J. Chris Rooney, CFA

Mr. Rooney has been a manager, official and founder of both private and public enterprises. He consults on public policy and financial issues for the US government and for foreign transportation entities and governments and has served as an expert witness in major railroad issues including mergers. During service with the USDOT as Deputy Railroad Administrator, he led the technical support team for the privatization of Conrail. Mr. Rooney was a principal of international consulting firm Booz, Allen and Hamilton in charge of its US railway practice. He was among the founders of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry., a large regional railway. Since that time he has worked on railway restructurings and railway finance in more than a dozen countries. Relevant experience includes:

• USDOT Railroad Infrastructure Finance performing due diligence concerning loans to Amtrak, Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern RR, Florida East Coast Ry., Kansas City Southern Ry., Northwestern Pacific Railroad, Tex-Mex Ry., etc.
• Consultant to North Carolina DOT Rail Division concerning its comprehensive financial planning and prior for its successful Stimulus Act applications and subsequently for multiple financings of intermodal activities at the Port of Wilmington and inland services to Charlotte (Queen City Express).
• Consultant to CSX Transportation on strategic and international freight operating issues and acquisitions
• Consultant to Battelle Memorial Institute for the financial analysis and modeling related to an assessment of Amtrak’s Five Year Plan
• Consultant to the World Bank in matters pertaining to railway finance and policy in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Korea, Myanmar and Thailand
• Consultant to Asian Development Bank concerning rail matters and Subcontractor to Louis Berger, Canarail Consultants, Ltd., Gannett Fleming, Hatch Mott MacDonald, and Mott MacDonald

  Education: Mr. Rooney is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
  Languages: English and Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.