About AAR

2010 Associate Advisory Board Members


JACK THOMAS
, Chair
First Union Rail Corporation
jack.thomas@wachovia.com

TOM SMITHBERGER, Vice Chair
HDR Engineering
tsmithbe@hdrinc.com

PATRICK T. AMEEN
Amsted Rail
pameen@amstedrail.com

HOWARD BUSH
Progress Rail
hbush@progressrail.com

JAMES EARL
GATX Rail Group
james.earl@gatx.com

DON FITZSIMMONS
The Greenbrier Companies
don.fitzsimmons@gbrx.com
                        
JOHN KIERAS
Union Tank Car Company
kieras@utlx.com

PATRICE POWERS
GE Rail Services
patrice.powers@ge.com

FRED R. SASSER
Chicago Freight Car Leasing Company
fred.sasser@crdx.com


NON-VOTING REPRESENTATIVES


EDWARD HAMBERGER
President & CEO AAR

ROBERT VANDERCLUTE
SR. VP Safety and Operations AAR

KELLY DONLEY, Secretary
AVP Communications AAR




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