Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced leadership appointments in its transformation, transportation, and law departments, effective immediately.
- Greg Comstock, formerly general manager network operations center and general manager Southern Region, is now vice president network operations.
- Lorri Kleine, formerly senior general counsel workforce, properties, insurance risk management, is now vice president law.
- Patrick Whitehead, formerly assistant vice president mechanical and general manager Northern Region, is now vice president transportation.\
Comstock and Whitehead bring more than 60 years of collective transportation, network, and operations experience with Norfolk Southern. Comstock and Whitehead have served as general managers of the company’s Southern and Northern regions, respectively, and have proven track records of generating efficiencies and aggressively controlling costs while providing superior transportation service to customers.
In their new roles, Comstock and Whitehead will work collaboratively to execute Norfolk Southern’s operating plan and achieve further efficiencies across the railroad. Comstock oversees Norfolk Southern’s state-of-the-art Network Operations Center, which includes centralized dispatching as well as related service and support functions. Whitehead’s responsibilities include the safe, reliable, and efficient management of transportation field operations, including execution of TOP21, the railroad’s precision scheduled railroading operating plan.
Kleine has been a key member of the Norfolk Southern Law team since 1994 and has extensive experience managing complex, high-profile and sensitive legal matters. In her new role, she will oversee legal, claims, investigative, compliance, and risk management matters for the department.
In addition, Josh Raglin, formerly general manager facilities, has been appointed to the role of chief sustainability officer. In his former role, Raglin led nine of the company’s forest conservation and sustainability projects. In his new role, he will be responsible for advancing the company’s strategy to integrate sustainability practices into daily operations to achieve efficiencies, control costs, generate revenue, and reduce environmental impacts.
-via press release