{"id":11824,"date":"2025-08-08T15:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/?page_id=11824"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:20:28","slug":"2025-mafc-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/2025-mafc-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 MAFC Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pictures From 2025 Annual Meeting Are Now Available.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MAFC Annual Meeting<\/strong>
In conjunction with MAASTO.
Minneapolis Mn. Aug 25-27, 2025.
MAFC sessions are in the Minnehaha room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Monday, August 25<\/strong>
8:00 am \u2013 5 pm. Arrive, pick up registration materials, and attend HTC
meeting in Rm. NorthstarA.
6:00 pm \u2013 9:00 pm. Opening Reception at Brits.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Tuesday, August 26 \u2013<\/strong>
7:00 am \u2013 8:30 am. Breakfast and opening session with MAASTO.<\/strong>
Hyatt Exhibit Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


10:30. Depart for Mid-morning Freight Rail Industry Tour<\/strong>. Sponsored by
Quetica<\/strong>. MAFC attendees gather in the Main Lobby of the Hotel by the
front windows, next to the restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


12:30 pm. \u2013 1:20 pm. Lunch with MAASTO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Afternoon Freight Sessions<\/strong>
1:30 pm \u2013 2:20 pm. Freight Electrification. Midwest REV<\/strong>
Bill Van Amburg, former VP of CALSTART.
Dan Priestley, Semi Truck Lead\/Director, Semi Truck Engineering, Tesla.
John Verdon, Co-Founder\/Chief Commercial Officer, Nevoya.
Lucas Roach, Senior Product Portfolio Manager, Xcel Energy.
Kyle Shelton, Director, University of Minnesota Center for Transportation
Studies.
**Tesla Truck on display at front of hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


2:30 pm \u2013 3:30 pm. Break with MAASTO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


3:00 pm \u2013 3:50 pm. Waterways Development<\/strong> \u2013 Adam Tindall-Schlicht.
Moderator – BJ. Murray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


4:00 pm \u2013 4:50 pm. Federal Reserve on Freight and the Economy<\/strong> \u2013 Joe
Mahon. Economist, Regional Outreach Director, Public Affairs. Moderator \u2013
Jack Johansen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


6:00 pm \u2013 8:00 pm. HNTB Evening MAFC dinner and peer exchange<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Wednesday, Aug 27 \u2013<\/strong>
7:30 am \u2013 8:30 am. Breakfast with MAASTO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


8:30am \u2013 10:30 am. Focus on FACs with MNFAC. <\/strong>Including MNFAC and
MAFC representatives. First \u00bd hour provides an overview of the MNFAC,
followed by peer discussion with MAFC (Randy Lane of Ohio and Matt
Umhoeffer of Wisconsin) and MNFAC representatives (John Tompkins of
HNTB and Jack Johansen of MnDOT). Moderator \u2013 Caleb Whitehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


10:30 am \u2013 11:00 am. Break with MAASTO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


11:00 am \u2013 11:50 am. Amazon.<\/strong> Jeff Cleland of AMAZON. Levi Woods
moderator. Sponsored by HDR.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


12:00 pm \u2013 1:00 pm. Lunch with MAASTO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


1:00 pm \u2013 1:50 pm. Maritime Planning with MAASTO.<\/strong> Greenway
Ballroom D, E, F, G, with MAASTO. Elisha Wulff of Michigan, Randy Lane
of Ohio, BJ Murray of Illinois, Eric Oberhart – Conference of Great Lakes St.
Lawrence Governors & Premiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


2:00 pm \u2013 2:50 pm. Federal Freight Policy. Daniel Wanke, AASHTO.<\/strong>
Ernie Perry moderator. Sponsored by HDR.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


3:00 pm \u2013 3:30 pm. Break with MAASTO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


3:30 pm \u2013 5:00 pm. Closing Session and Awards with MAASTO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


6:00 pm \u2013 Host State night<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Thursday Aug 28<\/strong> \u2013 Depart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Thanks to the MAFC Annual Meeting Planning Team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Adam Gabany, IDOT
Caleb Whitehouse, Iowa DOT
Leslie Morgan, Indiana DOT
Martin Alverez, KS DOT
Michael Espinoza, KS DOT
Jeremy Edgeworth, KYTC
Jake Rice, KYTC
Levi Woods, MoDOT
Jack Johansen, MNDOT
Ernie Perry, MAFC
Contact Information – Ernie Perry, Ph.D.
ebperry@wisc.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Thanks to our Sponsors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pictures From 2025 Annual Meeting Are Now Available. See below: MAFC Annual MeetingIn conjunction with MAASTO.Minneapolis Mn. Aug 25-27, 2025.MAFC sessions are in the Minnehaha room. Monday, August 258:00 am \u2013 5 pm. Arrive, pick up registration materials, and attend HTCmeeting in Rm. NorthstarA.6:00 pm \u2013 9:00 pm. Opening Reception at Brits. Tuesday, August 26 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11824","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11824"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11868,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11824\/revisions\/11868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}