Southwest Appoints New Members to Board of Directors

The Southwest Airlines’ board of directors has appointed Daniel Villanueva and John Denison to the board. Villanueva is a partner in RC Fontis, a California-based private equity firm.

Mr. Villanueva previously was managing partner of Bastion Capital Corporation, a private equity investment fund. Currently, he serves on the boards of Metropolitan West Funds, Citibank (Banamex USA) and Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.

Mr. Denison, for his part, previously served in an executive capacity with Global Aero Logistics Inc., an airline holding company, including as its chairman of the board. Prior to that, Denison served as executive vice president of Corporate Services for Southwest Airlines. During his time at Southwest, Denison also held the roles of vice president of finance and chief financial officer.