Month: March 2007

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Amtrak Names Eleanor D. Acheson Vice President – General Counsel

March 2, 2007 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON – Amtrak today announced the appointment of Eleanor D. “Eldie” Acheson, Esq. as the corporation’s new Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She is based at the railroad’s headquarters in Washington. Acheson has more than 30 years of experience in the legal profession. She began her career as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Edward T. Gignoux in Maine from 1973 to 1974. Thereafter, she practiced law for 19 years with the Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray, becoming a partner in 1983. Acheson’s practice was in litigation. She handled a wide variety of cases with a particular

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Amtrak Names Anne Witt Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development

March 1, 2007 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — Amtrak today announced the appointment of its former executive Anne (Hoey) Witt, as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development. Witt rejoins Amtrak after serving as Director of the District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles and on the board with her state partners in the American Association of Motor Vehicles Administrators. Prior to her work at the DMV, Witt held the position of vice president in a number of Amtrak Departments including Service Standards; Service Operations; Reservations, Sales and Customer Relations; Customer and Corporate Communications; and Corporate Management. The newly formed Strategic Partnerships and Business Development