Norfolk Southern promotes two executives

Norfolk Southern Corp. has named William A. Galanko executive vice president law and administration and John M. Scheib senior vice president law and corporate relations.The new positions are effective on Oct. 1.

In his new position, Scheib will have responsibility for law, government relations and corporate communications and will report to Galanko. As executive vice president law and administration, Galanko will have responsibility for human resources and labor relations, in addition to the areas reporting to Scheib.

Galanko joined Norfolk Southern in 1990 as a tax attorney. He was named senior vice president law and corporate communications last year. Galanko holds an undergraduate degree from West Virginia University and law degrees from the College of William and Mary and Georgetown University.

Scheib joined Norfolk Southern in 2005 as general attorney and held positions of increasing responsibility in the NS law department, culminating in vice president law in 2016. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Villanova University. In 2015, he completed the General Management program at Harvard Business School.