American Airlines Names Douglas M. Steenland to its Board of Directors
October 08 2020 - 5:00PM
American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) today announced the
election of Douglas M. Steenland, 69, to its board of directors.
Steenland also will serve on the company’s finance and compensation
committees.
“We are delighted Doug has agreed to join our board and we
welcome his extensive airline experience to our boardroom,” said
Chairman and CEO Doug Parker. “Importantly, Doug’s expertise
expands across the broader travel and hospitality sector, and our
team and company will be well served by his experience and
counsel.”
Steenland currently is non-executive chairman of the board of
directors of American International Group and serves as the lead
independent director of Hilton Worldwide Holdings. Steenland held
numerous senior roles over his 17-year career at Northwest Airlines
Corporation, most notably as CEO from April 2004 to October 2008
and as president from 2001 to 2004. He retired from Northwest when
it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2008.
Prior to Northwest, Steenland was a partner at Verner Liipfert,
which is now part of DLA Piper, and he also worked in the Office of
the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation. He
holds a Bachelor of Arts from Calvin College and a J.D. from The
George Washington University Law School.
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