Doyle R. Simons — Board Member Accountability Profile
Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Director, Union Pacific Corporation Board Tenure: 2023 – present Committee Memberships: Compensation & Talent (C&T), Safety & Service Quality (S&SQ) Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)
Basis for Inclusion: Doyle R. Simons holds a documented governance role at Union Pacific Corporation. Union Pacific Corporation is the largest freight railroad in the United States and made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. Union Pacific is significantly affected by Surface Transportation Board (STB) regulatory decisions, federal freight rail policy, trade policy (particularly cross-border trade that moves on its network), and the regulatory framework governing railroad mergers and operations. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.
Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record.
What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Personal political opinions, party affiliation, or protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion.
Biographical Overview
Doyle R. Simons is a forest products and industrial CEO who served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Company (2013–2019), one of the world’s largest timberland owners and wood products manufacturers. At Weyerhaeuser, Simons led a strategic transformation that converted the company to a real estate investment trust (REIT) structure. Before becoming CEO, he held a series of senior operating and business unit leadership roles within Weyerhaeuser. Simons joined the Union Pacific board in 2023 and contributes industrial operations and CEO-level safety and talent management experience through his committee roles.
Board Role and Governance Authority
- Company: Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP)
- Board tenure: 2023 – present
- Committee assignments: Compensation & Talent Committee (C&T); Safety & Service Quality Committee (S&SQ)
Other Current Board Memberships (if applicable)
No additional public company board seats reported in 2025 proxy.
Parent Corporate Donor Profile
This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Union Pacific Corporation corporate donor profile.
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Investigative trail pointers (public records)
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| Channel | Starting points |
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| Federal courts | CourtListener / PACER party and attorney searches (spelling variants) |
| Campaign finance | FEC + OpenSecrets for committees and donors tied to documented roles |
| Corporate / LLC | State secretary of state; OpenCorporates for cross-border shells from reporting |
| Sanctions / PEP | OpenSanctions when international business context is already sourced |
| Contracts / grants | USAspending.gov for named entities from investigations |
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Sources
- Union Pacific Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2025; SEC EDGAR