whited

President, UP

Beth Whited is a railroad industry leader and the first female president in the history of Union Pacific. Her experience includes leadership roles in disciplines that touch nearly every part of operating the world’s largest freight rail network. Over the...

Luisa Fernandez-Willey

Principal Economist, Canadian National Railway

Luisa Fernandez-Willey is the Principal Economist at Canadian National Railway (CN), where she leads economic research and analysis focused on the North American transportation market. Her work provides key insights that support CN's strategic decision making across the United States,...

Will Geiger

Senior Vice President, Rail Financial Corporation

Will joined RFC in 2011. His primary focus has been helping industrial commodity shippers, especially in the petrochemical space, with the acquisition and lease structuring of railcars. Prior to RFC, Will worked in the chemical industry with LyondellBasell managing and...

Michael McBride

Partner; Van Ness Feldman

As a partner with Van Ness Feldman, Mike McBride brings decades of experience to his practice on litigation, arbitration, mediation, and negotiations involving transportation, energy, and environmental issues, as well as nuclear regulatory matters. Twice a former President of the...

Katie Farmer

President and Chief Executive Officer; BNSF Railway

Katie Farmer was named President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2021; she also leads BNSF’s Board of Directors. Katie has been with BNSF for 29 years, most recently serving as executive vice president and Chief Operations Officer since...

Details

Start:: October 5, 2022
End:: October 6, 2022

Venue

: Loews Arlington Hotel
: 100 N 1st St
Arlington, TX 76011 United States + Google Map
Phone: (682) 318-2810
: View Venue Website

Organizers

: Susan Cox
: Linda Turner