January 21, 2014
Amy E. Miles and James A. Squires
elected to Norfolk Southern board
NORFOLK, VA – Amy E. Miles and
James A. Squires have been elected directors of Norfolk Southern Corporation
(NYSE: NSC) effective today, Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman announced.
Miles, 47, of Knoxville, has
served as chief executive officer and a director of the largest movie theater
company in the U.S., Regal Entertainment Group Inc. (NYSE: RGC), since 2009.
Before that, she served as executive vice president, chief financial officer,
and treasurer. Miles joined Regal Cinemas Inc. as senior vice president finance
in 1999, after working with Deloitte & Touche and PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLC.
Miles is a director of National
CineMedia Inc., the Regal Foundation, and Variety of Eastern Tennessee. She is
an executive board member of the National Association of Theater
Owners.
Miles has been appointed to the
audit and finance committees of the Norfolk Southern board.
Squires, 52, was named Norfolk
Southern president in 2013, responsible for the corporation’s administration,
finance, law and corporate relations, and planning and information technology
divisions. Prior to that, he served as Norfolk Southern’s executive vice
president administration, executive vice president finance and chief financial
officer, senior vice president law, vice president law, and in various law
department staff positions beginning in 1992.
Squires serves on the board of the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and has served as a trustee of the Sentara Healthcare
System. He was chairman of the Virginia Transportation Accountability Commission
that reported to the governor and General Assembly on measuring and improving
the performance of the Commonwealth’s transportation systems and
agencies.
Norfolk Southern
Corporation
(NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk
Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 20,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of
Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and
provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates
the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a major transporter of
coal, automotive, and industrial products.
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