Awards & Recognition
★Railway Age's 2023 Railroader of the Year
★2023 Silver Kingpin Award from Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)
★Fortune Most Powerful Women 2021
Notable Facts
→First woman CEO of a Class I railroad in North America history
→CEO of BNSF Railway, North America's largest freight railroad by route-miles
→30+ year career at BNSF, starting as management trainee in 1992
→Oversees 35,000 employees and 32,500-mile network across 28 states
→Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns BNSF Railway
→Board member at Texas Christian University, American Airlines (nominated 2025)
→Member of Association of American Railroads board
→Has Wikipedia page documenting her groundbreaking appointment
→Regular speaker at industry conferences including NGFA convention