Freight railroads name Deiger vice chair of NLRC

The National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) today announced the appointment of Stephanie Deiger as vice chair. Deiger succeeds Jeff Rodgers, who held the role prior to being named chair in late 2024.

Most recently, Deiger was chief human resources officer at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).

She has nearly three decades of labor relations experience, according to an NRLC press release. Before joining SEPTA in 2010, Deiger was an attorney at Ballard Spahr in Philadelphia. Prior to that, she served as a field examiner for the National Labor Relations Board.

Deiger joins the NRLC just as the freight rail industry has reached dozens of local and national agreements to resolve the current round of national bargaining, NRLC officials said.