Subject: Fwd: STATEMENT FROM AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN TONY COSCIA
From: "Gallagher, Brian" <[email-masked]>
To: "Biden Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 22:54:06 +0000

Brian P. Gallagher
Director-Operations & Coordination
Office of the President & CEO
Amtrak
Mobile - 202-306-2481

Sent from iPhone mobile device out on Americas Railroad

This E-mail, along with any attachments, is considered confidential and may well be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for your cooperation.

Begin forwarded message:

From: Amtrak Media Relations <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: December 16, 2015 at 17:29:50 EST
To: Amtrak Media Relations <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: STATEMENT FROM AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN TONY COSCIA

The following statement, also attached, is issued today by Amtrak Media Relations. It will be available soon in the News & Media section of Amtrak.com<http://amtrak.com>.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 16, 2015

ATK-15-069
Contact: Christina Leeds
202-906-3860
[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

STATEMENT FROM AMTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN TONY COSCIA

WASHINGTON - Tony Coscia and Derek Kan were recently confirmed by the Senate to serve terms on the Amtrak board of directors.  Coscia, currently the Chairman of the board of directors, was appointed to another five-year term. Coscia offered the following statement:

"I thank the Administration and Senate for the nomination and confirmation to continue to help guide the future of America's Railroad.  We have made significant progress during my five years on the board, and I look forward to working with the other board members, executive leadership and the employees to continue to grow ridership, increase operational efficiencies and improve the company's financial position.

"Additionally, I want to welcome Derek Kan to the Amtrak board of directors. Derek brings a wealth of knowledge, including transportation experience to the board.  As a California resident, Derek will join current board member Yvonne Brathwaite Burke as a representative of the state with the second-highest level of ridership in the nation and three of the four most heavily traveled Amtrak routes outside of the Northeast."

About Amtrak®
Amtrak - America's Railroad® - is dedicated to safe and reliable mobility as the nation's intercity passenger rail service provider and its high-speed rail operator. With our state and commuter partners, we move people, the economy and the nation forward, carrying more than 30 million Amtrak passengers for each of the past five years. Formally known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak is governed by a nine member board of directors appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Anthony R. Coscia is board chairman and Jeffrey R. Moreland is vice chairman.  Amtrak operates more than 300 trains daily - at speeds up to 150 mph (241 kph) - connecting more than 500 destinations in 46 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian Provinces. Learn more at Amtrak.com<http://amtrak.com> or call 800-USA-RAIL for schedules, fares and other information. Check us out at blog.Amtrak.com<http://blog.amtrak.com>, Like us on Facebook.com<http://facebook.com> and Follow us on Twitter @Amtrak.

# # #