June 2020 Breakfast Meeting with Lance Fritz, CEO of Union Pacific

Lance M. Fritz is Union Pacific chairman, president and chief executive officer. He became chairman of the board effective October 1, 2015. Fritz became president and chief executive officer February 5, 2015, when he also was elected to the corporation’s board of directors.

He previously served as president and chief operating officer of Union Pacific Railroad, a position he had held since February 2014, after serving as executive vice president Operations and vice president-Labor Relations, respectively. He began his Union Pacific career in July 2000 as vice president and general manager-Energy in the company’s Marketing and Sales department.

Before joining Union Pacific, Fritz worked for Fiskars Inc., Cooper Industries and General Electric. He is a graduate of Bucknell University and earned a master’s degree in management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. 

Fritz is a member of the board of directors for the Association of American Railroads. He is chair of the Business Roundtable trade and international committee, and a member of The Business Council. He serves on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce board and executive committee and the Georgia Institute of Technology president’s advisory board.

Fritz is deeply involved with organizations in his local community. He is the immediate past chairman of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce board of directors. He is also a member of the board of directors for Nebraska Medicine and the Omaha Zoological Society. He serves on the STRATCOM consultation committee and is an Omaha Business Ethics Alliance trustee.

Fritz and his wife, Julie, have two children and are committed to helping women and children at risk in the Omaha community.