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Frederick Blair Wimbush (born July 24, 1955), is a retired American railroad executive and lawyer. He continues to be a civic and professional leader. From 1980 to 2004, Wimbush progressed through positions of increasing responsibility in the Norfolk and Western Railway Company and Norfolk Southern Corporation Law Departments, including Senior General Counsel in 2002. In June 2004, he was elected Vice President, Real Estate of Norfolk Southern Corporation, parent company of Norfolk Southern Railway Company. In November 2007, he became the first, and as of August 11, 2012 the only, executive level Corporate Sustainability Officer in the railroad industry,〔() 'Association of American Railroads web site Faces of Freight Rail.' Update of original page retrieved August 11, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2015.〕 in addition to his real estate position. He managed several large conservation and energy efficiency projects for the company and has spoken on corporate sustainability at several corporate and educational conferences. He retired from Norfolk Southern Corporation after 35 years of service on May 1, 2015. Wimbush has served on the boards of the Hampton Roads Association of Commercial Real Estate, Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance, and the Monarch Bank Norfolk City Board. On April 4, 2015, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that Wimbush had been appointed to the Virginia Port Authority board. Wimbush has been a leader in several legal and civic organizations. He was named a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation in 1998, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation in 2005, and has been recognized as one of Virginia’s Legal Elite by "Virginia Business." He has been President of the Virginia Commission on Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession; President of the Virginia Law Foundation; Board membership on the Old Dominion and Virginia Bar Associations; Member of the Supreme Court of Virginia Task Force on Gender Bias; Member of the Virginia Bar Association Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance. He is the former Alumni Council President at University of Virginia School of Law, a University of Virginia School of Law Business Advisory Council member and a member of the University of Virginia Law School Foundation Board of Trustees. Wimbush has been active in charitable organizations, including the American Red Cross and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. He has been President of the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts; Chairman of the Board of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, where he helped steer the Orchestra through difficult financial times in 2008 and immediately following years; and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Historical Society. His accomplishments have been recognized through his entries in "Marquis Who's Who" and "Who's Who Among African Americans." ==Early life and education== F. Blair Wimbush was born July 24, 1955 in Halifax County, Virginia. His parents are Freddie Blair Wimbush and Sue Carol (Lovelace) Wimbush.〔() ''Who's Who Among African Americans'', January 1, 2009, Retrieved May 23, 2012.〕〔() 'Martindale.com' ISLN 902697865. Retrieved May 23, 2012.〕 He graduated from Martinsville High School, Martinsville, Virginia in 1973.〔() Biography summary at The Ryder Center for Supply Chain Management of Florida International University 2011 Green Supply Chain Forum.〕 Wimbush received a B.A. in political science from the University of Rochester in 1977, and juris doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1980.〔 He attended the Duke University Fuqua School of Business, Norfolk Southern Management Development Program, in 1996. In 2004, he completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.〔 He married Jane Seay, an engineering graduate of the University of Virginia who also earned an M.B.A., at Old Dominion University, on January 1, 1981.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「F. Blair Wimbush」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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