Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2012 Annual Report Download - page 29

PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON
Dennis F. Madsen
Director since 2003
Age – 64
Mr. Madsen serves on the
Board’s Compensation and
Leadership Development
Committee and its Audit
Committee. He is currently
the chair of Evolucion Inc.
(evo.com), an action sports
retailer in Seattle. 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 REI. In 2010, Mr. Madsen was
appointed a director of West Marine Inc., a
publicly traded retail company in the
recreational boating sector. He also serves
on West Marine’s governance and
compensation committees. Other boards on
which Mr. Madsen is a member include
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air (subsidiaries
of Alaska Air Group), the Western
Washington University Foundation, Western
Washington University, Islandwood, and the
Youth Outdoors Legacy Fund. Mr. Madsen’s
experience in leading a large people-oriented
and customer-service-driven organization
qualifies him for service on the Alaska Air
Group Board.
Byron I. Mallott
Director since 1982
Age – 69
Mr. Mallott serves on the
Board’s Safety and its
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. Mr. Mallott also serves on the Board
of Trustees of the Smithsonian Institution’s
National Museum of the American Indian.
He has served the state of Alaska in various
advisory and executive capacities, and has
served as mayor of Yakutat and of Juneau.
From 1995 to 1999, he was 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 and
Horizon Air (subsidiaries of Alaska Air
Group), a 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 and extensive knowledge of the
Native Alaskan people and their culture and
his experience with governmental affairs
qualify him for his role on the Alaska Air
Group Board.
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