Edmond Harris Biography and Net Worth

Mr. Harris was appointed as a Director on November 19, 2020 and serves as Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. From April 2010 until his retirement in April 2011, Mr. Harris served as Executive Vice President of Operations at Canadian Pacific Railway. In December of 2011, he was appointed to CP’s Board, where he served until May of 2012. He served as Executive Vice President of Operations at Canadian National Railway Company (“CN”) from March 2005 to January 2007, as its Senior Vice President of Operations from July 2003 to March 2005, and as Chief Transportation Officer from January 2001 to June 2003. Mr. Harris also held various key operating positions at Illinois Central Railroad prior to its acquisition by CN. At Illinois Central Railroad and CN, Mr. Harris worked closely with E. Hunter Harrison, the company’s former President and Chief Executive Officer, to implement the Precision Scheduled Railroad model. Mr. Harris has also served as an independent rail operations consultant providing advice to various rail shippers and railroads, including CSX, from June 2007 to March 2010, and again following his retirement from Canadian Pacific Limited and Canadian Pacific Railway Company in April 2011. He also served as Omnitrax’s Chairman of the Board (a privately held regional railroad company in Denver, Colorado) from 2014 until early January 2018. He resigned from that Board when he accepted a position with CSX serving as Executive VP of Operations with CSX from 2018 until August 2020 after which he retired. Mr. Harris has a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Illinois and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1969 to 1973.

The Board believes that Mr. Harris’ extensive background in the railroad industry and as a large company executive serving in many roles makes him a significant addition to the Company’s Board and will provide leadership and direction to the Company’s management team.