Board of Directors

James D. Cirar, 62, has served as a director since June 1999 and is a member of our audit committee. Mr. Cirar is a private investor. He was a director of Transportation Technologies Industries, Inc. (“TTII”) and President and CEO of TTII’s foundry group from January 2000 until the company was acquired by Accuride Corporation in 2005. Mr. Cirar was Chairman of two of our subsidiaries, Johnstown America Corporation and Freight Car Services, Inc., from September 1998 to June 1999. From September 1995 to August 1998, he was the President and CEO of Johnstown America Corporation.

Thomas M. Fitzpatrick, 56, has served as a director since December 2005 and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2007. Mr. Fitzpatrick is the managing partner of Sharp & Fitzpatrick LLP, the predecessor of which he founded in 1987. Mr. Fitzpatrick has also served as the managing director of Cold Frame Ventures LLC since 2005. Between 1986 and 2004, Mr. Fitzpatrick was the managing partner of 2200 Ventures LLC and its predecessors.

William D. Gehl, 62, has been a director since May 2007 and is a member of our audit and compensation committees and chairman of our strategy and growth committee. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gehl Company from April 2003 until his retirement from that company in April 2009. Before that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Gehl Company since November 1992 and Chairman of Gehl Company since April 1996. Mr. Gehl is a member of the boards of directors of ASTEC Industries, Inc., Mason Wells, Inc., The Oilgear Company and Westbury Bank.

Thomas A. Madden, 55, has served as a director since December 2005 and is the chairman of our compensation committee and a member of our audit committee.  Mr. Madden served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ingram Micro Inc. from July 2001 to April 2005.  From October 1997 to July 2001, Mr. Madden served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ArvinMeritor, Inc.  Mr. Madden is a member of the boards of directors of Champion Enterprises, Inc., Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. and Intcomex, Inc. 

S. Carl Soderstrom, Jr., 55, has served as a director since April 2005 and is the chairman of our audit committee and a member of our nominating and corporate governance and strategy and growth committees.  Mr. Soderstrom was employed by ArvinMeritor, Inc. and its predecessor companies from 1986 to 2004.  He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ArvinMeritor, Inc. from July 2001 to December 2004, and in a number of senior operations and engineering positions with that company prior to 2001, including Senior Vice President Engineering, Quality and Procurement.  Mr. Soderstrom is a member of the board of directors of Lydall, Inc.

Robert N. Tidball, 70, has served as a director since April 2005 and is the chairman of our nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of our compensation and strategy and growth committees.  From 1989 to January 2001, Mr. Tidball was the President, CEO and a director of PLM International, Inc.

Edward J. Whalen, 61, was appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer on December 18, 2009. Previously, he served as our Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales from December 2004 to September 2008. He also served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales for our subsidiaries from 1991 to December 2004. Mr. Whalen was one of a group of investors who acquired the Company from Bethlehem Steel in 1991, under its former name of Johnstown America Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Whalen was President of Pullman Leasing Company, after serving in various finance positions for Pullman Leasing Company, including Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Mr. Whalen originally joined Pullman, Inc., the parent of Pullman Leasing Company, in 1972.