About
Christopher Nadelbach
Christopher D Nadelbach
Chris has been an RPA Member since 1986 and an active Council Member representing New York State continuously since 2016. He has served on the RPA’s Candidate Certification Committee and on the Member Action Review Committee during this past 2-year cycle.
Chris is no stranger to passenger rail advocacy, having served as Secretary of the Empire State Passengers Association during the period 1992-2000, and again 2002-Present.
He brings very strong organizational skills to our efforts, having produced conferences in his professional field (services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities) that have attracted speakers from NY State, the six New England States, and Canada. He specializes in:
- Outreach Events
- Legislative Contacts
- Committee Organizing that produces concrete results.
Professionally, Chris works with the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Region X, Board Member (2000- present) and officer (2012-2020) including President (2016-2018)
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.