Kent J. Psota was reelected to his second term as General Chairman of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe/Montana Rail Link General Committee of Adjustment (BNSF/MRL GCA) at the GCA’s First Quadrennial Meeting in Las Vegas on July 19, 2023. The BNSF/MRL GCA is the largest GCA in the BLET in terms of the number of members represented and the number of Divisions. The GCA represents nearly 6,200 active and retired members from 44 different Divisions. Also elected were: First Vice Chairman Jess Nelson, Division 842 (Klamath Falls, Ore.); Second Vice Chairman Vern Gordon, Division 98 (Lincoln, Neb.); Third Vice Chairman Jason Scanlan, Division 107 (Kansas City, Mo.); Fourth Vice Chairman Brian Fransen, Division 207 (Casper, Wyo.); and Secretary-Treasurer Luke Myers, Division 727 (Sterling, Colo.). Elected to serve as alternate officers were: First Alternate Vice Chairman A.J. McAfee, Division 98 (Lincoln, Neb.); Second Alternate Vice Chairman Jeff Grimes, Division 402 (Pasco, Wash.); Third Alternate Vice Chairman Jon Tisdale, Division 518 (Seattle, Wash.); Fourth Alternate Vice Chairman Howard Allington, Division 758 (Vancouver, Wash.); and Alternate Secretary-Treasurer Cordell Booke, Division 746 (Mandan, N.D.). Elected to serve the GCA in Trustee positions were: First Trustee Tyler Simard, Division 195 (Forsyth, Mont.); Second Trustee Alex Hilde, Division 232 (Laurel, Mont.); Third Trustee Brandon Folsom, Division 665 (Centralia, Ill.); First Alternate Trustee Grant Thornburg, Division 80 (Brookfield, Mo.); and Second Alternate Trustee Lloyd Morgan, Division 213 (Edgemont, S.D.).
Psota reelected BNSF/MRL General Chairman
