Maestri (second from top photo), Vice President Government Relations and Corporate Communications, adds Corporate Sustainability Officer to his responsibilities, with offices in Washington D.C. His responsibilities include federal legislative and regulatory affairs, state relations, community affairs and corporate communications, in addition to the new responsibilities relating to NS’ sustainability programs to improve locomotive fuel efficiency and emissions, energy use, land conservation, waste management and water conservation.
Maestri joined NS in 1995 and served in several positions relating to environmental management and protection, and then public affairs, before being named to his most recent position in 2005. He holds degrees from the University of Virginia.
Martínez (bottom photo), Vice President Business Development, adds Real Estate to his title, with offices in Norfolk. His responsibilities include business development, market research, ports and international and industrial development, in addition to his new responsibilities relating to NS’ real estate services, including purchase, sale, and development of property; natural resource management; and projects associated with wire, pipeline and fiber optics.
Martínez rejoined NS in 1998 and served in several marketing positions before being named to his most recent position in 2003. Earlier, he had worked at NS for a year before serving a four-year stint as Secretary of Transportation for Virginia. He holds degrees from Columbia and Yale.
Wimbush (top photo), the retiring real estate and sustainability officer, leaves after 35 years with NS and is credited “with leading the company’s successful efforts to adopt an enterprise-wide, results-driven approach to moderating its impact on the environment,” said NS CEO Wick Moorman. “Blair’s contributions are reflected both in the personal environmental efforts our people make every day, as well as in our broad-based achievements that range from meaningful reductions in fuel and energy consumption to our ‘Trees to Trains’ program for reforesting a large part of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. He retires with our gratitude for a much cleaner, much greener and far more environmentally conscious railroad.”
Wimbush joined NS in 1980 after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law and served in a number of positions in the corporation’s law department before being named Vice President Real Estate and Corporate Sustainability Officer in 2007.