The Intermodal Association of North America Friday announced the its new leadership for 2005 elected at its board of directors meeting in San Antonio, Texas, last month.

The newly elected officers are:
Chairman: Barry D. Michaels, vice president, premium operations, Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Vice Chairman: Michael B. Wilson, vice president, equipment & logistics, Hamburg-Sud North America Inc.
Secretary/treasurer: Frank J. Sonzala, executive vice president, Pressure Systems International
Board of directors:
Jordan L. Ayers, president, XTRA Intermodal
Stephen G. Branscum, group vice president, consumer products, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.
Richard C. Coleman, president, ContainerPort Group Inc.
Samuel J. Farruggio, president, Farruggio’s Express Inc.
Michael R. McClellan, vice president, intermodal marketing, Norfolk Southern Corp.
Robert C. Papworth, president, intermodal systems, Matson Integrated Logistics
Douglas B. Payne, president, Clarke Logistics (A PBB Global Logistics Company)
Theodore Prince, senior vice president, marketing & sales, Optimization Alternatives Limited Inc.
C.T. (Tom) Shurstad, president & CEO, Pacer Stacktrain
Scott A. Smith, director, logistics services americas, APL Limited
Jane Felt Suter, vice president, C.H. Robinson Co.
Patrick H. Valentine, director of corporate relations, Maersk Sealand
Floyd Wright, president, Affton Trucking