Kathryn Farmer

 Kathryn Farmer is CEO of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ctd.INC.(BNSF). Farmer joined Burlington Northern Railroad in 1992 as a management trainee. She has spent her entire career at BNSF (Burlington Northern merged with Santa Fe in 1996 to become BNSF and became wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway in 2010), holding positions in operations, marketing and finance. Farmer served as the Executive Vice President Operations title since September 2018.[2] In September 2020, it was announced that she would succeed Carl Ice as President and Chief Executive Officer, and also lead BNSF's Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2021. Matt Igoe took over her vacated role as Executive Vice President Operations. Farmer is a member of the Board ofTrustees of Texas Christian University.