2023 Rail & Maritime Summit
Energy, Emissions, & Grains
13th Annual Sold-Out Summit

2023 Diolkos Recipient

Exceptional Leadership,
Advocacy, Dedication, &
Commitment

2023 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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Brandy Christian
Pres. & CEO; CEO
Port NOLA; NOPB

Kiernan “KC” Conway
Principal & Co-Founder
Red Shoe Economics 

David H. Cummins
Pres. & CEO
Blue Sky – Maritime Coalition

Merritt Lane
Pres. & CEO
Canal Barge

H. Sheldon Norton
VP., Feed Segment Lead
Cargill

Clark Robertson
COO
Port Corpus Christi 

Bethann Rooney Director Port Authority NYNJ

Sergio Sabatini
Pres. & COO
OmniTRAX 

Peter H. Stephaich
Chairman
Campbell Transportation Co.

Robert M. Sullivan
Director
MARAD

Rodney Weinzierl
Executive Director
ILCGA; ILCMB

Tracy Zea
Pres. & CEO
Waterways Council 

Presenter
Mary Ann Bucci
Director
Port Pitt 

Presenter
Ryan Dreier
VP – Industrial Products
BNSF

Presenter
Norma Torres
President & COO
BRG International Railway

Presenter
Jonathan Wahba
Sr. VP Sales & Marketing
CPKC

2023 Rail & Maritime Summit Companies in Attendance

ACBL
ADM
American Soybean Asso.
Amstead Rail
Anacostia Rail Holdings
ASLRRA
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
BNSF
BRG International Railway
Bulkmatic
Burlington Jct. Rail
Cambridge Syst.
Campbell Transportation Comp.
Canal Barge Company
Canal Terminal
Cargill
CDI
Century 21
Chicago Rail Link
Chicago Traffic Club
Chicago Union Carpenter
City of Gary
City of Michigan City
City of Valparaiso
CMAP
CN Railway
Commercial In-Sites
Consol. Mill Supply
Container Port Group
Cook County Dept. Trans.
COSCO Shipping
Costal Cargo
Coyote Logistics
CPKC Railway
Cross Property Mgmt.
Crouch Engineering
CSX
Darwin PW
Dawson & Asso.
DHL
Ducere LLC
EDC Michigan City
Edward Jones
Egan Marine Corp
Endeavors, Inc.
FH Paschen
Fletcher & Sippel
Gary Chamber Commerce
Gary Eco. Dev.
Gary Mayor’s Office
Governors State Uni.
Great Lakes Basin
Great Lakes Gateway
IDOT
IEDC
IL Chamber Commerce
IL Farm Bureau
IL International Port
IL Marine
IL Railroad Asso.
IL Soybean Asso.
ILCGA
ILCMB
Indiana General Asse.
INDOT
Industrial Search Partners
Ingram Barge
Interdom LLC
Intermodal Supp. Serv.
John Burns Const. Co.
Kearney Companies
Kingsbury Elevator
Kingusbury Industrial Park
Kraft Foods
Kuehne & Nagel
Lake County BOC
LA Government
LA Economic Dev. Corp.
La Porte County BOC
La Porte County Economic Dev.
La Porte County RDC
Latter & Blum, NAI
LCEA
LH Junis
Lincoln Insurance
MARAD/ US DOT
Marquette Transport.
MARS
McAllister/RCR Rail Co.
McColly Real Estate
MCR Partners
MEP&A
Mex. Amer. Chmbr. Commerce
Middle River Marine
Milestone Equip
Missouri Corn Growers
Mitsui Rail Capital
MJT & Associates
MMR Law
Morton Salt
NA Bulk Container
NARS
ND Paper
NEARS
NOPB
NorthPoint Dev.
NWI Forum
Oddyssey/Interdom
Omni Source
OmniTRAX
One Region
Overland Limited Asso.
Pacific Harbor Belt RR
PANYNJ
Partners Warehouse
Purdue University NW.
Portage Planning & Dev.
Port Corpus Christi
Port NOLA
Port Pitt
Port of Brownsville
Prime Focus LLC
Red Shoe Eco.
Rep. Mrvan Office
RH Shipping
Rio Tinto
RM Chin
Seaways
Sen. Braun Office
Sen. Kirk Office
Sen. Young Office
Siemens Industry
Strategic Rail Capital
SunCoke
T. Parker Host
Tobin Dev
Tonn & Blank
Transport Properties
TXX
US Corporation
Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce
VEDC
Wabtec
Watco
WCI
Wells Fargo
World Business Chicago
ZIM Shipping

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