Katie Farmer, group vice president of consumer products at BNSF Railway, has taken office as the first woman to chair the Intermodal Association of North America’s board of directors.
Farmer succeeded Phil Shook, director of intermodal at C.H. Robinson, who remains on the board.
Trucker Kevin Lhotak, president of Reliable Transportation Specialists, Inc., was named treasurer.
Among the new IANA board members is David W. Manning, president of TCW Inc. and a vice chairman at American Trucking Associations.