Gary V. Hunter –Chairman and CEO

Mr. Hunter has 30 years of experience in the railroad and transportation industry. After serving in top management positions in Class I and Short Line railroads for many years, Mr. Hunter founded Railroad Industries Incorporated in 1983. His vast expertise has included involvement in some of the most pivotal events in the industry from the mid 70’s through today. With RII, he continues to develop a reputation as one of the most experienced, innovative, and forward thinking leaders in the field.

Gary V. Hunter Resume


Marietta T. Hunter – President and Secretary

Ms. Hunter brings her 27 years of finance and business management experience to Railroad Industries Incorporated. After 10 years of banking experience and business education courses, she founded the company with Gary Hunter in 1983. Her subsequent business management experience has led her to be a key player in the growth of RII and its future.

Anastacia Sullivan – Business Manager
Ms. Sullivan brings with her 13 years of diverse management skills including technical writing, purchasing, marketing, accounting, customer service, human resources, and administrative management, as well experience in logistics and information technology. Her purpose is to synthesize all of these aspects with creative new strategies into a smooth customer service oriented operation for RII’s growth and its client’s success. This includes everything from Project Management to team training and much more. She is also active in community outreach programs such as Operation Lifesaver, which helps to educate the community about railroad safety.
Anastacia Sullivan Resume

Lola J. Wei – Manager of Economics & Finance

Ms. Wei brings with her a diverse background in marketing, economics, strategic planning and forecasting and adds a strong fiscal resource to the RII team. She has unique analytical skills including; identifying market indicators and quantifying their impact on sales,traffic levels, and growth. Her proven abilities at forecasting, market strategies and financial analysis have already earned her a significant reputation in the transportation industry.

Lola J. Wei Resume


Todd A. Howell – Manager of Marketing & Technology

Mr.Howell's 11 years of experience in IT & Graphics Design allows RII to provide a cutting edge level of communication for its clients in all media, technological or otherwise. He enhances the professional and client-centered service for RII clients in any medium. Mr. Howell's eye for detail provides RII's presentations, proposals and other media with a look that has become recognized as unique to Railroad Industries Incorporated. He also utilizes 16 years of management experience to lead energetic teams to produce extra innovative and professional quality to RII's products and services.

Todd A. Howell Resume


Linda Scheffel – Manager Assistant

Ms. Scheffel handles administration of all human resources, benefits and accounting functions, as well as project coordination and marketing support. She routinely reviews Requests for Proposals for possible contracting opportunities and handles the maintenance of multi-state Certificates of Authority, Qualification certifications and various other complex Federal and State Department certification processes. Reporting directly to the Business Manager, Ms. Scheffel handles confidential and sensitive information, ensuring strict documentation, accuracy and communication for RII operations, accounting and personnel. She also serves as project coordinator for certain investor clients, and leads the RII vendor registration segment as an extension of marketing and branding efforts. Ms. Scheffel’s unique writing skills also add flavor and professionalism to RII marketing letters, proposals and report drafting, and she leads a developmental program for improving writing skills within the company.

Linda Scheffel Resume


C. David Pettry – Associate

Mr. Pettry has over 35 years of experience in the transportation industry specializing in rail engineering, track structures, safety, materials, signals, and management. Joining the Railroad Industries Incorporated team in 2004, he brings his proven track record of equipment expertise and quality assurance, safety and training, and cost management. He also has experience in international assessment and training projects, and transportation/infrastructure recovery projects after natural disasters.

David Pettry Resume


M.C. McManus – Associate

Mr. McManus has been with Railroad Industries Incorporated since 1992. He is able to give a broad range of railroad operations insight, having worked for major Class I railroads for an extensive period of time. With his background he is able to evaluate and assess all areas of rail transportation. Mr. McManus has been an independent transportation consultant for over 25 years. Clients of RII have an excellent resource with Mr. McManus. In addition to his rail operations skills, he is an accredited trainer of engineers and conductors.

M.C. McManus Resume

 


Charles V. Weart – Associate

Mr. Weart has over 50 years of rail experience, specializing in intermodal, operations, safety, and training. He is an FRA regulations and compliance guru, as well as master instructor for all areas of railroad safety, locomotive engineering, haz-mat, and operations. He has written procedures, rules, timetables, filings, and FRA compliant regulations for all aspects of rail and intermodal operations. Mr. Weart joined RII in 2000, bringing his vast attention to detail and technical documentation skills our pool.

Chuck Weart Resume

Phillip C. Larson – Associate

Mr. Larson is a diversified railroad professional with over 41 years of experience in the industry. He has held executive management positisions in rail car and track maintenance companies, as well as entire short line railroads and Amtrak. His expert witness and training/safety experinece, as well as expertise in operations, finance, equipment, and management at all levels give him a key advantage in andy project. Mr. Larson joined the RII team in early 2005.

Phillip Larsen Resume

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