10 BNSF Railway regional operations leaders
Vice President South Region Operations, Vice President Operations and General Manager - Chicago Division are among the titles held by these ten BNSF Railway regional operations leaders, two of them former holders of the role. A reader can learn how regional operations leaders run their areas at BNSF Railway from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Anthony Fulton
LinkedInExperience: General Superintendent of Transportaion South Region (AVP) · BNSF Railway
Anthony Fulton has been General Superintendent of Transportaion South Region (AVP) at BNSF Railway since June 2026. At BNSF Railway, Anthony Fulton was also AVP, Locomotive and Workforce Utilization (2024–2026), General Manager of the Heartland Division (2020–2024) and General Director of Transportation (2019–2020).
Drew Mayer
LinkedInExperience: General Manager · BNSF Railway
Drew Mayer has been General Manager at BNSF Railway since October 2025, and the profile headline reads General Manager - Kansas Division. At BNSF Railway, Drew Mayer was also AVP Terminal Execution (2024–2025), General Director Transportation (2023–2024) and Corridor Superintendent (2022–2023).
Grant Haag
LinkedInExperience: Vice President South Region Operations · BNSF Railway
Grant Haag has been Vice President South Region Operations at BNSF Railway since November 2025. At BNSF Railway, Grant Haag was also General Superintendent of Transportation South Region (2025), General Manager Northwest Division (2023–2025) and General Manager Twin Cities Division (2022–2023).
Gwen Pruiett-Wadkins
LinkedInExperience: General Manager - Heartland Division · BNSF Railway
Gwen Pruiett-Wadkins holds General Manager - Heartland Division at BNSF Railway, the current title in the listing, based in the Kansas City area. At BNSF Railway, Gwen Pruiett-Wadkins was also General Director Transportation - Kansas Division (2021–2026), General Director Transportation - NOC (2020–2021) and Corridor Superientendent - Red River (2018–2020).
John D. Abrahamson
LinkedInExperience: General Manager - Twin Cities Division · BNSF Railway
John D. Abrahamson has been General Manager - Twin Cities Division at BNSF Railway since April 2025. At BNSF Railway, John D. Abrahamson was also General Director of Transportation - Twin Cities Division (2022–2025) and General Director of Transportation - Network Operations (2018–2022), and was General Manager - US Transportation at Canadian Pacific (2016–2018).
Matthew Denham
LinkedInExperience: General Manager - Northwest · BNSF Railway
Matthew Denham has been General Manager - Northwest at BNSF Railway since April 2025, a role the profile places in Vancouver, Washington, with the profile itself based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The listing shows General Manager - Northwest as the only BNSF Railway role on the profile.
Matthew Igoe
LinkedInExperience: Former Regional Vice President · BNSF Railway
Matthew Igoe is a former Regional Vice President at BNSF Railway, a role held from 2013 to 2016, and also held VP Service Design, Performance,Capacity Planning and Transportation (2016–2017), Vice President Transportation (2017–2021) and Executive Vice President and COO (2021–2025) there. Matthew Igoe has been President & Chief Operating Officer at R. J. Corman Railroad Group since January 2026.
Michael Frisinger
LinkedInExperience: General Manager- Division Operations- Kansas Division · BNSF Railway
Michael Frisinger is a former General Manager- Division Operations- Kansas Division at BNSF Railway, a role held from 2020 to 2025, and was General Superintendent of Transportation - North Region there from 2025 to 2026. Michael Frisinger has been Assistant Vice President Workforce Utilization at BNSF Railway since June 2026.
Michael Orlikowski
LinkedInExperience: General Manager - Chicago Division · BNSF Railway
Michael Orlikowski has been General Manager - Chicago Division at BNSF Railway since August 2024. At BNSF Railway, Michael Orlikowski was also General Director Transportation (2021–2024), Terminal Superintendent (2020–2021) and Corridor Superintendent (2018–2020), and the profile describes experience as an operations director in railroad transportation.
Sara Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · BNSF Railway
Sara Johnson has been Vice President Operations at BNSF Railway since April 2025, and the profile headline reads Vice President North Region, BNSF Railway. At BNSF Railway, Sara Johnson was also General Superintendent Transportation (2024–2025), General Manager (2020–2024) and General Director Transportation (2018–2020).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your division or region?
- 02How do you split your own time across the parts of the operation you oversee?
- 03Which experience from your superintendent or transportation roles shaped how you lead a division today?
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