The results are in. Through Railway Age’s second annual Readers’ Influential Leaders online poll, qualified subscribers nominated a large number of active (non-retired) people from all areas of the North American railway industry. We are pleased to present the top 10 nominees here, plus five leaders receiving honorable mention. They are all committed to service and sustainability.
Annie Adams, Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, Norfolk Southern
Engaging employees, building bridges between generations in the workplace, and ensuring sustainability are important industry-wide, and they are among Adams’ achievements at NS. She joined the company in 2001 and has risen through the human resources and planning ranks. Appointed Vice President Human Resources in 2016, she was charged with developing and executing talent strategies and employee engagement initiatives.
Rick Webb, Executive Chairman, Watco
RAILWAY AGE MAY 2021 ISSUE: The mantra of these railroaders: Making a difference. They’re not only helping to shape the industry, but also tomorrow’s leaders.
The results are in. Through
Railway Age’s second annual Readers’ Influential Leaders online poll, qualified subscribers nominated a large number of active (non-retired) people from all areas of the North American railway industry. We are pleased to present the top 10 nominees here, plus five leaders receiving honorable mention. They are all committed to service and sustainability.
Annie Adams
, Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, Norfolk Southern
Engaging employees, building bridges between generations in the workplace, and ensuring sustainability are important industry-wide, and they are among Adams’ achievements at NS. She joined the company in 2001 and has risen through the human resources and planning ranks. Appointed Vice President Human Reso
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Kroger had a good war when it came to the COVID crisis, benefiting from the online shift in grocery shopping. But as the Vaccine Economy takes shape, the challenge now is to turn accelerated revenue growth into long term digital profit.
As society has leapt into a new digital era, so has Kroger.
So says Rodney McMullen, CEO of Kroger, the second-largest US retailer, as he contemplates a bold new ambition on the back of the COVID-driven societal shift to online grocery shopping - doubling digital sales by the end of 2022
and doing so profitably.