Ronnie Rhodes (right) pictured here with his wife Lisa at the 2023 Milwaukee regional meeting, was reelected to his fourth full term as General Chairman of the Union Pacific-Central Region GCA.
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Ronnie E. Rhodes was reelected to his fourth full term as General Chairman at the Union Pacific-Central Region General Committee of Adjustment’s quadrennial meeting in Little Rock, Ark., on October 3, 2023. Brother Rhodes and all officers were elected by acclamation.
The BLET’s UP-Central Region General Committee of Adjustment encompasses 17 BLET Divisions and represents nearly 2,000 active and retired members.
Also elected were: Vice General Chairman Kyle J. Bagby, Division 81 (Kansas City, Kan.); Secretary-Treasurer and Kansas City Hub Alternate Vice General Chairman Scott D. Thibodeau, Division 81 (Kansas City, Kan.); Executive Board Member Randy Collier, Division 858 (Pine Bluff, Ark.); Kansas City Hub Vice General Chairman Chris Mullin, Division 336 (Osawatomie, Kan.); Little Rock Hub Vice General Chairman Cory Van Mol, Division 915 (Alexandria, La.); and St. Louis Hub Vice General Chairman Brian Young, Division 48 (St. Louis, Mo.).
The following alternate officers were elected: Alternate Secretary-Treasurer Brian Young, Division 48 (St. Louis, Mo.).; Alternate Little Rock Hub Vice General Chairman Kim Thomas, Division 182 (North Little Rock, Ark.); and Alternate St. Louis Hub Vice General Chairman Chad Black, Division 724 (Salem, Ill.). Additionally, Brother Thibodeau was elected First Alternate Vice General Chairman, Brother Norman Baker (Division 585, North Little Rock, Ark.) was elected Second Alternate Vice General Chairman, and Brother Young was elected Third Alternate Vice General Chairman.
Delegates elected the following Trustees: Jeff Jones, Division 609 (Jefferson City, Mo.); Chad Black, Division 724 (Salem, Ill.).; and John Petty, Division 585 (North Little Rock, Ark.).
Little Rock Hub Vice General Chairman Norman J. Baker, Division 585 (North Little Rock, Ark.); and St. Louis Hub Vice General Chairman Brian J. Young, Division 48 (St. Louis, Mo.). Elected to serve as Alternate Trustees were: Al Schuetz, Division 118 (Belleville, Ill.); Greg Doster, Division 278 (North Little Rock, Ark.); and Carl Newman, Division 491 (Kansas City, Mo.).
General Chairman Rhodes is a Union Pacific locomotive engineer and a member of Division 915 (Alexandria, La.). He first joined the Brotherhood on March 1, 1980. Brother Rhodes has been serving as General Chairman since October 1, 2011, and was elected to the office of 1st Vice General Chairman at the GCA’s quadrennial meeting in 2008. He was reelected by acclamation to continue serving as General Chairman at quadrennial meetings in 2011, 2015 and 2019.
