Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2012 Annual Report Download - page 30

PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON
J. Kenneth Thompson
Director since 1999
Age – 61
Mr. Thompson is chair of
the Board’s Compensation
and Leadership
Development Committee
and serves on the Board’s
Safety Committee. Since
2000, Mr. Thompson has
been president and CEO of Pacific Star
Energy LLC, a private energy investment
company in Alaska, with partial ownership in
the oil exploration firm Alaska Venture
Capital Group (AVCG LLC). Mr. Thompson
served as executive vice president of
ARCO’s Asia Pacific oil and gas operating
companies in Alaska, California, Indonesia,
China and Singapore from 1998 to 2000.
Prior to that, he was president of ARCO
Alaska, Inc., the parent company’s oil and
gas producing division based in Anchorage,
Alaska. He also serves on the boards of
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air (subsidiaries
of Alaska Air Group), Pioneer Natural
Resources Company, Tetra Tech, Inc., and
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation, as well as
on the non-profit board of Provision Ministry
Group. Mr. Thompson also serves on the
environmental, health, safety and social
responsibility, the governance and
nominating, and the audit committees of
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation. At Tetra
Tech, Mr. Thompson serves on the audit,
the governance and nominating, and the
strategy planning committees and chairs the
compensation committee. At Pioneer Natural
Resources, he serves on the governance
and nominating, compensation and
hydrocarbon reserves committees.
Mr. Thompson’s business leadership and
his breadth of experience in planning,
operations, engineering, and safety/
regulatory issues qualify him for service on
the Alaska Air Group Board.
Bradley D. Tilden
Director since 2010
Age – 52
Mr. Tilden has served as
president of Alaska Airlines
since December 2008. In
May 2012, Mr. Tilden
succeeded Mr. Ayer as
president and CEO of
Alaska Air Group and was
also named CEO of Alaska Airlines and
Horizon Air (subsidiaries of Alaska Air
Group). He served as executive vice
president of finance and planning from 2002
to 2008 and as chief financial officer from
2000 to 2008 for Alaska Airlines and Alaska
Air Group. Prior to 2000, Mr. Tilden was vice
president of finance at Alaska Airlines and
Alaska Air Group. Mr. Tilden worked for the
accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers
prior to joining Alaska Airlines. He also
serves on the boards of Alaska Airlines,
Horizon Air, Flow International, Pacific
Lutheran University, and chairs the board of
the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts
of America. Mr. Tilden’s role as leader of
Alaska Air Group and its operating
subsidiaries, his strategic planning skills
and financial expertise qualify him to serve
on the Air Group Board.
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