Alaska Railroad names Leary chairman

Alaska Railroad names Leary chairman    The Alaska Railroad Corp. board on Wednesday elected Linda Leary to chairman.

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   Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell appointed Leary to the railroad's board in October 2009. She replaces outgoing chairman John Binkley, who held the post for 13 years.
   Leary is president and co-owner of Carlile Transportation Systems. She has worked for Carlile for more than 25 years in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
   As part of the board's annual election of officers, former state Gov. Bill Sheffield remains the Alaska Railroad's board vice chairman; and Wendy Linkskoog, the railroad's vice president of corporate and governmental affairs, remains as board secretary.