Greenwich, Conn., USA - May 31, 2010, Greenwich, Conn., USA - Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., a freight operator, announced that it has appointed four new members to its board of directors.
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Michael Norkus will serve a two-year term. 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.
Mr. Norkus was previously a partner and director with The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Norkus also serves on the Boards of Directors of Overland Storage, Inc., and Acco Brands Corp.
Philip J. Ringo, Mark A. Scudder and Oivind Lorentzen III were elected to the board of directors for three-year terms.
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.
Mr. Ringo 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.
Mr. Scudder is President or Scudder Law Firm. 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 President of Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O., 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. and Covenant Transport, Inc.
Mr. Lorentzen has been 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.
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. ■