FreightCar America, Inc.

Jesús Salvador Gil Benavides, 62, has served as a director since October 2020. Mr. Gil Benavides has over 30 years of experience in metal fabrications, and over 20 years of experience in the railcar manufacturing industry. From October 2020 to January 2024, Mr. Gil Benavides served as the Vice President of Operations for the Company. From 2005 to 2017, Mr. Gil Benavides held various roles with Grupo Industrial Monclova, S.A. de C.V. (“Grupo Industrial”), a corporation operating in railcar manufacturing, offshore platform fabrication, mining, industrial gases and energy. During this time, he also served as a member of Grupo Industrial’s board of directors. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Gil Benavides worked for Trinity Industries de Mexico as Plant Manager at the Monclova plant and the General Manager of Monclova-Sabinas. In 2018, he finished a one-year Advanced Executive Management Program (AD-2) at the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa (IPADE) in Monterrey, Mexico. In 1988, he obtained a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, and in 1986 he received his bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. Mr. Gil Benavides brings to our Board extensive and specific experience in the railcar industry.

Rodger L. Boehm, 66, has served as a director since May 2022 and is the chairman of our Compensation Committee and a member of our Audit Committee. Until his retirement in September 2017, Mr. Boehm was a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. He spent 31 years at the premier management consulting firm in a variety of roles with increasing responsibility, beginning in 1986. Mr. Boehm led client service for leading global institutions, primarily focused on Fortune 500 companies. His client service focused on long-term global growth and performance improvement, helping companies to significantly improve their cost, revenue and service performance. Mr. Boehm’s background in strategic leadership in the industrial sector ranges from developing a global growth strategy for an agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer to improving the enterprise marketing capabilities for a leading global industrial conglomerate. Before McKinsey, he was a quality control engineer with Jones & Laughlin Steel from 1982 to 1984. He currently serves on the board of Ruggable and Hyliion and was formerly a board member for Meritor and Home Chef. Mr. Boehm earned a bachelor’s degree in materials engineering from Purdue University in 1982 and a master of business administration from Harvard University in 1986. Mr. Boehm brings to our Board deep and broad experience in strategic leadership in the industrial sector.