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The National Grain Car Council was founded by the former Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1994, and is made up of a balanced representation of executives knowledgeable in the transportation of grain, including members from the Class I railroads (the Nation's largest) representing marketing and management; representatives from the Class II and Class III railroads; members representing grain shippers and receivers; and members representing private rail car owners and rail car manufacturers. The purpose of the Council is to convene meetings at least once a year that allow the members to discuss openly the issues affecting the grain transportation industry. For further information regarding this Council, please contact Tom Brugman by phone, at (202) 245-0281, or by e-mail at brugmant@stb.dot.gov.

2011 National Grain Car Council Membership

Officers:
Chairman - Tim McNulty, Director of Marketing, CSX
Vice Chairman - Vacant
Secretary/Treasurer - Keith Bouquet, President, COO, Southern Illinois Railcar

Members:
Michael Adams, AVP Grain Marketing, Canadian Pacific Railway
Frank Anderson, General Director, BNSF Ag Operations, BNSF
Wayne Atamanchuk, General Manager - Car Fleet, CN
DuWayne Bauman, Rail Transportation Manager, Land O' Lakes Purina Feed LLC
George C. Betke, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Farmrail System
Mike Bilovesky, Vice President Marketing and Sales, Ag & Minerals Business Unit, Kansas City Southern RR
Keith Bouquet, President, COO, Southern Illinois Railcar
Randy Broady, Directions of Grain Operations, Trupointe
Sharon G. Clark, VP Transportation, Perdue AgriBusiness , Inc
Paul Deasy, President, Chicago Freight Car Leasing
Fred Ehlers, VP Customer Service, Norfolk Southern RR
Bill Eilbracht, General Director Logistics, Union Pacific RR
Scott Fredericksen, President Rail Container & Supply Chain, Archer Daniels Midland
Steve Gehrt, Senior Manager Bulk Commodities, CN
Gregory Guthrie, Marketing Director, BNSF
Michael A. Haeg, AVP Sales, Rail America
Chad H. Hartwig, Manager, Rail Economics, Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc.
Jason Hess, General Director Grain and Grain Products, Union Pacific RR
Kirk Hawley, Senior Vice President - Marketing, Sales and Service Assurance, Watco Transportation Services/South Kansas & Oklahoma
Brad Hildebrand, Assistant Vice President, Cargill AgHorizons
Mark A. Huston, Director North America Transportation, Louis Dreyfus Commodities
Columbus Johnson, Product Line Leader - Fixed Leasing, GE Rail Services
Michael S. Jones, Director – Transportation/Logistics, North Dakota Mill& Elevator Assn
Mike Keasling, Senior Vice President – Leasing, CIT Rail
Jay Larson, President, NIK Marketing Cooperative
Tony Long, SVP – Operations Support, Genessee & Wyoming Inc
Al Lullman, Senior Vice President, American Railcar Industries
Thomas McGraw, Director, Citigroup Global Markets Inc
Timothy J. McNulty, Director of Marketing, CSX
Dennis Miller, President, Iowa Interstate Railroad, LTD
Steve Milligan, Account Director - Elevator Sales, Canadian Pacific Railway
Eric Parthemore, President & CEO, Heritage Cooperative
David Pope, Fleet and Logistics Manager, CHS Incorporated
John Setterdahl, Sr. VP – Grain, Farmers Cooperative Co.
Patrick J. Simonic, Director Agricultural Marketing, Norfolk Southern RR
Ed Sims, General Manager, Kenton Grain Division, Green Plains Grain Company TN LLC
John Todd, Director Network Operations – Bulk, CSX
Sharon Trudell, VP Marketing, Red River Valley & Western RR
Gregory Twist, Senior Vice President - Transportation, Ag Processing
Mark C. Van Cleave, Vice President Commercial Sales, Trinity Rail
Darrell Wallace, Vice President Transportation Commodities Group, Bunge North America, Inc
Wayne Winkle, Sr. Manager, International Asset Mgmt, Kansas City Southern RR