FRITZ Lance
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FRITZ Lance

FRITZ
Lance

Chairman, President and CEO of the Union Pacific Railroad

Organization: Union Pacific Railroad

Profession: Chairman

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Biography

Lance M. Fritz is Union Pacific chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Career

He became chairman of the board effective October 1, 2015. Fritz became president and chief executive officer February 5, 2015, when he also was elected to the corporation’s board of directors.

He previously served as president and chief operating officer of Union Pacific Railroad, a position he had held since February 2014, after serving as executive vice president-Operations and vice president-Labor Relations, respectively. He began his Union Pacific career in July 2000 as vice president and general manager-Energy in the company’s Marketing and Sales department.

Before joining Union Pacific, Fritz worked for Fiskars Inc., Cooper Industries and General Electric.

Fritz serves as a member of the board of directors of Parker-Hannifin Corporation. He is chair of the Business Roundtable trade and international committee, a member of the board of directors for the Association of American Railroads, the Business Council and the Georgia Institute of Technology president’s advisory board.

Fritz is deeply involved with organizations in his local community. He is a member of the board of directors for Nebraska Medicine and Omaha Zoological Society. He serves on the STRATCOM consultation committee and is the Omaha Business Ethics Alliance trustee chair.

Education

He is a graduate of Bucknell University and earned a master’s degree in management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Personal life

Fritz and his wife, Julie, have two children and are committed to helping women and children at risk in the Omaha community.

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