American Railway Development Association

A not-for-profit educational trade association founded in 1906 to promote

Economic Development, Real Estate, Technology, and

Environmental Activities of North American Railroads

P.O. Box 1025, Paoli, PA 19301

COMMITTEES:

Economic Development

Stephanie Johnson, Co-Chair

Manager Market Development

Arkansas Midland Railroad

Michael Ray, Co-Chair

Manager Econ. Development

BNSF Railway Company

Holly Thoelke, Co-Chair

Real Estate & Industrial

Development Manager

Finger Lakes Railway Corp.

Real Estate

Luddy Arias, Co-Chair

Manager Acquisitions & Development

BNSF Railway Company

Elizabeth Brown, Co-Chair

Manager Asset  Development

CSX Real Property, Inc.

Mark Holder, Co-Chair

Director Public Agency Services

CSX Real Property Inc

Technology

Doug Morrison, Co-Chair

Director GeoInfo Division

Bartlett & West

Scott Rustand, Co-Chair

Vice President

HDR, Inc.

Alan Sisk, Co-Chair

System Manager Engineering Services

Norfolk Southern Corporation

Environmental

Suzan Gonder, Co-Chair

Principal Scientist,

Division Manager Railroad Service

Environmental Works Inc.

Glenn Olander-Quamme, Co-Chair

Attorney at Law

Ricke & Sweeney P.A.

Gary Rozmus, Co-Chair

Vice President

Gannett Fleming Engineers, P.C.

Executive Director

William Krupinski

Director Real Estate

Norfolk Southern Corp.  - Retired

Past President

Roger Bennett

Director Industrial Development

Norfolk Southern Corporation

Secretary-Treasurer Nominee

David Drach

Director, Real Estate

Marketing, U.S.

Canadian Pacific Railway

February 22, 2010

ARDA Members,

We have assembled an excellent slate of topics and speakers for our 2010 annual conference.  The theme for our meeting is Leadership for Economic Recovery.

Topics to be presented are:

• Positive Train Control
• Industry Re-regulation
• New Technology to make life easier
• Norfolk Southern’s Real Estate Management System Overview
• CSX 2020 Railyard of the Future
• Implications of High Speed Rail
• New Railroad Expansion / Improvement projects
• NEPA - Lessons Learned
• Urban Planning for Freight and Commuter Operations
• Class 1’s and Shortline Economic Development

Our speakers include representatives from the Class 1 railroads, Shortline railroads, the Federal Railroad Administration, the American Association of Railroads and engineering and environmental Firms.

We look forward to seeing you at the ARDA conference in Savannah June 6-8, 2010.  You can get more information about our conference and to register go to our website-www.amraildev.com.

Sincerely,

Richard C. Sibley

ARDA President

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