List of presidents and trustees of the Long Island Rail Road

Last updated May 12, 2025

Knowles Taylor: 1835-1837
Valentine Hicks: 1837-1838
Waldron B. Post: 1838-1839
George B. Fisk: 1839-1847
James H. Weeks: 1847-1850
Isaac E. Haviland: 1850-1851
Moses Maynard, Jr.: 1851-1852
Isaac E. Haviland: 1852-1853
William E. Morris: 1853-1862
Coffin Colket: 1862-1863
Oliver Charlick: 1863-1875
Henry Havemeyer: 1875-1876
Conrad Poppenhusen: 1876
David N. Ropes: 1876-1877
Adolph Poppenhusen: 1877
Thomas R. Sharp: 1877-1881
Austin Corbin: 1881-1896
William H. Baldwin: 1896-1905
William F. Potter: 1905
Ralph Peters: 1905-1923
Samuel Rea: 1923-1928

The LIRR was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1928 to 1949. The people from Smucker and Delatour through Wyer were trustees rather than presidents, as the LIRR was in Chapter 77 bankruptcy.

David E. Smucker and H.L. Delatour: 1949-1950
William H. Draper: 1950-1951
William Wyer: 1951-1954
Walter S. Franklin: 1954-1955
Thomas M. Goodfellow: 1955-1967
Frank Aikman, Jr.: 1967-1969
Walter L. Schlager, Jr.: 1969-1976
Robert K. Pattison: 1976-1978
Francis S. Gabreski: 1978-1981
Daniel T. Scannell: 1981
Robin H.H. Wilson: 1981-1985
Bruce C. McIver: 1985-1989
Charles W. Hoppe: 1990-1994
Thomas F. Prendergast: 1994-2000
Kenneth J. Bauer: 2000-2003
James J. Dermody: 2003-2006
Raymond P. Kenny (acting): 2006-2007
Helena Williams: 2007-2014^[1]
Patrick Nowakowski: 2014-2018^[2]
Phillip Eng: 2018-2022^[3]
Catherine Rinaldi (interim): 2022-2023^[4]
Robert Free: 2023-present^[5]

References

↑ Neuman, William (June 5, 2007). "President Appointed For L.I.R.R." The New York Times.
↑ Flegenheimer, Matt (April 30, 2014). "L.I.R.R. President Is Being Replaced". The New York Times.
↑ "Phillip Eng Named as Long Island Rail Road President". MTA. April 12, 2018.
↑ "MTA Announces Catherine Rinaldi to Serve as Interim President of MTA Long Island Rail Road". MTA (Press release). February 10, 2022.
↑ "MTA Announces Rob Free Takes Over as Acting President of MTA Long Island Rail Road in October of 2023, but in April 2024 was announced the permanent role of president". MTA. Retrieved 2023-10-20.

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[1] Neuman, William (June 5, 2007). "President Appointed For L.I.R.R." The New York Times.

[2] Flegenheimer, Matt (April 30, 2014). "L.I.R.R. President Is Being Replaced". The New York Times.

[3] "Phillip Eng Named as Long Island Rail Road President". MTA. April 12, 2018.

[4] "MTA Announces Catherine Rinaldi to Serve as Interim President of MTA Long Island Rail Road". MTA (Press release). February 10, 2022.

[5] "MTA Announces Rob Free Takes Over as Acting President of MTA Long Island Rail Road in October of 2023, but in April 2024 was announced the permanent role of president". MTA. Retrieved 2023-10-20.

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