Amtrak is promoting Roger Harris to the position of president with current president Stephen Gardner focusing on being the railroad’s chief executive officer.
Harris is currently serving as Amtrak’s chief commercial officer, a position he has held since April 2019.
In his new role, Harris will report to Gardner who became CEO last January following the retirement of William Flynn. Gardner was named president of Amtrak in November 2020.
As president Harris will lead coordination of operations, marketing, customer service, network planning, and other functions.
Splitting the CEO and president positions is not uncommon at Amtrak. The president of Amtrak was the passenger carrier’s highest executive position until the CEO post was created during the Joseph Boardman administration (2008-2016).
Amtrak also announced that effective July 5 Gerhard (Gery) Williams will become executive vice president, service delivery and operations.
He will report to Harris and a new chief commercial officer when one is hired.
Williams succeeds Scot Naparstek, who is retiring after 10 years with Amtrak, including five in his current role where he has supervised such safety improvements as the implementation of positive train control.
Williams has served as senior vice president, service delivery and operations, since January. He joined Amtrak in 2017 as vice president and chief engineer.
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