F. Blair Wimbush

Who is F. Blair Wimbush?

Frederick Blair Wimbush, is an American railroad executive, lawyer and civic and professional leader. From 1980 to 2004, he progressed through positions of increasing responsibility in the Norfolk and Western Railway Company and Norfolk Southern Corporation Law Departments, including Senior General Counsel in 2002. In June 2004, he was elected Vice President, Real Estate of Norfolk Southern Corporation, parent company of Norfolk Southern Railway Company. In November 2007, he became the first, and as of August 11, 2012 the only, executive level Corporate Sustainability Officer in the railroad industry, in addition to his real estate position. He has managed several large conservation projects for the company and has spoken on corporate sustainability at several corporate and educational conferences. Wimbush serves on the boards of the Hampton Roads Association of Commercial Real Estate, Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance, and the Monarch Bank Norfolk City Board.

Wimbush has been a leader in several legal and civic organizations. He was named a Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation in 1998, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation in 2005, and has been recognized as one of Virginia’s Legal Elite by "Virginia Business." He has been President of the Virginia Commission on Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession; President of the Virginia Law Foundation; Board membership on the Old Dominion and Virginia Bar Associations; Member of the Supreme Court of Virginia Task Force on Gender Bias; Member of the Virginia Bar Association Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance. He is the former Alumni Council President at University of Virginia School of Law, a University of Virginia School of Law Business Advisory Council member and a member of the University of Virginia Law School Foundation Board of Trustees.