Fred E. Weiderhold, Jr.

Mr. Weiderhold, Amtrak's Inspector General, has more than 20 years of management experience.  Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy, he was an artillery officer in the United States Army assigned to the 18th Airborne Corps.  Upon leaving the military, he began work at Amtrak in manpower planning and served as one of the company's first Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) representatives.

In subsequent assignments, he served in the Law department as a claims administrator, and represented the company in adjudicating policy and regulatory oversight issues with the Interstate Commerce Commission.  He then served in Government Affairs department as director of communications for 5 years, where he assisted in State and Federal liaison.  Following a series of Congressional oversight hearings on labor-management relations, he became Amtrak's first Special Assistant to the Chairman for Employee Relations, conducting special investigations as employee ombudsman.

Mr. Weiderhold left Amtrak and was employed with Pragma Consulting, a French management consulting concern, as Executive Vice President for United States operations.  In 1989, he was asked by Amtrak's Chairman to return to Amtrak to establish its first Office of Inspector General.  He has been a guest lecturer on management and quality issues for the United States Courts and Federal Judicial Center.

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