The Manufacturing Institute

Benita Gibson (Photo Courtesy of UP and The Manufacturing Institute)
Commentary

A UP Executive Gets Career on Track

Benita Gibson didn’t set out to join the rail industry, but after 15 years at Union Pacific Railroad and 30 years in management across three different industries, she serves as Union Pacific’s general superintendent for commuter operations in Chicago—and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

(Photograph Courtesy of Union Pacific and The Manufacturing Institute)
Commentary

From Air Force to Rail: Tara Hogan’s Success Story

When Tara Hogan was growing up in Texas, she wanted to be a basketball coach—a career in freight rail wasn’t on her radar. But after high school and six years of service in the U.S. Air Force, she finished her college degree, took on a few different jobs and went looking for her next gig.