Assistant Vice President, Law & Risk Management, CSX Intermodal, Jacksonville, FL

Reynold N. Hoover is Assistant Vice President, Law & Risk Management for CSX Intermodal. He joined CSX Transportation as its Assistant Vice President for Police & Infrastructure Protection in May 2007. In that capacity, Reynold is responsible for CSXT’s Police Department and Infrastructure Protection programs, securing a 21,000- mile rail network, along with the company’s critical infrastructure assets in 23 states, the District of Columbia and two Canadian provinces. He also represents CSX on matters relating to national rail security policy.

Prior to joining CSXT, Reynold was appointed by the President of the United States as a Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Senior Director for Nuclear Defense Policy on the Homeland Security Council within the Executive Office of the President. In that capacity, Reynold was responsible for leading domestic nuclear defense policy issues and was responsible for coordinating national continuity of government policy.

Reynold also served as the Director of the Office of National Security Coordination in the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and as Chief of Staff for then-FEMA Director Joe M. Allbaugh, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the agency and for executing the priorities and policies of the FEMA Director.

Reynold earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy and a Master’s Degree from Birmingham-Southern College. He also holds a law degree from The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law and is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College.