Name: 2024 Semi-Annual Meeting
Start: 2024-10-02T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-03T23:59:59-07:00
Location: Marriott Marquis Downtown Houston

2024 Semi-Annual Meeting

October 2, 2024 - October 3, 2024

The 2024 Semi-Annual Meeting on October 2-3, 2024 was held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Downtown Houston! Running in conjunction with the general session was our new and enhanced 2024 Tradeshow Marquis, which Grid Productions built for us.

Our conference activities included three golf events on two separate courses, a clay shooting, pickleball game and a wine event. Our education committee is highlighted a Rail 101 training class.

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Final as of 3 p.m. 9/17/2024

Rail 101 Outline Rail 101 Slides

Speaker Presentations

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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 2, 2024
End:: October 3, 2024

Venue

: Marriott Marquis Downtown Houston
: 1777 Walker Street
Houston, TX 77010 United States + Google Map
Phone: 713-654-1777
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Organizer

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