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 Michael Small by phone at (202) 245-0381 or by e-mail at michael.small@stb.gov.
Chair
Jarad Farmer
Canadian Pacific
Vice Chair
Shane Berrett
Gavilon Global AG Holdings, LLC
2nd Vice Chair
Mark A. Huston
Louis Dreyfus Co. Rail Services LLC
Class I Railroads
Jarad Farmer [NGCC Chair]
Canadian Pacific
Allen Foster
Canadian National
Jon Harman
Canadian Pacific
Ted Johnson
CSX
Ashley King
Norfolk Southern
Bruce Kroese
Union Pacific
Ryan Leonard
Norfolk Southern
David Przednowek
Canadian National
Dan Schueth
Kansas City Southern
Scot Stoa
BNSF
Jacob Thomas
Union Pacific
Jim Titsworth
BNSF
Jack Vierling
CSX
Class II and III Railroads
Doug Driscoll
Genesee & Wyoming
Carrie Evans
Iowa Interstate Railroad
Michael Haeg
Rio Grande Pacific Corp.
Jim Lewis
Montana Rail Link
Jimmy Patterson
Watco Companies
Judy Petry
Farmrail System
Daniel Sabin
Iowa Northern Railway
Shippers & Receivers
Shane Berrett [NGCC Vice Chair]
Gavilon Global AG Holdings, LLC
Wyatt Brummer
Scoular
Sharon G. Clark
Perdue AgriBusiness LLC
Jerry Cope
Dakota Mill and Grain, Inc.
Jason Goodman
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Brian Groskreutz
NIK Marketing Cooperative
Dana Hansen
Archer Daniels Midland
Brad Hildebrand
Cargill Inc.
Mark A. Huston [NGCC 2nd Vice Chair]
Louis Dreyfus Co. Rail Services LLC
Alan Koenig
Grain Craft
Terry McDermott
Bunge North America
Bruce Sutherland
Michigan Agri. Commodities
Ross Trentadue
Zen-Noh Grain Corp.
Gregory Twist
Ag Processing
Private Car Owners/Car Manufacturers
Keith Anderson
Wells Fargo Rail
Matt Branch
Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co.
Brian J. Comstock
The Greenbrier Companies
John Glynn
CIT Rail
Charley Moore
TrinityRail
Dean Sawyer
American Railcar Industries
Mark Stefani
Citibank/Citirail
Rob Zmudka
GATX Corp.
2020 Meeting
Past Meetings
White Paper Committees
Statement of Principles
Other