Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2007 Annual Report Download - page 24

PROPOSAL 1.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Company currently has ten directors. On
May 20, 2008, Mr. Richard A. Wien, whose term
expires this year, will retire from the Board. The
Board of Directors wishes to thank Mr. Wien for
his dedication and service to the Board over the
past 26 years. The Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation provides that the Board of
Directors shall be composed of no less than nine
and no more than 15 directors. On March 13,
2008, the Board passed a resolution providing
that the Company shall have nine directors
effective as of the Annual Meeting on May 20,
2008. The Company’s Bylaws provide that the
class of directors up for election this year shall
serve a one-year term. Directors are elected to
hold office until their successors are elected and
qualified, or until resignation or removal in the
manner provided in our Bylaws. Six directors are
nominees for election this year and each has
consented to serve a one-year term ending in
2009. The remaining directors will continue to
serve the terms set out below.
NOMINEES FOR ELECTION TO TERMS EXPIRING IN 2009
William S. Ayer
Director since 1999
Age – 53
Mr. Ayer has served as Chairman, President
and CEO of Alaska Air Group since May 2003. In
1997, he was named President of Alaska
Airlines. He was also named CEO of Alaska
Airlines in 2002, and in 2003 took leadership of
Alaska Air Group and Alaska Airlines as
Chairman, President and CEO and Chairman of
Horizon Air. Prior to 2000, he worked in various
marketing, planning and operational capacities
at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. In December
2007, Mr. Ayer was appointed to the Seattle
Branch of the Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Ayer
also serves on the boards of Alaska Airlines and
Horizon Air, Puget Energy, Angel Flight, the
Alaska Airlines Foundation, the University of
Washington Business School Advisory Board and
the Museum of Flight.
Phyllis J. Campbell
Director since 2002
Age – 56
Ms. Campbell serves as Chair of the
Board’s Compensation Committee. She is
President and CEO of The Seattle Foundation.
She was President of U.S. Bank of Washington
from 1993 until 2001 and has served as Chair
of the Bank’s Community Board. In August 2007,
Ms. Campbell was appointed to Toyota’s
Diversity Advisory Board. She also serves on the
boards of Alaska Airlines, Nordstrom, and Puget
Energy. Ms. Campbell is also a member of the
Board of Trustees of Seattle University.
Mark R. Hamilton
Director since 2001
Age – 63
Mr. Hamilton serves on the Board’s Audit
and Safety Committees, as well as on the
Horizon Air Board. He is President of the
University of Alaska, a position he has held since
1998. That same year, he retired as a U.S. Army
Major General following 31 years of active
military duty, primarily in the fields of teaching,
management and administration. Formerly,
Mr. Hamilton was Chief of Staff of the Alaskan
Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base and
Commander of Division Artillery at Fort
Richardson. Mr. Hamilton is a graduate of the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point and is the
recipient of the Army’s highest peacetime award,
the Distinguished Service Medal.
R. Marc Langland
Director since 1991
Age – 66
Mr. Langland is Lead Director and Chair of
the Board’s Governance and Nominating
Committee. He has been President of Northrim
Bank (Anchorage, Alaska) since November 1990
and Chairman since January 1998. Mr. Langland
has also been Chairman, President and CEO of
its parent company, Northrim BanCorp, Inc. since
December 2001. He was Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Key Bank of Alaska from
1987 to 1988 and President from 1985 to
1987. He served on the Board of Trustees of the
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation from
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