P. Michael Giftos
Description P. Michael Giftos, age 63, has served as a director of our Company since April 2004. During his 29-year career with CSX Corporation and its subsidiaries, Mr. Giftos served in many executive management positions. From April 2000 through his retirement in March 2004, Mr. Giftos served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Before that assignment, Mr. Giftos spent more than a decade as CSX Transportation?s Chief Legal Officer. While employed at CSX, Mr. Giftos served as a director of TTX Company, a provider of rail cars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. Mr. Giftos currently serves as a director of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a coal supplier which merged with Foundation Coal Holdings Inc., also a coal supplier, on July 31, 2009. He serves on the audit committee, the nominating and corporate governance committee, and the safety, health and environmental committee of Alpha Natural Resources. Mr. Giftos joined the Board of Directors of Foundation Coal Holdings in December 2005, where he served as a member of its audit and nominating committees. As a long-time executive with one of the Company?s main suppliers of rail transportation services and with his extensive background in legal and transportation matters and experience as a member of other boards of directors, Mr. Giftos brings to his service as a director an awareness of and insight into a variety of issues facing the Board and the Company, including legal matters, trends and strategies affecting the rail industry as well as long-term relationships with other key personnel in the rail industry. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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