 "The movement of freight is critical to the state's economy and a key
component to developing a transportation system that makes sure
Illinois continues to compete in the global marketplace," said
Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider. "The members of
the Illinois State Freight Advisory Council all come with impressive
backgrounds and are certainly up to the task. I look forward to
working alongside them and hearing their input as we look to build
upon our multimodal vision for transportation in Illinois."Each
year, more than 700 million tons of freight moves in and out of
Illinois across multiple modes of transportation.
The new members of the Illinois State Freight Advisory Council
include representatives from the shipping and freight industries,
agriculture, manufacturing, academia, economic development, and
local government. The panel of experts, with extensive knowledge of
the state's system of highways, waterways, airports and railroads,
will advise IDOT and other state agencies on all issues involving
freight transportation. An initial focus will be on the Long Range
State Transportation Plan, the Freight Mobility Plan and the State
Rail Plan.
The council is patterned after the U.S. Department of
Transportation's National Freight Advisory Committee, which
Schneider was appointed to chair last year. The council's first
meeting will be this spring, at which time a meeting schedule will
be determined. The charter members are:
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Ann L. Schneider,
Illinois transportation secretary, Illinois Department of
Transportation
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Kristi Lafleur,
executive director, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
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Larry Walsh, Will
County executive
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Rebekah Scheinfeld,
commissioner, Chicago Department of Transportation
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Bruce Bird, Macon
County engineer, Illinois Association of County Engineers
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Mike Dunn,
executive director, Chicago-Rockford International Airport
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Matt Hart,
executive director, Illinois Trucking Association
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Don Schaefer,
executive vice president, Midwest Truckers Association
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Spencer White,
senior vice president, Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
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Michael Forde,
chairman, Illinois International Port District
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Mike McCarthy,
president, Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
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Stanley Scofield
Jr., senior manager, Central Region Field Operations, APL Ltd.
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Ed O'Neil,
director, Integrated Logistics, Caterpillar Inc.
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Eric Gilbert,
senior vice president, infrastructure and logistics, CenterPoint
Properties
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James Ford, project
executive, Clayco Inc.
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Paul Wellhausen,
executive vice president, Lewis and Clark Fleeting LLC
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Robert Nathan,
co-founder and CEO, Load Delivered Logistics LLC
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Merritt Harrison,
general manager, Maritime Delivery Services Inc.
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Adam Roth,
executive vice president, NAI Hiffman
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William McInerney, retired founder and
CEO, Phoenix International Freight Services Ltd.
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Robert Stock,
president and owner, Stock Transport Inc.
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Raymond Drake, vice
president for state government affairs, United Parcel Service
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John Greuling,
president and CEO, Will County Center for Economic Development
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Ed Barry, research
analyst, Chicago Laborers District Council LMCC
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Bill Taft,
Logistics Division manager, Growmark Inc.
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Benjamin
Brockschmidt, executive director, Infrastructure Council,
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
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Kevin Rund, senior
director of local governments, Illinois Farm Bureau
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Scott Sigman,
director of transport and trade, Illinois Soybean Association
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Daniel Eichholz,
associate director, Illinois Petroleum Council
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Thomas Vander Woude,
deputy executive director of transportation and infrastructure,
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
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Kate Brown,
volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition
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Christopher Clott,
dean of the College of Business and Health Administration,
University of St. Francis
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Yanfeng Ouyang,
associate professor of civil and environmental engineering,
University of Illinois
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Libby Ogard,
president, Prime Focus LLC
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James Wolfe,
chairman and CEO, Knight Partners LLC
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Wes Lujan,
assistant vice president for public affairs for Illinois, Union
Pacific Railroad
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Paul Piekarski,
chairman, Illinois State Legislative Board, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
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Mark Poulos,
executive director, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Foundation for Fair
Contracting
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Shoshiwa Mabina,
program coordinator, IDOT Highway Construction, City Colleges of
Chicago (Kennedy-King College)
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Omar Duque,
president, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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Mark D. Schweitzer, managing director
of intermodal and international freight, Archer Daniels Midland
Co.
[Text from
Illinois Department of
Transportation file received from the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
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