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 | Peter LeCody President of Texas Rail Advocates. Texas Council Representative - National Association of Railroad Passengers. Serving on TxDOT I-35 Corridor Advisory Committee. Serving on Steering committee - State Rail Plan, TxDOT Rail Division. Champion of the Rails - Amtrak President's Award. Business owner in Dallas. Email me at peter@texasrailadvocates.org |
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 | Taylor Sharpe Taylor is an environmental engineer for a large federal government agency. He also owns a small web service and FileMaker database development organization, Taylor Made Services. He obtained a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas with an emphasis on environmental classes. Previously, he was employed by a European owned oil company and was a project engineer at one of their polyproplyene loop reactor plants. Email me at taylor@texasrailadvocates.org |
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 | Rick Reynolds Richard is also a member of the Texas Association of Rail Passengers and is interested in higher speed passenger rail between all the Texas population centers. He would like to see passenger rail service established from the DFW area directly to Mid-Atlantic states. A proposal to create that service called the Crescent Star was proposed years ago. He is employed by DFW International Airport. |  | Bernie Rodriguez Bernie joined the TRA board in 2009. She has over 23 years of administrative experience and comes from a family who has worked very hard to make their communities a better place to live. She is a loyal and compassionate individual that strives for doing the right thing. If she believes in a cause that will help others she will go after it whole heartedly. She has recently started a new company to provide assistance to small business owners who would like to have someone on their team that they can trust with their administrative issues. She has spear headed our National Train Day celebration at both the Dallas Union Station and the Fort Worth Intermodal Station for the last few years. Bernie is definitely a Team Player. Email me at bernie@texasrailadvocates.org |  | David Pedigo I have been a software professional for most of my adult life, working on everything from large, high-throughput enterprise applications to apps for the iPhone and iPad. Although I am a computer geek by trade, I have had a life-long fascination with and respect for railroading. As a Board Member of Texas Rail Advocates, it is my privilege to help promote the smart use of rail to help solve our region's, and our nation's, freight and passenger transportation needs. Email me at david@texasrailadvocates.org |  | Joshua D. Coran Mr. Coran was born and raised in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Katz School of Management, University of Pittsburgh. He has been a Registered Professional Engineer in Illinois since 1976.
Mr. Coran has worked in the railroad and railroad supply industry exclusively since 1966. He has worked for the New York Central, Illinois Central and Alaska railroads, having been Chief Mechanical Engineer of the latter for 21 years. He was Chief Mechanical Officer of Trinity Railway Express from 2004 to 2007. He has also held positions with Westinghouse Electric's Transportation Equipment Division and the passenger division of Pullman-Standard, where he was Manager of Manufacturing Engineering.
Since the beginning of 2008, Mr. Coran has been Director of Operations at Talgo, Inc., the Seattle based subsidiary of Patentes Talgo, SL, of Spain. For over ten years Talgo, Inc has maintained under contract the five Talgo train sets currently in service on the Amtrak Cascades in the Pacific Northwest. It also promotes US manufacturing, sales and maintenance of new passenger equipment, the core business of Patentes Talgo in Spain since 1942. In connection with that activity, Mr. Coran is heavily involved in the design of the next generation of Talgo equipment, the Series 8, which is currently being designed for the North American market. |  | Karl Ziebarth Karl Ziebarth is a professional transportation consultant, assisting investors and lenders to rail, truck, and port enterprises. He is also an owner of a short-line, the Santa Fe Southern Raiway, in New Mexico. With a lifetime of experience, he advises on strategic options, translates what is happening on the ground into financial data, and can demonstrate to lenders and investors the range of outcomes from their investments. He serves a variety of clients, domestically and internationally. |  | George Blount |  | Paul Mangelsdorf Paul Mangelsdorf is one of the founding board members of the Texas Rail Advocates. He has years of experience in the sales and marketing field and was active in efforts to bring light rail to Dallas. His work in the transportation industry includes advocating the building of high speed rail in Texas and across North America. Paul enjoys major league baseball, cycling and playing the piano. He is also the Executive Vice President of the Triangle Railroad Holding Co. Email me at paul@texasrailadvocates.org |  | John Radovich |  | L Coleman Lester Coleman was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He holds a BS degree in Business Administration, with concentrations in Accounting and Management Information Systems (MIS), from Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio and an MBA from Texas A&M University – Commerce in Commerce, Texas.
Mr. Coleman has worked in the financial industry for over 13 years. He is currently employed at one of the area's largest law offices, where he works as a Sr. Accountant. Prior to his employment in the legal industry, he was a Financial Analyst for a major technology services company in the area. Prior to returning to complete his education, Mr. Coleman held positions with many companies ranging from Retail Manager to Machinist, with the bulk of experience as a machinist.
Mr. Coleman has had a deep fascination with all things mechanical since his childhood, which is a major influence on his interest in the Texas Rail Advocates. Among his many interests growing up in Dallas were the railroad and trains. He actually worked for Santa Fe Trail Transportation while in High School, however his experience was with the trucking industry and not the railroad. But, he never lost his enthusiasm or curiosity for trains and the railroad industry, therefore he's excited about having such a unique opportunity to have an impact on the future of rail in Texas and it's corresponding impact on the environment.
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