Rail Nation DC - 2019 Advocacy Summit, Day on The Hill & Congressional Reception - April 2019

Click On The Links Below For The Presentations, Videos, Photos And Other Materials From This Event!

Monday, April 1:

Session Opening Speakers -

• Chris Zappi - Director Host Railroads - Amtrak - Presentation - Video of Session
• Roger Harris - Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer - Amtrak - Presentation - Video of Session

'Investments, Not Subsidies: How American Long-Distance Trains Make Money' -

• Abe Zumwalt - Director Of Policy Research - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation - Video of Session

'No Schedules: Regional Rail and the Future of American Passenger Trains' - Video of Session Pending

• Peter Brassard - Chair of the Rhode Island Association of Rail Passengers & TransitMatters Member - No Presentation
• D.W. Rowlands - Greater Greater Washington - No Presentation
• T. R. Hickey - Chief Development Officer - Virginia Railway Express - Presentation
• Bruce Becker - Vice-President Operations - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation

Lunch Keynote Address -

• Kenneth Hylander - Executive Vice President and Chief Safety Officer - Amtrak - Presentation

'The View from the Hill: Infrastructure and the 116th Congress'

• Kristine O’Brien - Director of Outreach & Member Services – House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure - No Presentation
• Alison Graab - Deputy Policy Director - U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation - Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety - No Presentation

'Rail Passengers’ 2019 Ask Explained'

• Sean Jeans-Gail - Vice-President Policy - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation - Video of Session

'How to Sell Trains to Your Member of Congress'

• Mike Friedberg - Partner - Holland and Knight - No Presentation

'What Can Passengers Do?: Advocacy Strategies That Really Work'

• Bruce Ashton - Texas Advocate - No Presentation
• Sasha Ivanoff - New York State Advocate - No Presentation

'Switzerland - A Rail Travel Paradise'

• Carl Fowler - Presentation - Part One; Part Two; Part Three

Wednesday, April 3

President's Report

• Jim Mathews - President/CEO - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation - Video of Session

Financial Report

• Peter LeCody - Chairman - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation

Routes & Schedules Committee Report

• Steve Musen - Committee Chair - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation

Customer Experience Committee Report

• Carolyn Cokley - Director Customer Advisory Services - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation

Equipment Committee Report

• Dick Bruss - Committee Chair - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation

'National Passenger Rail Policy'

• F. K. Plous - Presentation
• Jim Mathews - President/CEO - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation

Association Event Report

• Bruce Becker - Vice-President Operations - Rail Passengers Association - Presentation

Photo Albums From The Event:

• General Meetings - Sunday, Monday & Wednesday
• Beer & Transit Networking Mixer - Monday Evening
• Congressional Reception - Tuesday Evening
• Quilts On Display To Benefit The Jim Hamre Memorial Scholarship Fund

ALL Photos Taken By Rail Passengers' Carolyn Cokley - Non-Commercial Use Permitted When Proper Credit Is Given