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PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON
National Transportation Safety Board (the
NTSB) from 2001 to 2002. Ms. Blakey also
serves on the boards of Alaska Airlines and
Horizon Air (subsidiaries of Alaska Air
Group), Noblis, the NASA Advisory Council,
and the President’s Export Council
Subcommittee on Export Administration
(PECSEA), as well as a number of
philanthropic and community organizations,
including the Washington Area Airports Task
Force Advisory Board and the International
Aviation Women’s Association. Ms. Blakey’s
experience with AIA, the FAA and the NTSB
specially qualify her for service on the
Company’s Board and, because of her
experience with the FAA and NTSB, she
brings a very relevant and important
perspective to the deliberations of the
Safety Committee.
Phyllis J. Campbell
Director since 2002
Age – 62
Ms. Campbell is lead
director and chair of the
Board’s Governance and
Nominating Committee.
She has been chairman of
the Pacific Northwest, for
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
since April 2009. She is the firm’s senior
executive in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
across businesses, representing JPMorgan
Chase at the most senior level. From 2003
to 2009, Ms. Campbell served as president
and CEO of The Seattle Foundation, one of
the nation’s largest community philanthropic
foundations. She was president of U.S.
Bank of Washington from 1993 until 2001
and served as chair of the bank’s
Community Board. Ms. Campbell has
received several awards for her corporate
and community involvement. These awards
include Women Who Make A Difference and
Director of the Year from the Northwest
Chapter of the National Association of
Corporate Directors. Since August 2007,
Ms. Campbell has served on Toyota’s
Diversity Advisory Board. She also serves on
the boards of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air
(subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group) and
Nordstrom, where she chaired the audit
committee until November 2013. Until
February 2009, she served on the boards of
Puget Energy and its subsidiary, Puget
Sound Energy. Ms. Campbell’s business and
community leadership background and her
extensive governance experience eminently
qualify her for her role as lead director of the
Board.
Jessie J. Knight, Jr.
Director since 2002
Age – 63
Mr. Knight serves on the
Board’s Safety Committee
and its Governance and
Nominating Committee.
Mr. Knight is executive vice
president of external
affairs for Sempra Energy,
as well as chairman of San Diego Gas and
Electric Company and chairman of Southern
California Gas Company, both subsidiaries
of Sempra Energy. From 2010 to 2014, he
was chairman and CEO of San Diego Gas &
Electric. From 2006 to 2010, he was
executive vice president of external affairs at
Sempra Energy. From 1999 to 2006,
Mr. Knight served as president and CEO of
the San Diego Regional Chamber of
Commerce, and from 1993 to 1998, he was
a commissioner of the California Public
Utilities Commission. Prior to this,
Mr. Knight was vice president of marketing
and strategic planning for the San Francisco
Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner
newspapers. While there, he won five
National Clio Awards for television, radio and
printed advertising and a Cannes Film
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