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The following is an excerpt from a S-4/A SEC Filing, filed by GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC on 8/4/2005.
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GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC - S-4/A - 20050804 - MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT
Executive Officers and Directors
      The following table identifies our executive officers and directors and indicates their ages and current positions:
             
Name   Age   Position
         
William A. Furman
    61     President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Robin D. Bisson
    51     Senior Vice President Marketing and Sales and President of Greenbrier Railcar, Inc.
William L. Bourque
    58     Vice President International Marketing
Larry G. Brady
    65     Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Linda M. Olinger
    43     Vice President, Corporate Controller
Mark J. Rittenbaum
    47     Senior Vice President and Treasurer
James T. Sharp
    50     President of Greenbrier Leasing Corporation
Timothy A. Stuckey
    54     President of Gunderson Rail Services, Inc.
Norriss M. Webb
    65     Executive Vice President and General Counsel
L. Clark Wood
    63     President of Manufacturing Operations
Victor G. Atiyeh
    82     Director
Duane C. McDougall
    53     Director
A. Daniel O’Neal, Jr. 
    69     Director
Charles J. Swindells*
    62     Director
C. Bruce Ward
    74     Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gunderson, Inc.
Donald A. Washburn
    60     Director
Benjamin R. Whiteley
    75     Chairman of the Board of Directors
Effective September 1, 2005
     Set forth below is biographical information for our executive officers and directors.
      William A. Furman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director. Mr. Furman has held these positions since 1994. Mr. Furman is also Managing Director of TrentonWorks Limited, a manufacturing subsidiary, and has held this position since March 1995. Mr. Furman was Chief Executive Officer of Gunderson, Inc., a manufacturing subsidiary, from 1990 to 2000 and was Vice President of Greenbrier, or its predecessor company, from 1974 to 1994. Prior to 1974, Mr. Furman was Group Vice President for the Leasing Group of TransPacific Financial Corporation, and earlier he was General Manager of the Finance Division of FMC Corporation. Mr. Furman serves as a director of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., a steel recycling and manufacturing company.
      Robin D. Bisson, Senior Vice President Marketing and Sales. Mr. Bisson has held this position since 1996 and has been President of Greenbrier Railcar, Inc., a subsidiary that engages in railcar leasing, since 1991. Mr. Bisson was Vice President of Greenbrier Railcar, Inc. from 1987 to 1991 and has been Vice President of Greenbrier Leasing Corporation, a subsidiary that engages in railcar leasing, since 1987.
      William L. Bourque, Vice President International Marketing. Mr. Bourque has held this position since 1999. Prior to that appointment, he served as Vice President Marketing of Greenbrier Leasing Corporation and Vice President of Greenbrier Intermodal.
      Larry G. Brady, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Prior to becoming Senior Vice President in 1998, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 1994. Mr. Brady has been Senior Vice President of Greenbrier Leasing Corporation since he joined the Company in 1991.

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      Linda M. Olinger, Vice President Corporate Controller. Ms. Olinger has held this position since January 2004. Prior to becoming Vice President, she was Corporate Controller since 2000.
      Mark J. Rittenbaum, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Company. Mr. Rittenbaum has held this position since 2001. Prior to becoming Senior Vice President, he was Vice President and Treasurer since 1994. Mr. Rittenbaum is also Vice President of Greenbrier Leasing Corporation and Greenbrier Railcar, Inc., positions he has held since 1993 and 1994.
      James T. Sharp, President of Greenbrier Leasing Corporation. Mr. Sharp has held this position since February 2004, prior to which he served as Vice President of Marketing and Operations of the Company since 1999 and was Vice President of Sales from 1996 to 1999.
      Timothy A. Stuckey, President of Gunderson Rail Services, Inc. Mr. Stuckey has held this position with our repair and refurbishment subsidiary since May 1999, prior to which he served as Assistant Vice President of Greenbrier Leasing Corporation since 1987.
      Norriss M. Webb, Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Webb has held this position since 1994. He is also Vice President, Secretary and a director of Gunderson, Inc. Mr. Webb was Vice President of the Company from 1981 to 1994.
      L. Clark Wood, President of Manufacturing Operations. Mr. Wood has held this position since April 1998, and he has also been Chief Executive Officer and a director of Gunderson, Inc. since 2000, and Chief Executive Officer of TrentonWorks Limited since June 1995. Mr. Wood was President of Gunderson, Inc. from 1990 to 1999.
      Victor G. Atiyeh, Director. Mr. Atiyeh has been a principal in Victor Atiyeh & Co., international trade consultants, since 1987. He was Governor of the State of Oregon from January 1979 to January 1987. Prior to being elected governor, Mr. Atiyeh was President of Atiyeh Brothers a private retail company. He also serves as a director and Vice Chairman of Cedars Bank located in Los Angeles, California.
      Duane C. McDougall, Director. Mr. McDougall served as President and Chief Executive officer of Willamette Industries, Inc., an international forest products company, from 1998 to 2002. Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer, he served as Chief Operating Officer and also Chief Accounting Officer during his 21-year tenure with Willamette Industries, Inc. He also serves as a director of West Coast Bancorp, InFocus Corporation and Cascade Corporation. The board of directors has determined that Mr. McDougall’s simultaneous service on three audit committees in addition to the Company’s audit committee will not impair his ability to effectively serve as a member of the Company’s audit committee.
      A. Daniel O’Neal, Jr. , Director. Mr. O’Neal also has been a director of Gunderson since 1985. From 1973 until 1980, Mr. O’Neal served as a commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission and, from 1977 until 1980, served as its Chairman. From 1989 until 1996 he was Chief Executive Officer and owner of a freight transportation services company. He has been Chairman of Washington State’s Freight Mobility Board since being appointed by the Governor in 1998. As of November 1, 2003, Mr. O’Neal is a member of the Washington State Transportation Commission, which serves as the board of directors for the State of Washington Transportation department.
      Charles J. Swindells , Director, effective September 1, 2005. Mr Swindells served as United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa from 2001 to 2005. Before becoming Ambassador, Mr. Swindells was Vice Chairman of US Trust Company, N.A.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Trust Management Corporation; and Managing Director/Founder of Capital Trust Company. He also served as Chairman of World Wide Value Fund, a closed-end investment company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Swindells was one of five members on the Oregon Investment Council overseeing the $20 billion Public Employee Retirement Fund Investment Portfolio and was a member of numerous non-profit boards of trustees, including serving as Chairman of the Board for Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
      C. Bruce Ward, Director. Mr. Ward is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gunderson, Inc. Mr. Ward has served as Chairman of Gunderson, Inc. since 1990 and was President and Chief Executive

