Maryam Agahi
Director of design engineering
National Steel Car
Maryam joined National Steel Car in 2013 and became director of engineering design in 2018. Since...
Adriene Bailey
Partner and head of rail, Americas
Oliver Wyman
Adriene rejoined Oliver Wyman as a partner in the firm's transportation practice in 2019. Previously...
Jennifer Bailey
Director, mechanical operations
Norfolk Southern Railway
Since 2019, Jennifer has served as director of mechanical operations at the Juniata Locomotive...
Tracy Barclay-Ward
Location manager
Backtrack Railway Services Ltd.
After joining the company five years ago, Tracy quickly became location manager in Toronto at one of the...
Tina Beckberger
Chief commercial officer
AITX
Tina was appointed chief commercial officer at AITX in December 2023. She is responsible for driving sales...
Riley Birmingham
South Atlantic rail section leader
HDR Inc.
Riley oversees freight- and transit-rail design practitioners across North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Over...
Jacinda Clemenzi
Chief engineer
ENSCO Inc.
As chief engineer, Jacinda oversees the ENSCO rail division's engineering team (mechanical, electrical, software and...
Carrie Crozier
Vice president, intermodal operations
CSX
As VP of intermodal operations — a role she assumed in January 2024 — Carrie oversees operations at more than...
Loretta "Lori" Ebbighausen
Vice president, chief safety officer
MTA Long Island Rail Road
Over her more than two decades at the MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), Lori has climbed the ladder to her...
Amber Farley
Superintendent of railway operations
TXNW Railway
In 2019, Amber joined Texas North Western Railway (TXNW) as operations manager. Since then, she has held...
Lori Garrison
Engineering project manager
Siemens Mobility
Lori primarily focuses on freight-rail projects, helping to advance Siemens Mobility's freight-rail business...
Caitlin Grant
Project manager, Railworks
L.K. Comstock & Co.
Caitlin joined L.K. Comstock in 2016 to work on MTA's Second Avenue Subway tunnel project in New York City. She...
Trish Haver
Chief commercial officer
North Carolina Railroad Co.
Trish Haver has been with the North Carolina Railroad Co. (NCRR) for the past two years as chief commercial...
Akilah Henry
Rail operations manager
Toyota North America
Akilah represents the leadership for Toyota North America rail operations, which oversees the movement of...
Kris Hoellen
Executive director
B&O Railroad Museum
Kris has been the museum's executive director since 2018. She is leading the museum's preparation for the...
Elizabeth Leija
Senior manager of operations
Trans-Global Solutions
Elizabeth started with the company six years ago as a brakeman. She has worked as a conductor, engineer...
Leslie-Anne Lewis
Director of diversity, equity, inclusion
CN
Appointed director of diversity, equity and inclusion in January 2021, Leslie-Anne develops and implements...
Michele Malski
President, founder
SPRING
A second-generation railroader who started her career as a trainmaster with Class Is, Michele is the founder...
Sarah McBrayer
General manager, transit products
L.B. Foster
Sarah has been with L.B. Foster for over 10 years. She is currently responsible for the company's direct fixation...
Laura McNichol
Senior VP and chief sustainability officer
Watco
Laura leads Watco's government, industry relations and sustainability efforts. She represents Watco, its customers...
Jackie Morales
Project manager
Icomera
Jackie Morales has an impressive track record, proven by her management of onboard systems technology projects...
Monica Poyner
Rail audits team manager, senior rail auditor
American Truck & Rail Audits Inc.
Monica manages a team of 10 auditors who audit over $10 billion in freight spending for a multitude of Fortune...
Beth Pratt
Director, transit services
Port Authority Transit Corp. (PATCO)
Beth oversees the transit services department, including the movement of all PATCO trains, dispatching, operations...
Patricia Quinn
Executive director
Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority
Under Patricia's leadership, the authority has experienced transformative growth, particularly through the...
Maria Saratsiotis
Managing director, sales & marketing-merchandise
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Maria brings 25 years of progressive leadership experience in sales and marketing. As managing director of sales...
Marcia Shapiro
President
Marine Tiger Technologies
While leading technology projects for transportation agencies first for Spear Technologies and later for CH2M Hill...
Maureen Taylor
Assistant director, operations
MTA Metro-North Railroad
Maureen joined Metro-North Railroad in 2013 and has since held a series of increasingly impactful roles. Most...
