Officers
Mark L. Wallace
National President
President – Teamsters Rail Conference
Mark L. Wallace is National President of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Wallace also serves as President of the Teamsters Rail Conference. He was elevated to the BLET’s highest-office effective May 1, 2025.
Garrison D. Best
First Vice President
Department Head – Trainmen Department
Gary D. Best is First Vice President of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was elected to serve in the union’s second-highest office effective May 1, 2025.
David P. Estes
National Secretary-Treasurer
Department Head – BLET Education and Training Department
David P. Estes is the National Secretary-Treasurer of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was elected by acclamation to serve as the BLET’s top financial officer at the union’s Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 12, 2022. Immediately prior to his election to the office of National Secretary-Treasurer, Brother Estes had served two consecutive four-year terms as a National Division Trustee, winning election by acclamation at the BLET’s Third National Convention 2014 and at the Fourth National Convention in 2018.
Vincent G. Verna
Vice President and National Legislative Representative
Vincent G. Verna is Vice President and National Legislative Representative (VP&NLR) of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was elected to office by acclamation at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention on October 12, 2022.
Brother Verna began serving as VP&NLR on November 5, 2020. Per the BLET Bylaws, Brother Verna was elevated to office having been elected by acclamation to the office of First Alternate VP&NLR at the BLET’s Fourth National Convention in Las Vegas on October 4, 2018.
Rick Gibbons
Vice President
Rick Gibbons is National Vice President of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was most recently reelected by acclamation to his third term of office at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 12, 2022.
Brother Gibbons was elected by acclamation to serve as First Alternate National Vice President in the first-ever membership election of National Division officers in December of 2010. Effective July 1, 2013, he was elevated to the office of National Vice President upon the retirement of Vice President Willard E. Knight. He was elected by acclamation to his first term at the BLET’s Third National Convention in 2014. He was elected by acclamation to his second full term of office on October 3, 2018, at the BLET’s Fourth National Convention in Las Vegas.
James P. Louis
Vice President
Department Head – BLET Passenger Department
James P. Louis is National Vice President of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was most recently reelected by acclamation to his third term of office at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 12, 2022, having won reelection by acclamation to his second term at the BLET’s Fourth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 3, 2018. He was elected by acclamation to his first term at the BLET’s Third National Convention on October 1, 2014. Vice President Louis also serves as Head of the BLET’s Passenger Department.
William P. Lyons
Vice President
William P. Lyons is a National Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was elected by acclamation to his first term at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 12, 2022.
Immediately prior to his election, Brother Lyons served as a National Division Trustee. He was elected unanimously by the BLET Advisory Board to serve a partial term as Trustee effective February 1, 2018, and was reelected by acclamation to continue serving in that role at the BLET’s Fourth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 3, 2018.
Peter M. Semenek
Vice President
Department Head – Arbitration Department
Peter M. Semenek was elected by acclamation to the office of National Vice President at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen’s (BLET) Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 5, 2022. The BLET is a member of the Rail Conference Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamster and represents approximately 57,000 active and retired members nationwide.
L. Randy Fannon
Vice President
Safety Task Force
Department Head – Organizing Department
L. Randy Fannon is National Vice President of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was elected by acclamation to the office of National Vice President at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 5, 2022. Fannon also serves the BLET as National Chairman of the Safety Task Force, Head of the Short Line/Organizing Department, and Head of the Department of Internal Organizing, Mobilizing and Strategic Planning.
James Logan Jr
Vice President
Department Head – Short Line Department
Department Head – BLET Department of Internal Organizing, Mobilizing and Strategic Planning
James Logan Jr. is National Vice President of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Brother Logan was elected Alternate Vice President No. 1 at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in 2022 and was elevated to the BLET Advisory Board effective January 1, 2025, following the retirement of National Vice President J. Alan Holdcraft.
Kevin J. Sexton
Vice President
Kevin J. Sexton is National Vice President of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Sexton was elected Alternate Vice President No. 2 at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in 2022 and was elevated to the BLET Advisory Board effective June 1, 2025, following the retirements of National President Eddie Hall in 2025 and National Vice President Alan Holdcraft in late 2024.
R. E. “Dick” Crow
National Division Trustee
R. E. “Dick” Crow is a National Division Trustee of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was reelected by acclamation at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 12, 20222, having won election to his first term by acclamation at the BLET’s Fourth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 3, 2018.
Patrick T. Driscoll
National Division Trustee
Patrick T. Driscoll is National Division Trustee of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was elected by acclamation to serve as Trustee and also Fourth Alternate Vice President at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 5, 2022.
Brother Driscoll currently serves as General Chairman of the Conrail SSA/CSXT-Northern District General Committee of Adjustment (GCA), which represents about 1,400 active and retired members. He is a CSXT locomotive engineer and a member of BLET Division 382 in Buffalo, N.Y.
Kyle J. Bagby
National Division Trustee
Kyle J. Bagby is a National Division Trustee of the 51,500-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was elected by acclamation at the BLET’s Fifth National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 12, 2022.
Brother Bagby is currently serving the BLET as First Vice General Chairman for the Union Pacific-Central Region General Committee of Adjustment (GCA), which represents 19 Divisions and more than 1,200 members.