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Officer from 1985 to 1989. Mr. Ward is a former director of Stimson Lumber Company, a privately-held forest products company.
      Donald A. Washburn, Director. Mr. Washburn was appointed as a director in August 2004. Mr. Washburn served as Executive Vice President of Northwest Airlines, Inc., an international airline, from 1995 to 1998. Prior to becoming Executive Vice President, he served as Senior Vice President for Northwest Airlines, Inc. from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Washburn served in several positions from 1980 to 1990 including Executive Vice President for Marriott Corporation, an international hospitality operation. He also serves as a director of LaSalle Hotel Properties, Key Technology, Inc., Amedisys, Inc., as well as several privately held companies and nonprofit corporations.
      Benjamin R. Whiteley, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Whiteley is retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Standard Insurance Company, an Oregon based life insurance company where he served in a number of capacities over 44 years ending in 2000. Mr. Whiteley has served previously as a director of several publicly held companies.
      Executive officers are designated by the board of directors. There are no family relationships among any of our executive officers or directors. One of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Gunderson, Inc., employs Ms. Julie Ward, the daughter of Mr. C. Bruce Ward, who is one of our directors and is Chairman of Gunderson, Inc. During fiscal 2004, Ms. Ward earned approximately $65,800 in salary and bonus.
Employment Agreement with Mr. Furman
      On April 20, 2005, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Furman, our President and Chief Executive Officer. The employment agreement provides that we will pay Mr. Furman a base salary of $550,000 per year (subject to increase by the compensation committee of the board of directors), an annual performance-based cash bonus up to 150% of his base salary, and an annual retirement benefit of $407,000 commencing in November 2004 and continuing until Mr. Furman reaches age 70. Either party may terminate the employment agreement at any time upon written notice.
      The employment agreement contains a two-year noncompete clause limiting Mr. Furman’s activities with competing businesses upon termination. In the event of his termination following a change in control, Mr. Furman will be entitled to a lump sum severance amount equal to three times his base salary and average bonus, accrued salary and vacation, and continuation for three years of specified employee benefits. We have also granted Mr. Furman registration rights for a period of five years following termination of employment, as long as he continues to hold at least 10% of our outstanding shares of common stock and desires to sell at least 500,000 of such shares.
Stockholders’ Agreement
      Mr. James and Mr. Furman were parties to a Stockholders’ Agreement, dated July 1, 1994. Pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Estate and Mr. Furman each have a right of first refusal with respect to the sale of shares by the other party, which right may be exercised within 60 days following notice from the other party. Pursuant to the settlement agreement with the Estate, each of the Estate and Mr. Furman waived their respective rights of first refusal for purposes of the purchases by us on May 12, 2005 with the net proceeds of the equity offering. The settlement created a new right of first refusal in favor of Mr. Furman and us, pursuant to which the Estate must provide both Mr. Furman and us with seven days’ advance notice of any intended sale. Assuming that neither Mr. Furman nor we exercise our rights of first refusal in such an instance, the Estate must then consummate any intended transfer within specified time periods. The Stockholders’ Agreement will be terminated following the disposition of all of the shares of our common stock held by the Estate or Mr. Furman.

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