The Railway Supply Institute’s (RSI) President Tom Simpson has announced the election of three new members of the board of directors and a new secretary treasurer at the annual meeting held during RSI/CMA 2016 Rail Expo and Technical Conference in Omaha.
Dan O’Neal of the Greenbrier Companies was elected as RSI secretary-treasurer, and the new board members are: Tracy DeLeon, president, International Decal Management Corporation; Neil Gambow, director and chief technology officer, Kelso Technologies; and Marise Stewart, director of government and industry relations, Progress Rail/EMD.
“These new Board members will serve a three-year term beginning January 1, 2017,” said Simpson. “We look forward to their leadership in serving RSI, its members and the railway supply industry.”
Including O’Neal, the 2016 RSI executive committee is made up of Chairman Jim Frantz, president and CEO of Graham-White Manufacturing Company and Vice Chairman Pat Ameen, vice president industry relations at Amsted Rail Company, Inc. Immediate Past Chairman Tom DeJoseph, senior advisor, industry relations at Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. will act in an advisory capacity to the board.
RSI is the international trade association for the rail supply industry.