CSX

CSX Corporation, "based in Jacksonville, Fla., is one of the nation's leading transportation companies, providing rail-based transportation services."

In 2011, CSX reported revenues of $11,743,000,000.

Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem."

This article is part of the Center for Media and Democracy's investigation of Pete Peterson's Campaign to "Fix the Debt." Please visit our main SourceWatch page on Fix the Debt.

Support for the American Legislative Exchange Council
CSX was a "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 American Legislative Exchange Council Annual Conference, which in 2010, equated to $5,000.

Charleston coal exports
With coal exports increasing along the US East Coast, the Charleston, SC Shipyard River Terminal coal export facility, owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, is in the process of expansion. In May, 2011, CSX railroads confirmed plans to expand export facilities by 7 million short tons per year, probably in Philadelphia starting in 2011 and in South Carolina by 2013.

Board of Directors
As of January 2013
 * Donna M.  Alvarado
 * Senator John B.  Breaux
 * Pamela L. Carter
 * Steven T.  Halverson
 * Edward J. Kelly III
 * Gilbert H. Lamphere
 * John D. McPherson
 * Timothy O'Toole
 * David M. Ratcliffe
 * Donald J. Shepard
 * Michael J. Ward, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
 * Congressman J.C Watts, Jr.
 * J. Steven Whisler

Former directors include
 * Alexandre Behring

Executives
As of January 2013
 * Michael J. Ward, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
 * Fredrik Eliasson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 * Clarence W. Gooden, Executive Vice President-Sales and Marketing and Chief Commercial Officer
 * Oscar Munoz, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CSX Transportation Inc.
 * Ellen M. Fitzsimmons, Executive Vice President-Law and Public Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 * Lisa A. Mancini, Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Contact
URL: http://www.csx.com

Featured SourceWatch Articles on Fix the Debt

 * Fix the Debt Portal Page
 * Fix the Debt's Leadership
 * Fix the Debt's Partner Groups
 * Fix the Debt's State Chapters
 * Fix the Debt's Lobbyists
 * Fix the Debt's Parent Group
 * Fix the Debt's Corporations
 * Pete Peterson
 * Peter G. Peterson Foundation
 * America Speaks
 * Simpson-Bowles Commission
 * Erskine Bowles
 * Alan Simpson
 * Social Security
 * Medicare
 * Medicaid

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