Board of Directors

Mortimer B. Fuller III photoMortimer B. Fuller III
Mr. Fuller is Chairman of the Board. Following his purchase of a controlling interest in GWI in 1977, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until June 1, 2007, and then as Executive Chairman until December 31, 2009. He also served as President of the Company from 1977 until October 1997. He has been a director since 1973. He is a great grandson of Edward L. Fuller, who founded the 14.5-mile Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Company in 1899 to serve his salt mine in upstate New York.  Mr. Fuller is a graduate of Princeton University, Boston University School of Law and Harvard Business School.

    
John C. Hellmann photoJohn C. Hellmann
John C. Hellmann, President and Chief Executive Officer, joined the Company in January 2000 and served as Chief Financial Officer through April 2005. He was named President in May 2005 and Chief Executive Officer in June 2007. Previously, Mr. Hellmann worked in investment banking at Lehman Brothers, Inc., in the Emerging Communications Group, and at Schroder & Co. Inc., in the Transportation Group. He also worked for Weyerhaeuser Co. in Japan and the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Hellmann is a graduate of Princeton University and received his M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

    
David C. Hurley photoDavid C. Hurley
Vice Chairman, PrivatAir
Member, Compensation Committee
Mr. Hurley has been Vice Chairman of PrivatAir, a leading international business aviation group, since February 2003. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of PrivatAir following its acquisition of Flight Services Group (FSG) by PrivatAir in 2000. Mr. Hurley founded FSG in 1984, and led its growth into one of the world’s leading providers of corporate aircraft management, executive charter and aircraft sales and acquisitions in the U.S. He serves as a director of Hexcel Corporation, ExelTech Aerospace, Applied Energetics and Genesis Lease Limited.

    
Lorentzen III photoØivind Lorentzen III
President and CEO, Northern Navigation International Ltd.
Chairman, Audit Committee
Mr. Lorentzen has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Navigation International, Ltd., an investment management and ship-owning company concentrating in specialized transportation and structured finance, since he founded the company in 1990. Northern Navigation has offices in Stamford, Connecticut, and Oslo, Norway. From 1979 to 1990, Mr. Lorentzen was Managing Director of Lorentzen Empreendimentos S.A., an industrial and shipping group in Brazil. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of SEACOR Holdings Inc. and Blue Danube Inc. Mr. Lorentzen is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce Inc., and a Trustee of the American Scandinavian Foundation.

    
Robert M. Melzer photoRobert M. Melzer
Retired, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Property Capital Trust
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Compensation Committee
Mr. Melzer was President and Chief Executive Officer of Property Capital Trust, a real estate investment trust, from 1992 to 1999, when he retired. Through November 1996, he was also the Chief Financial Officer of Property Capital Trust. Mr. Melzer serves as a trustee of MGI Properties Liquidating Trust, and a director of The Cronos Group.

   
undefinedMichael Norkus
Founder and President, Alliance Consulting Group
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Governance Committee
Mr. Norkus is the founder and President of Alliance Consulting Group, which specializes in developing growth strategies for companies in consumer goods, manufactured products, commercial services, high-tech and retail industries. He was previously a partner and director with The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Norkus also serves on the Boards of Directors of Overland Storage, Inc., and  Acco Brands Corp.

    
Philip J. Ringo photoPhilip J. Ringo
Senior Strategic Advisor, Elemica
Formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, RubberNetwork.com LLC
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Governance Committee
Mr. Ringo is currently Senior Strategic Advisor to Elemica, a leading global supply chain services provider that merged with RubberNetwork.com LLC in July 2009. Mr. Ringo was formerly Chairman and CEO of RubberNetwork.com LLC, a tire and rubber industry strategic sourcing consortium, from 2001 - 2009. From January to May 2001, Mr. Ringo was a consultant to ChemConnect, Inc., an operator of an electronic marketplace for buyers and sellers of chemicals, feedstocks and plastics, where he had been President and Chief Operating Officer since March 1999. He was President and CEO of Chemical Leaman Tank Lines Inc., a trucking firm, from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Ringo also serves on the Boards of Directors of Internet Capital Group and Trimac Equipment Leasing, Inc.

    
Peter O. Scannell photoPeter O. Scannell
Founder and Managing General Partner, Rockwood Holdings LP
Chairman, Governance Committee
Mr. Scannell is the founder and Managing General Partner of Rockwood Holdings LP, a private investment firm focused on the acquisition and development of operating businesses. Mr. Scannell currently is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rockwood Service Corporation, a materials testing and inspection firm, and is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kane Holding Company, a manufacturer of architectural products.

    
Mark A. Scudder photoMark A. Scudder
President, Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O.
Chairman, Compensation Committee
Mr. Scudder has represented public and private companies in a variety of mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, and general corporate matters, with particular focus on the U.S. trucking industry. He has been President of Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O., based in Lincoln, Nebraska, since December 2002, and has served as an attorney with the firm since 1993. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Knight Transportation, Inc. and Covenant Transport, Inc.

    
Directors Emeritus

James M. Fuller photoJames M. Fuller
Retired, Harvey Salt Company
Director Emeritus
Mr. James Fuller has been a Regional Product Manager for OCENS, Inc., a marketer of weather enhancement software for the commercial and recreational marine markets, since 2000. Mr. Fuller retired in 1999 as Regional Sales Manager of the Harvey Salt Co., a distributor of salt and water purification chemicals, a position he had held since 1995. From 1983 until 1993, Mr. Fuller was National Account Manager-Export for Akzo Nobel Salt, Inc., where he served for more than 25 years.

   
Louis S. Fuller photoLouis S. Fuller
Retired, Courtright and Associates
Director Emeritus
Mr. Louis Fuller retired in 1999 from Courtright and Associates, an executive search firm, of which he had been a member since 1992. Mr. Fuller also serves on the Board of Directors of Cherry Ridge Corp.

   
John M. Randolph photoJohn M. Randolph
Financial Consultant and Private Investor
Director Emeritus
Mr. Randolph has been a financial consultant and private investor for the last five years. In 1965 he founded and became Chief Executive Officer of Randolph Computer Corporation, one of the first computer leasing companies. He subsequently served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of J.M. Randolph and Associates, a company created to manage certain computer leasing assets that was acquired by the Bank of Boston.