F. Blair Wimbush, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Business executive, lawyer, civic and professional leader
Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1955
Place of Birth: Halifax County, Virginia, United States
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About F. Blair Wimbush
- Frederick Blair Wimbush (born July 24, 1955), is a retired American railroad executive and lawyer.
- He continues to be a civic and professional leader.
- From 1980 to 2004, Wimbush 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 managed several large conservation and energy efficiency projects for the company and has spoken on corporate sustainability at several corporate and educational conferences.
- He retired from Norfolk Southern Corporation after 35 years of service on May 1, 2015.
- Wimbush has served on the boards of the Hampton Roads Association of Commercial Real Estate, Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance, and the Monarch Bank Norfolk City Board.
- On April 4, 2015, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that Wimbush had been appointed to the Virginia Port Authority board.
- On June 24, 2016, Governor McAuliffe reappointed Wimbush to a full five-year term ending June 30, 2021. 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. Wimbush has been active in charitable organizations, including the American Red Cross and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
- He has been President of the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts; Chairman of the Board of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, where he helped steer the Orchestra through difficult financial times in 2008 and immediately following years; and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Historical Society. His accomplishments have been recognized through his entries in "Marquis Who's Who" and "Who's Who Among African Americans."
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