Carl Warren

President and Chief Executive Officer North Carolina Railroad

Carl Warren is President and Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Railroad Company. He joined NCRR in August 2020 and has moved quickly to reorganize the company’s functions and build new partnerships. Under his leadership NCRR is focused on leveraging its unique assets to modernize the railroad and expand the competitive advantage for North Carolina. Carl brings an extensive background in rail transportation in a career spanning more than 20 years. Prior to joining NCRR, Carl worked at CSX and led industrial, port, and commercial development across 23 states, two Canadian provinces and Mexico. He also has diverse public and private sector experience from previous additional assignments at CSX, the Port of Portland, Oregon, and BNSF Railway, in real estate, operations planning, sales & marketing and port development. Carl and his family reside in Raleigh.