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 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. 

Officers

President

Vice President

Mathew DiPilato
Arka Express, Inc. 
Vice President -

Sales & Commercial Strategy 

Steven Blinn

Norfolk Southern Railroad - Retired

National Account Manager -

Metals & Construction 

Treasurer

Secretary

Eric Pitcher

Burlington Junction Railway

Director - Economic Development

Valerie Pierucci
Phoenix International Freight Services, Inc.

Director of Sales - USA

Directors

Aaron Decker
Canadian Pacific

Charlie Burdic
CIT Rail - Retired

Collin Shammo

C.A.T. GlLOBAL

Elise Gerlach
CH Robinson

Jim Gunther
CN

John Widowfield
CSX

Kelly Usher
KLU Services LLC

Michael Westergren
TRAC Intermodal

Percy Fields
The Belt Railway Company

of Chicago

Thomas Jackson
The Greenbrier Companies


Tracy Davis

Acme Transportation Co.

Tom Mitich

MSC

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 contact TCC Staff at staff@traffic-club.org. 

Annual Dinner

Education 

Finance 
Steven Blinn (Chair)
Norfolk Southern - Retired

Mathew DiPilato (Vice Chair)
Arka Express, Inc. 

Michael Westergren  (Chair)
TRAC Intermodal

Jason Olinger (Vice Chair)
Saia

Denny Grim (Chair Emeritus)
Business to Business

Communications 

 Eric Pitcher (Chair)
Burlington Junction Railway

Tracy Davis (Vice Chair)
Acme Transportation Co.

Bruce Betts (Chair Emeritus)
Retired

Dan Behr (Chair Emeritus)

Behr & Associates

Marketing

Membership

Networking/Golf

Noreen Ellis (Chair)

WSP

Kelly Usher (Vice Chair)

KLU Services LLC

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

Tom Mitich (Vice Chair) 
MSC


 Tracy Davis (Chair)
Acme Transportation

TBD (Vice Chair)

Retirees

Scholarship

Sponsorship

Charlie Burdic (Chair)
CIT Rail - Retired 

Jim Keuck (Vice Chair)

BNSF Railway - Retired

Jim Gunther (Chair)
CN

Jim Keuck (Vice Chair)

BNSF Railway - Retired

 Nauman Bhatti (Chair)
Bank of America

TBD (Vice Chair)

Young

Professionals

    

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


John Norman (Vice Chair)
Loadsmart

    

Staff

Managing Director
  

Kelly Usher

KLU Services LLC

Traffic Club of Chicago
P: 630-529-1333

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