2025 Distinguished Citizens Award Luncheon
Honoring Katie Farmer, President & CEO BNSF Railway
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
11:30AM-1PM
The Barn • Hotel Drover • Fort Worth, Texas
You are invited to join Longhorn Council, Scouting America a as we celebrate another successful Scouting year and recognize an amazing local leader. This year, Katie Farmer, President & CEO BNSF Railway, is being recognized as the Longhorn Council's Distinguished Citizen.
The Distinguished Citizens Award Luncheon honors individuals who share Scouting’s belief in leadership, determination and values, and have contributed significantly to the growth and vitality of our community. It also provides critical financial support for Longhorn Council Scouting programs across 23 counties in North and Central Texas.
Please confirm your attendance by Tuesday, October 28th, 2025.
Buy Tickets or Make Your Sponsorship Payment Online (Coming Soon)
For more information, please contact Dan Busby, Director of Development, Dan.Busby@Scouting.org, 817-231-8507
About the Honoree
Katie Farmer was named President and Chief Executive Officer in 2021 and also leads BNSF’s Board of Directors. With more than 30 years of railroading experience, Katie most recently served as executive vice president and Chief Operations Officer, where she oversaw the entire BNSF Operations organization, including train operations; maintenance of track, structures, and rolling stock; as well as sourcing, safety and training.
Prior to serving as executive vice president and Chief Operations Officer, Katie served as vice president, Service Design and Transportation Support since July 2017. In this role, she was responsible for the scheduling of railroad operations to meet customer expectations and optimize use of the BNSF network as well as service design functions for the Agricultural, Industrial, Consumer Products, and Coal business units in addition to Capacity Planning, Joint Facilities, Shortline Development, and Passenger Operations.
Katie began her career in the railroad industry with Burlington Northern in 1992 as a management trainee in Fort Worth, Texas. Katie has held a variety of positions in sales and marketing in the Chemical, Plastic, and Minerals business units. She also held positions in finance, customer solutions, and network operations. In 1998, after a field sales position in Houston, Texas, she returned to Fort Worth as director of Plastics Marketing. In 2001, she was appointed to general director of Chemical Products Sales. In 2002, she was promoted to the position of assistant vice president of Carload Equipment, supporting the Carload, Agricultural Products, and Coal business units. In December 2005, she was named vice president, sales, Industrial Products, and in June 2010 was appointed vice president, Domestic Intermodal. Beginning in January 2013, she served as group vice president, Consumer Products.
Sponsorship Levels
- $100K Locomotive/Chairman’s Circle Sponsor – Benefits: 2 guest tables, recognition, guest access to pre-event reception, post event Fort Worth Ad placement, logo in program and event signage
- $50K Intermodal/Lunch Sponsor – Benefits: 1 guest tables, recognition, guest access to pre-event reception, post event Fort Worth Ad placement, logo in program and event signage
- $40K Boxcar/Program Sponsor – Benefits: 1 guest table, recognition, guest access to pre-event reception, post event Fort Worth Ad placement, logo in program and event signage
- $25K Mainline/ VIP Reception and Recognition Sponsor - Benefits: 1 guest table, recognition, guest access to pre-event reception, post event Fort Worth Ad placement, logo in program and event signage
- $15K Track/Scout Testimonial Sponsor – Benefits: 1 guest table, guest access to pre-event reception, post-event Fort Worth Ad placement, logo in program and event signage
- $10K Engineer/ 1 table – Benefits: 1 guest table (8 guests), logo in program
- $5K Conductor/ half-table – Benefits: ½ table (4 guests)
- $500 Railroad/ event ticket for 1 guest
