Lake Oswego, Or., USA - June 30, 2017, Lake Oswego, Or., USA - The Greenbrier Companies, a supplier of transportation equipment and services to the railroad industry, announced the election of Wanda Felton and David L. Starling to the company's board of directors.
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Wanda Felton has approximately 25 years of investment banking and private equity advisory experience.
After twice being confirmed by the United States Senate, Ms. Felton recently completed service as First Vice President and Vice Chair of the Export Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank).
Earlier in her career, Ms. Felton worked in corporate finance, serving clients in the financial services industry.
Prior to joining Ex-Im Bank, she operated MAP Capital Advisors.
Previously, Ms. Felton was a managing director at Helix Associates, a division of Jefferies Inc.; a director at Credit Suisse First Boston; and a managing director at Hamilton Lane Advisors.
Ms. Felton began her career as a loan officer at Ex-Im Bank. She holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and MBA from Harvard Business School.
David L. Starling recently retired from the Board of Directors of Kansas City Southern (KCS) where he served since 2010.
From 2008-2016, Mr. Starling also served as President and COO at KCS and as President and CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of its affiliate, Kansas City Southern Railroad.
Mr. Starling possesses substantial experience in the North American rail industry and in intermodal transportation and global shipping logistics.
He began his railroad career in 1971 with the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad (the Frisco) and over the next 14 years held various positions in rail operations at the Frisco and later Burlington Northern (BN) after the Frisco was acquired by BN.
From 1988 to 1999 Mr. Starling served American President Lines (APL) in various roles including as Vice President of Central Asia where he had oversight of APL's operations in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.
Subsequently, Mr. Starling relocated to Panama to serve as president and director general of Panama Canal Railway Company, a KCS affiliate, with responsibility for the reconstruction of the railroad and its subsequent operation. ■