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Freight-road rosters

• Norfolk Southern Railway Executive Vice President of Finance James Squires can add “chief financial officer” to his title. The Class I appointed him CFO to succeed Henry Wolf, who retired July 1, ending a 34-year career with the railroad.
• Kansas City Southern promoted F. Daniel Hall from director of business solutions delivery to assistant VP of business solutions and IT; and Richard Stones, from director of enterprise solutions to AVP of technology solutions. The Class I also named Thomas Naso AVP of marketing for the intermodal and automotive business units.
• Patriot Rail Corp. promoted Stanley Wlotko to SVP-operations.

In transit

• After serving as interim director for four months, Harpal Kapoor was named to the permanent top post at Miami-Dade Transit. ... The Metropolitan Transportation Authority named Barbara Spencer deputy director for strategic planning for MTA’s Office of Security; Michael Chubak, acting EVP of MTA New York City Transit to succeed Spencer; Millard “Butch” Seay, SVP for regionalization; Ralph Agritelley, director of labor relations for MTA Long Island Rail Road; and Judith Pearce, director of labor for NYCT.

Supply side

• Midland Manufacturing named Thomas Zant president; and Thomas Noonan, CFO.
• Safety Vision L.P. named Mark Kerr controller.
• FreightCar America Inc. named Larry Trusdell general counsel; and Tom McCarthy, to the newly created position of VP of human resources.
• URS Corp. named David Dickey VP and manager of the Transit & Railroads Business Line.