CSX announces senior leadership team changes

CSX Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Ward announced a number of senior management changes on May 20, 2016, including the retirement July 1 of Lisa Mancini, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, following nearly 13 years at CSX Corp.

Mancini joined CSX in 2003 and is a member of the chairman’s executive management team, with responsibility for personnel functions, procurement and real estate. “We thank Lisa for her many contributions to CSX’s people and success. We wish her the very best in her retirement,” Ward said.

The company is realigning the senior team. Cressie Brown, currently Vice President-Labor Relations, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, and Kathleen Brandt, currently head of the company’s information technology subsidiary, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Both moves will be effective July 1, and both leaders will join the executive management team, reporting directly to Ward.

Brandt joined CSX in 1985 and rose through the information technology organization, becoming its leader.

Brown, who joined CSX in 1988, held leadership roles in critical operational and support functions including technology, finance, service design, and customer service before her most recent appointment as Vice President-Labor Relations.

Zachery M. Jones has been appointed Vice President-Labor Relations to succeed Brown. Jones, who previously was with the National Mediation Board in Washington, D.C., joined CSX in 2010 and is currently Assistant Vice President-Employee Services.

“These promotions underscore the importance of continuing to develop our highly skilled and committed employees, while accelerating CSX’s next-generation technologies and performance in safety, service and efficiency,” Ward said.