Mortimer B. Fuller
III
Mr. Fuller is Chairman of the Board. Following his purchase of a
controlling interest in GWI in 1977, he served as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer until June 1, 2007, and then as Executive
Chairman until December 31, 2009. He also served as President of
the Company from 1977 until October 1997. He has been a director
since 1973. He is a great grandson of Edward L. Fuller, who founded
the 14.5-mile Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Company in 1899 to
serve his salt mine in upstate New York. Mr. Fuller is a
graduate of Princeton University, Boston University School of Law
and Harvard Business School.
John C. Hellmann
John C. Hellmann, President and Chief Executive Officer, joined the
Company in January 2000 and served as Chief Financial Officer
through April 2005. He was named President in May 2005 and Chief
Executive Officer in June 2007. Previously, Mr. Hellmann
worked in investment banking at Lehman Brothers, Inc., in the
Emerging Communications Group, and at Schroder & Co. Inc., in
the Transportation Group. He also worked for Weyerhaeuser Co. in
Japan and the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Hellmann is a
graduate of Princeton University and received his M.B.A. from The
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in
International Relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies.
Richard H. Allert
Retired, formerly founder of Allert, Heard & Co.
Mr. Allert has extensive public company Board experience in
Australia, including as chairman of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings
Limited from 2000 until its 2011 acquisition by AMP Limited and as
chairman of Coles Group Limited, Australia’s second-largest
retailer, from 2002 until 2007. He also previously served as
chairman of the AustralAsia Railway Corporation, chairman of
Southcorp Limited, chairman of Voyages Hotels & Resorts and
chairman of Tourism Australia. A resident of Adelaide, South
Australia, Mr. Allert is a Chartered Accountant and former Partner
of Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. He subsequently founded a
specialist insolvency practice, Allert, Heard & Co., that was
later acquired by Arthur Andersen. Mr. Allert has been a director
of GWI’s Australian subsidiary, Genesee & Wyoming Australia Pty
Ltd, since 2008.
David C. Hurley
Retired, formerly Vice Chairman of PrivatAir
Member, Compensation Committee
Mr. Hurley was Vice Chairman of PrivatAir, a leading international
business aviation group, from 2003 to 2010, when he retired.
Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of PrivatAir following
its acquisition of Flight Services Group (FSG) by PrivatAir in
2000. Mr. Hurley founded FSG in 1984 and led its growth into one of
the world’s leading providers of corporate aircraft management,
executive charter and aircraft sales and acquisitions in the U.S.
He serves as a director of ExelTech Aerospace, Applied Energetics,
Genesis Lease Limited and B/E Aerospace.
Øivind Lorentzen III
Chief Executive Officer, SEACOR Holdings Inc.
President and CEO, Northern Navigation International Ltd.
Member, Governance Committee
Mr. Lorentzen has been Chief Executive Officer of SEACOR Holdings
Inc. since 2010 and President and Chief Executive Officer of
Northern Navigation International, Ltd., an investment management
and ship-owning company concentrating in specialized transportation
and structured finance, since he founded the company in 1990.
Northern Navigation has offices in Stamford, Connecticut, and Oslo,
Norway. From 1979 to 1990, Mr. Lorentzen was Managing Director of
Lorentzen Empreendimentos S.A., an industrial and shipping group in
Brazil. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of SEACOR
Holdings Inc. and Blue Danube Inc. Mr. Lorentzen is a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations and the Norwegian-American Chamber of
Commerce Inc. and a Trustee of the American Scandinavian
Foundation.
Robert M. Melzer
Retired, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Property Capital
Trust
Chairman, Audit Committee
Member, Compensation Committee
Mr. Melzer was President and Chief Executive Officer of Property
Capital Trust, a real estate investment trust, from 1992 to 1999,
when he retired. Through November 1996, he was also the Chief
Financial Officer of Property Capital Trust. Mr. Melzer serves as a
trustee of MGI Properties Liquidating Trust, and a director of The
Cronos Group.
Michael Norkus
Founder and President, Alliance Consulting Group
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Governance Committee
Mr. Norkus is the founder and President of Alliance Consulting
Group, which specializes in developing growth strategies for
companies in consumer goods, manufactured products, commercial
services, high-tech and retail industries. He was previously a
partner and director with The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Norkus
also serves on the Board of Directors of Acco Brands Corp.
Philip J. Ringo
Senior Strategic Advisor, Elemica
Formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, RubberNetwork.com
LLC
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Governance Committee
Member, Australia Committee
Mr. Ringo is currently Senior Strategic Advisor to Elemica, a
leading global supply chain services provider that merged with
RubberNetwork.com LLC in July 2009. Mr. Ringo was formerly Chairman
and CEO of RubberNetwork.com LLC, a tire and rubber industry
strategic sourcing consortium, from 2001 - 2009. From January to
May 2001, Mr. Ringo was a consultant to ChemConnect, Inc., an
operator of an electronic marketplace for buyers and sellers of
chemicals, feedstocks and plastics, where he had been President and
Chief Operating Officer since March 1999. He was President and CEO
of Chemical Leaman Tank Lines Inc., a trucking firm, from 1995 to
1998. Mr. Ringo also serves on the Boards of Directors of Internet
Capital Group and Trimac Equipment Leasing, Inc.
Peter O. Scannell
Founder and Managing General Partner, Rockwood Holdings LP
Chairman, Governance Committee
Mr. Scannell is the founder and Managing General Partner of
Rockwood Holdings LP, a private investment firm focused on the
acquisition and development of operating businesses. Mr. Scannell
currently is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rockwood
Service Corporation, a materials testing and inspection firm, and
is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kane Holding
Company, a manufacturer of architectural products.
Mark A. Scudder
Chief Executive Officer and President, Scudder Law Firm, P.C.,
L.L.O.
Chairman, Compensation Committee
Member, Audit Committee
Mr. Scudder has represented public and private companies in a
variety of mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and
general corporate matters, with particular focus on the U.S.
trucking industry. Mr. Scudder has been Chief Executive Officer of
Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O., based in Lincoln, Nebraska, since
January 2010; President since December 2002 and has served as an
attorney with the firm since 1993. He currently serves on the Board
of Directors of Knight Transportation, Inc.
Directors Emeriti
James M. Fuller
Retired, Harvey Salt Company
Louis S. Fuller
Retired, Courtright and Associates
John M. Randolph
Financial Consultant and Private Investor