Freight

Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee

Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee members

Academic

• Kyle Shelton
  Director
  Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota
  

Air

• Tracie Walter
  President/Director of Operations
  Bemidji Aviation
• Brian Peters
  Director, Air Service Development
  Metropolitan Airports Commission

Bicycle Freight

• Marc Liu
  Chief Revenue Officer
  Civilized Cycle

Freight Associations

• Margaret Donahoe (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  Executive Director
  The Minnesota Transportation Alliance
• Dan Murray
  Senior Vice President
  American Transportation Research Institute
• Wesley Arentson
  President
  Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (MPLS/STP)
• Libby Ogard
  President Prime Focus LLC (Representative of CAGTC)
  Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC)
• Laura Lemke
  Executive Director
  Minnesota Grain and Feed Association
• John Hausladen
  President
  Minnesota Trucking Association
• Bentley Graves (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  Director, Health Care & Transportation Policy
  Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

Freight Consulting

• John Tompkins
  Project Manager
  Independent Consultant

Carriers

• Anthony (Tony) Cordle (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  Director of Operations
  UPS
• Greg Handwerk
  VP of Fleet Operations
  Bay and Bay Transportation
• Joanna Jungels (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  Permits Manager
  Anderson Trucking Service

Industry Workforce

• Nicholas Katich
  Minnesota Legislative Director
  UTU-SMART-TD (Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transit Union)

Minnesota Department of Transportation:

• Shelly Meyer (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  Director, Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations
  MnDOT Central Office
  
• Jay Hietpas (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  Metro Division Program Delivery Director
  MnDOT Metro District

Pipelines

• Jason Grev
  Director, Government Affairs
  Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.

Ports and Waterways 

• Kevin Beardsley
  Executive Director
  Duluth Seaway Port Authority
• Ron Dvorak
  Marketing Director
  Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc.
• Lee Nelson
  President
  Upper River Services, LLC
• Kathryn Sarnecki (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  VP of Redevelopment and Harbor Management
  Saint Paul Port Authority

Rail

• Lydia Underdahl (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  Government Affairs MN/ND/SD Director
  BNSF Railway
• Larry Lloyd,
  AVP of US Government Affairs
  CPKC Railroad
• Mark Wegner (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  President
  Minnesota Regional Railroads Association
• Brenda Rivera
  Director of Contract Compliance
  Progressive Rail Inc
  

Shippers        

• Vacant

Statewide/Regional Organizations          

• Ann Lynch
  Interagency Railroad Director
  Governor's Council on Rail
• Ron Chicka
  Metropolitan Interstate Council Director
  Greater Minnesota Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)
• Steve Elmer
  Planning Analyst
  Twin Cities' Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
• Tim Finseth (Interim Appointment)
  Northwest Regional Development Commission
  Minnesota Association of Regional Development Organizations
• Neal Young
  Economic Analysis Director
  Minnesota Dept. of Employment & Economic Development
• Robert Zak
  Captain, Commercial Vehicle Section
  Minnesota State Patrol
  

Third Party Logistics Providers     

• Jason Craig (MFAC Executive Committee member)
  Director of Government Affairs
  C.H. Robinson

Tribal Government 

• Michael Bowman
  Asst. Director Public Works White Earth Nation / ACTT Member
  Advocacy Council for Tribal Transportation (ACTT)

U.S. DOT       

• Wendall Meyer
  Division Administrator
  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)