Club Leadership

The Traffic Club of Chicago is a member-driven organization that functions best with active participation. We encourage all members to consider joining one of the Club's ten Committees. Interested in joining a committee? Please click this link to apply to join a Committee and/or contact TCC Staff at staff@traffic-club.org 

Officers

President

Vice President

Steven Blinn

Norfolk Southern Railroad - Retired

National Account Manager - Metals & Construction 

Eric Pitcher

Burlington Junction Railway

Director, Economic Development

Treasurer

Secretary

Valerie Pierucci
Phoenix International Freight Services, Inc.

Director of Sales - USA

Tom Mitich

MSC

Assistant Vice President of Logistics Midwest

Directors

Bryan Meyers
Grainger
Director of Logistics

Collin Shammo
C.A.T. GLOBAL

Vice-President Intermodal

Daniel Price

Jaguar Transport Holdings, LLC

Senior Vice President Operations

Elise Gerlach
C.H. Robinson

Vice President, North American

Surface Transportation

James Gunther
CN
Director - Network Strategy

& Partnerships

Matt DiPilato
Arka Express Inc.

Vice President - Commercial

Strategy & Sales

Nauman Bhatti
Bank of America

Senior Vice President

Noreen Ellis
WSP

VP, Strategic Engagement

Lead, US Advisory & Planning

Stephanie Burueana

Total Truck Branding

Director of Operations

 

Thomas Jackson
The Greenbrier Companies

Vice President of Marketing

& General Manager

Tracy Davis

Acme Transportation Co.

President

Vik Patel

Kraft Heinz

Category Manager,

Transportation Procurement

Committee Chairs

The Traffic Club of Chicago is a member-driven organization that functions best with active participation. We encourage all members to consider joining one of the Club's nine Committees. Interested in joining a committee? Please click this link to apply to join a Committee and/or contact TCC Staff at staff@traffic-club.org  

Annual Dinner

Education 

Finance 

Marketing
Steven Blinn (Chair)
Norfolk Southern - Retired

Eric Pitcher (Vice Chair)
Burlington Junction Ralway 

Michael Westergren (Chair)
TRAC Intermodal

Elise Gerlach (Vice Chair)
C.H. Robinson

 

 Valerie Pierucci (Chair)
Pheonix International Freight Services, Inc.

Tracy Davis (Vice Chair)
Acme Transportation Co.

 

  Noreen Ellis (Chair)

WSP

Stephanie Burueana (Vice Chair)

Total Truck Branding

Membership

Networking/Golf

Retirees

 Scholarship

Tom Mitich (Chair)
MSC

Bryan Meyers (Vice Chair) 
Grainger

Tracy Davis (Chair)
Acme Transportation

Collin Shammo (Vice Chair)
C.A.T. GLOBAL

Charlie Burdic (Chair)
CIT Rail - Retired 

Jim Keuck (Vice Chair)

BNSF Railway - Retired

  Jim Keuck (Chair)

BNSF Railway - Retired

James Gunther (Vice Chair)

CN

Sponsorship

Young Professionals

    

Thomas Jackson (Chair)
The Greenbrier Companies

Nauman Bhatti (Vice Chair)
Bank of America

Bryan Potesta (Chair)
RJW Logistics Group


John Norman (Vice Chair)
Loadsmart

 

  
       

 

      

Staff

Executive Director & Managing Director
  

Kelly Usher

KLU Services LLC

Traffic Club of Chicago
P: 630-529-1333

C: 312-893-9976
staff@traffic-club.org

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Accountant

Jeff Pierucci

Jeffery G. Pierucci CPA LLC

jpierucci@jgpcpa.com