Office one week before Gunn's dismissal stated that Amtrak needed to continue to improve the way it monitored performance and oversaw its finances in order to achieve financial stability. The chairman of the board, David Laney, a George W. Bush appointee, provided a statement that read "Amtrak's future now requires a different type of leader who will aggressively tackle the company's financial, management and operational challenges". Retirement A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, Gunn retired to his family home on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. He has become associated with the Free Congress Foundation since his dismissal from Amtrak. He currently sits on the board of a local transit service in rural Richmond County known as the Strait Area Transit Cooperative and in 2010 returned as a consultant for former employer, WMATA. In November 2014, Amtrak named ACS-64 class unit number 600 after Gunn. See also List of railroad executives References External links 1937 births Phillips Academy alumni Harvard Business School alumni American people of Canadian descent Living people Businesspeople from Boston People from Richmond County, Nova Scotia 20th-century American railroad executives 21st-century American railroad executives Amtrak presidents Toronto Transit Commission general managers Executives of Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) SEPTA general managers Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority general managers Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority people Harvard College alumni