RailAmerica, Inc. announced that Gary Lewis has been named senior vice president and chief commercial officer. The appointment is effective immediately.

Lewis, previously RailAmerica's vice president of industrial development, joined the company in 2009. Before coming to RailAmerica, Mr. Lewis was director-sales and marketing at Kinder Morgan Terminals. Prior to that, Gary served in various commercial-leadership roles during eighteen years at CSX Transportation.

Lewis has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami's School of Law and a master's in business administration from Loyola College.

'Gary has done an amazing job creating a high-performance industrial-development group and is a demonstrated and creative leader in this highly critical area,' said RailAmerica President and CEO John Giles.