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Mr. Knight’s knowledge and expertise on
brand and marketing make him particularly
qualified for the Alaska Air Group Board.
R. Marc Langland
Director since 1991
Age – 68
Mr. Langland is lead director and chair of
the Board’s governance and nominating
committee. He has been chair and a director
of Northrim Bank (Anchorage, Alaska) since
1998, and served as the bank’s president
from 1990 until 2009. Mr. Langland has
also served as chair, president and CEO of
the bank’s parent company, Northrim
BanCorp, Inc. since December 2001. In
2001, Mr. Langland was inducted into the
Alaska Business Hall of Fame. He was chair
and CEO 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
February 1987 to January 1991 and was
chair from June 1990 to January 1991. He
is also a director of Horizon Air, Usibelli Coal
Mine, Elliott Cove Capital Management, and
Pacific Wealth Advisors, and is a member of
the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and a
board member and past chairman of
Commonwealth North. Mr. Langland’s
background and skills honed as an Alaskan
business leader and banker uniquely qualify
him for his role on the Board.
Dennis F. Madsen
Director since 2003
Age – 61
Mr. Madsen serves on the compensation
and audit committees. He is currently the
chair of Pivotlink Software, a business
intelligence service company in Bellevue,
Washington. In 2008, Mr. Madsen became
chair of specialty retailer Evolucion Inc. From
2000 to 2005, Mr. Madsen was president
and CEO of Recreational Equipment, Inc.
(REI), a retailer and online merchant for
outdoor gear and clothing. He served as
REI’s executive vice president and COO from
1987 to 2000, and prior to that held
numerous positions throughout the
company. He also serves on the boards of
Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, Pivotlink
Software, the Western Washington
University Foundation, Western Washington
University, Islandwood, Performance
Bicycles, and the Youth Outdoors Legacy
Fund. Mr. Madsen’s experience in leading a
large people-oriented and customer-service
driven organization qualifies him for his
Board service.
Byron I. Mallott
Director since 1982
Age – 66
Mr. Mallott serves on the Board’s safety and
governance and nominating committees.
Currently he is a senior fellow of the First
Alaskans Institute, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the development of Alaska
Native peoples and their communities, a
position he has held since 2000. Since
2007, Mr. Mallott has served on the Board
of Trustees of the Smithsonian Institution’s
National Museum of the American Indian.
Mr. Mallott has served the state of Alaska in
various advisory and executive capacities,
and has also served as mayor of Yakutat
and as mayor of Juneau. From 1995 to
1999, he served as executive director (chief
executive officer) of the Alaska Permanent
Fund Corporation, a trust managing
proceeds from the state of Alaska’s oil
reserves. He was a director of Sealaska
Corporation (Juneau, Alaska) from 1972 to
1988, chair from 1976 to 1983, and CEO
from 1982 to 1992. He owns Mallott
Enterprises (personal investments) and is a
director of Alaska Airlines, director and
member of the nominating committee of
Sealaska Corporation, and a director and
member of the audit committee of Yak-Tat
Kwaan, Inc. and Native American Bank, NA.
Mr. Mallott’s leadership of native Alaskan
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