Kathryn Farmer, 28 years with the firm.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.freightwaves.com/news/bnsf-names-new-ceo/amp
I had thought Cindy Sanborn would have been the first woman selected as CEO of a railroad. Cindy ‘stalled’ out at being named Chief Operating Officer of NS in July.
Illuminate … for sure.
I’ve known Katie for about 25 or 26 of her years with BN and BNSF. She’s an excellent choice and should do a great job!
Curt
I wonder if people commented on Carl Ice’s physical appearance when he assumed the same post…
Congrats to Ms Farmer. I don’t think Ms Sanborn stalled out at NS… she may yet become CEO at NS or elsewhere. Both are uber achievers… no doubt we’ll hear alot from them in the years ahead.
Depends on whether someone compared him to a locomotive…
Well it’s a good thing they didn’t because all the heat from those comments would’ve melted Mr. Ice…
Sorry, I was referring to Miningman’s post.
In either case a sexist comment. If the individual were not a woman, no comment about appearance would have been made.
Wish her all the best.Somewhere I am most sure “Mookie” has a big smile.
stay safe
Joe
I wonder what sort of attitude will filter down to frontline managment, will she be more or less like Hunter Harrison than Carl Ice and Matt Rose?
That’s what should really matter here.
At least they are promoting from within, and not going for some high-priced overblown windbag from another railroad or industry.
Katie’s personality is more like Matt Rose’s. She is the antithesis of EHH.
Curt
That’s what I like to hear!
+1 Well said!!
Gee, I’m sorry I offended your PC sensibilities. I was handed a “straight line” and made a joke out of it. It just so happened that the person in question is female. I’d probably have done the same thing if it was a male… Nothing sexist intended.
+1 No problem. I think Balt was gently reminding you. And this PC epithet is often a defense of sexist and racist language.
We, as males, rarely understand how the other gender takes our comments, especially when those comments are dismissive in nature. It has been the culture that we exist in to be dismissive of women - ‘You run like a girl’; ‘You throw like a girl’; and on and on. A woman that acts with authority is said to be ‘pushy or bossy’; a man that acts with authority is said to be ‘a leader’. Commenting on a woman’s apperance in commenting on the announcement of that woman achieving the ‘top rung’ of a normally male dominated organization is just another form of being dismissive to the acomplishment.
I just hope she’ll change the BNSF name to Santa Fe and likes steam.
Yeah…I’m gonna go with a probable “nope” on both of those.