Obama taps ex-BNSF exec for Amtrak Board

Jeffrey R. Moreland has been nominated by President Obama to serve on Amtrak’s Board of Directors, as the President attempts to fill four vacancies on the nine-member board.

Moreland, an attorney, was BNSF’s executive vice president for public  affairs prior to his 2007 retirement. He also served as a BNSF lobbyist  and as its general counsel. Prior to joining BNSF predecessor Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in 1978, Moreland was an attorney with the  Securities and Exchange Commission.

Moreland must be confimed by the Senate, along with two other nominees, Anthony R. Coscia and Bert DiClemente, both of whom were namedby the President last November. Coscia is chairman of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. DiClemente is a commercial real estate executive who was an aide to then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, now the Vice President.