Who’s on the move: Aug. 3, 2026

Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) announced the retirement of board of directors chair Isabelle Courville and the appointment, in accordance with the board’s succession plan, of long-term board member Gordon Trafton as chair.

Trafton, of Naperville, Ill., has been a member of the board since Jan. 1, 2017, and was appointed vice-chair of the board Jan. 28 as part of the board’s ongoing succession planning. He retired in 2010 from Canadian National (CN), completing a 33-year railroad career that included time at CN, Illinois Central and Burlington Northern Railroad. From 2003 to 2009, he successively served as senior vice-president strategic acquisitions and integration and as senior vice-president, southern region at CN. Prior to that, Trafton worked as CN’s vice-president of operations integration.