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Proposal 1: Election of Directors to One-Year Terms
The Company’s Bylaws provide that directors
shall serve a one-year term. Directors are elected
to hold office until their successors are elected
and qualified, or until resignation or removal in
the manner provided in the Company’s Bylaws.
Eleven directors are nominees for election this
year and each has consented to serve a one-year
term ending in 2016.
Patricia M. Bedient
Director since 2004
Age–61
Ms. Bedient chairs the Board’s Audit Committee.
In January 2015, Ms. Bedient was also appointed
a member of the Board’s Governance and
Nominating Committee. She is executive vice
president and CFO for The Weyerhaeuser
Company, one of the world’s largest integrated
forest products companies. A certified public
accountant (CPA) since 1978, she served as
managing partner of the Seattle office of Arthur
Andersen LLP prior to joining Weyerhaeuser.
Ms. Bedient also worked at Andersen’s Portland
and Boise offices as a partner and as a CPA
during her 27-year career with the firm. She
serves on the boards of Alaska Airlines and
Horizon Air (subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group), the
Overlake Hospital Medical Center Board, the
Oregon State University Board of Trustees, and
the University of Washington Foster School of
Business Advisory Board. 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, 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.
Ms. Bedient received her bachelor’s degree in
business administration, with concentrations in
finance and accounting, from Oregon State
University in 1975.
Ms. Bedient’s extensive experience in public
accounting and financial expertise qualify her to
serve on the Board and to act as an audit
committee financial expert, as defined by the SEC.
Marion C. Blakey
Director since 2010
Age–66
Ms. Blakey is chair of the Board’s Safety
Committee. Ms. Blakey was recently named
president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America.
For the last seven years, she was president and
CEO of Aerospace Industries Association (AIA),
the nation’s largest aerospace and defense
trade association. Prior to her current position,
she served as the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration (the FAA) from 2002 to
2007 and chair of the 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,
the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on
Export Administration (PECSEA), the Independent
Takata Quality Assurance Panel, the International
Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries
Associations (ICCAIA), 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 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–63
Ms. Campbell is lead director and chair of the
Board’s Governance and Nominating Committee.
She has been chairman of the Pacific Northwest
Region for JPMorgan Chase & Co. since April
2009. She is the firm’s senior executive in
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho , 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
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