Name: 2023 Annual Meeting
Start: 2023-03-29T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-03-30T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Grand Hyatt San Antonio

2023 Annual Meeting

March 29, 2023 - March 30, 2023

FINAL Agenda RR 101 Outline

FINAL Exhibitors by Company Name FINAL Attendees-By Last Name FINAL Attendees-By Company FINAL Golf Attendees

Our 2023 Annual Meeting on March 29-30, 2023 was held at The Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk Hotel! We had a great slate of dynamic speakers! In addition, we had our SWARS Scholarship Golf Outing on Wednesday, March 29th, featuring FOUR choices for golf. There were two 18-hole options on two different courses as well as morning or afternoon 9-hole options. We also had two events for non-golfers; the Wine & Mezcal Tasting Event at the Grand Hyatt on Wednesday afternoon, and our NEWEST EVENT, Clay Shooting at the National Shooting Complex, also on Wednesday, March 29^th. All special events benefitted the SWARS George J. Elking Scholarship Fund. The SWARS Board presented RR 101 Intro to Rail Operations on Wednesday, March 29th.

Meet Our 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:: March 29, 2023
End:: March 30, 2023

Venue

: Grand Hyatt San Antonio
: 600 East Market Street
San Antonio, TX 78205 United States + Google Map
Phone: (210) 224-1234
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Organizer

: Linda Turner
Phone: 425-818-8240
Email: swars@swrailshippers.com
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