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 Council holds meetings at least once a year that allow the members to discuss openly issues affecting the grain transportation industry. For questions about the Council, please contact Alan Cassiday by phone at (202) 245-0308 or by e-mail at .
Chair
Jon Harman
CPKC
Vice Chair
Justin Cauley
CHS, Inc.
2nd Vice Chair
Georgia P. Rokas
TrinityRail
Class I Railroads
Zac Roskilly
BNSF
Matthew White
BNSF
David Przednowek
Canadian National
Jared Fallis
Canadian National
Jon Harman [NGCC Chair]
CPKC
Kira Murphy
CPKC
Daniel Deboer
CSX
Ted Johnson
CSX
Lindsey Chism
Norfolk Southern
Steve Ewers
Norfolk Southern
Laura Heisterkamp
Union Pacific
Jacob Thomas
Union Pacific
Class II and III Railroads
Deb Alexander
Genesee & Wyoming
Carrie Evans
Iowa Interstate Railroad
Chad T. Gutierrez
Rio Grande Pacific Corp.
Zachary Boehme
Watco Companies
Dave Long
Twin Cities & Western Railroad
Amy Homan
Iowa Northern Railway
Shippers & Receivers
Justin Cauley [NGCC Vice Chair]
CHS, Inc.
Wyatt Brummer
Scoular
Taylor Aaland
Agtegra Coop
Shane Berrett
Viterra USA Ag Holdings
Tyler Williams
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Brian Groskreutz
Ag Valley Coop
Dana Hansen
Archer Daniels Midland
Brock Lautenschlager
Cargill Inc.
Mark A. Huston
Louis Dreyfus Co. Rail Services LLC
E.G. Herl
Grain Craft
Terry McDermott
Bunge North America
Mark Chambers
Perdue AgriBusiness
Wayne Johnson
Ag Processing
Ross Trentadue
Zen-Noh Grain Corp.
Private Car Owners/Car Manufacturers
Keith Anderson
Wells Fargo Rail
Matt Branch
Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co.
Anthony Germain
The Greenbrier Companies
John Glynn
CIT Rail
Georgia P. Rokas
TrinityRail
Rob Zmudka
GATX Corp.
2024 Meeting
2023 Meeting
2022 Meeting
2021 Meeting
2020 Meeting
Past Meetings
White Paper Committees
Statement of Principles
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