Alaska Air Group Names New Vice Presidents

The Alaska Air Group board of directors today announced the election of two vice presidents and
leadership role changes in the company’s in-flight and planning areas as part of a company-wide realignment instituted in late April.

Kelley Dobbs, former staff vice president of human resources for Alaska Airlines, was elected by the board of directors as vice president of human resources, strategy and culture. Jeff Butler, former staff vice president of station operations for Alaska Airlines, was elected vice president of customer service - airports.

And Joe Sprague leaves the Public and Government Affairs Division to become Alaska Airlines’ staff vice president of in-flight services.

Dobbs, who has served in a variety of front-line and management roles during her 20 years at Alaska Airlines, became staff vice president of employee services in 2004. Butler joined Alaska’s Corporate Communications Department in 1984 before moving to Reservations, In-flight and, most recently, the Customer Service-Airports Division.

Sprague joined the airline in 2000 in the Anchorage regional sales office and later opened Alaska’s government affairs office in Washington, D.C., before serving as staff vice president of public and government affairs in Seattle.