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Jeffrey Moreland (Vice Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Audit & Finance Committee and Chairman
of the Government Relations, Legal, Environmental & Corporate Affairs Committee)
Jeffrey Moreland was nominated by President Barack Obama as a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors and
was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June 2010. Mr. Moreland was elected Vice Chairman of the Board in March
2013. Mr. Moreland was recently Executive Vice President for Public Affairs at Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Railway Company (BNSF). Prior to that position, he served as Executive Vice President, Law & Government
Affairs and Secretary, Executive Vice President Law and Chief of Staff, Senior Vice President Law and Chief of
Staff and Senior Vice President Law and General Counsel at BNSF. From 1970 to 1978, Moreland was employed
at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Mr. Moreland received his Bachelor of Science. from
Georgetown University, a Juris Doctor from Catholic University School of Law, and a Master of Business
Administration from the University of Chicago.
Albert DiClemente (Chairman of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee)
Albert DiClemente was first nominated by President Barack Obama as a Director of the Amtrak Board of
Directors and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2010. Mr. DiClemente was renominated by the President and
reconfirmed by the U.S. Senate in October 2012. He recently retired as the Vice President of CB Richard Ellis,
Inc., where he worked since 2003. Prior to this, he worked for Insignia/ESG and Jackson Cross & Associates as
Director and Associate Director. From 1977 until 1997, he served as State Director for then-Senator Joseph R.
Biden, Jr. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Anthony Foxx (Secretary, Department of Transportation)
Anthony Foxx became the 17th United States Secretary of Transportation on July 2, 2013. As U.S. Secretary of
Transportation, he leads an agency with more than 55,000 employees and a $70 billion budget that oversees air,
maritime, and surface transportation. He joined the U.S. Department of Transportation after serving as the
mayor of Charlotte, N.C., from 2009 to 2013. Prior to being elected mayor, Secretary Foxx served two terms on
the Charlotte City Council as an At-Large Representative. Secretary Foxx is an attorney and has spent much of
his career in private practice. He also worked as a law clerk for the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, a trial
attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and staff counsel to the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. Secretary Foxx received a law degree from New York University’s
School of Law as a Root-Tilden Scholar, the University’s prestigious public service scholarship. He earned a
Bachelor’s degree in History from Davidson College.
Joseph Szabo (FRA Administrator, Alternate for the Secretary of Transportation)
Joseph Szabo was nominated by President Barack Obama in March 2009 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in
2009. Mr. Szabo currently is the 12th Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). He serves as
an alternate for Secretary Anthony Foxx on the Amtrak Board of Directors. Prior to this he worked for Illinois
Central Railroad and later for Metra, as a switchman, trainman and conductor. He has also served in various
roles beginning in 1984 for the United Transportation Union (UTU). Prior to his assumption of duties as the
FRA Administrator, he was a Vice President for the Illinois State AFL-CIO. He is a graduate of Governor’s State
University with a Bachelor of Arts in Labor Relations.
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