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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (#11-06)
February 22, 2011

Contact: Ross Capon - 202-408-8362 [cell: 301-385-6438]

NARP Promotes Jeans-Gail to Vice-President, Kenton to Director

Sean Jeans-Gail, who previously served as Communications Director at the National Association of Railroad Passengers, has been promoted to Vice President of the Association. Malcolm Kenton, Transportation Assistant, has been promoted to Director of Outreach and Engagement.

Jeans-Gail, a native of Portland, Oregon, joined the NARP staff in June, 2008, after working in the office of Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA). His major responsibilities have included directing the online outreach to members, authoring the Association's weekly 'hotline', as well as drafting news releases and white papers, and overseeing the content of NARP's website.

"We are thrilled to have such an excellent worker on our staff and happy that he accepted the new position," said Association President Ross Capon.

Kenton, who comes from Greensboro, North Carolina, joined the staff in May, 2009. He does much of the writing and all of the layout work on the association's newsletter and writes frequently for NARP's blog. He also is working to involve more young people in passenger train advocacy. "Malcolm stepped into big shoes at a very young age and has had an impressive learning curve. We are fortunate to benefit from his enthusiasm and knowledge."

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