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February 1987 to January 1991 and was
Chairman from June 1990 to January 1991. He
is also a director of Horizon Air, Northrim
BanCorp, Inc. and Usibelli Coal Mine, and is a
member of the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce and a board member and past
chairman of Commonwealth North.
Dennis F. Madsen
Director since 2003
Age – 59
Mr. Madsen serves on the Compensation
and Audit Committees. He is currently the
Chairman of Seatab Software (Bellevue,
Washington). 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
Chief Operating Officer from 1987 to 2000, and
held numerous positions throughout the
company. He also serves on the boards of
Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, Seatab Software, the
Western Washington University Foundation,
Western Washington University, Islandwood,
Performance Bicycles and the Youth Outdoors
Legacy Fund.
Byron I. Mallott
Director since 1982
Age – 65
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. In January 2007,
Mr. Mallott was appointed to the Board of
Trustees of the Smithsonian Institution’s
National Museum of the American Indian. 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, Chairman from
1976 to 1983, and Chief Executive Officer from
1982 to 1992. He owns Mallott Enterprises
(personal investments) and is a director of
Alaska Airlines, Sealaska Corporation, Yak-Tat
Kwaan, Inc. and Native American Bank, NA.
CONTINUING DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 2009
Patricia M. Bedient
Director since 2004
Age – 54
Ms. Bedient serves as Chair of the Board’s
Audit Committee and is a director of Alaska
Airlines. She is Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer for the Weyerhaeuser
Company, one of the world’s largest integrated
forest products companies. A certified public
accountant, she served as the managing partner
of Arthur Andersen LLP’s Seattle office prior to
joining Weyerhaeuser. Ms. Bedient also worked
at the firm’s Portland and Boise offices as a
partner and as a CPA during her 27-year career
with Andersen. She currently serves on the
Weyerhaeuser Foundation Board and the
advisory board of the University of Washington
School of Business. She has also served on the
boards of a variety of civic organizations
including the Oregon State University Foundation
Board of Trustees, the World Forestry Center, the
City Club of Portland, St. Mary’s Academy of
Portland and the Chamber of Commerce in
Boise, Idaho. She is a member of the American
Institute of CPAs and the Washington Society of
CPAs.
Jessie J. Knight, Jr.
Director since 2002
Age – 57
Mr. Knight serves on the Board’s
Compensation and Governance and Nominating
Committees. Since 2006, he has been Executive
Vice President of External Affairs at Sempra
Energy, a company that develops energy
infrastructure, operates utilities, and provides
related products and services to more than
29 million consumers in the United States,
Europe, Canada, Mexico, South America and
Asia. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Knight served as
the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and,
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