BNSF Railway Co. last month announced that Executive Vice President of Operations Kathryn "Katie" Farmer will succeed Carl Ice as president and chief executive officer on Jan. 1, 2021. Farmer will become the first woman to lead BNSF and a North American Class I. She also will continue her role on, and assume leadership of, BNSFs board. Ice, who will retire at the end of 2020, will remain on the board.
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