• JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 207,270.00
    David Barger, age 50, is our Chief Executive Officer and has served in this capacity since May 10, 2007. Mr. Barger also served as our President from August 1998 until September 12, 2007, and as our Chief Operating Officer from August 1998 until March 26, 2007. Mr Barger is a member of the team that founded JetBlue. Previously, Mr. Barger was with both Continental Airlines and New York Air from 1982 to 1998. He has also been a member of our Board of Directors since September 2001.
    Total Compensation: $ 660,525.00
    Russell Chew, age 54, is our President and Chief Operating Officer and has served in these capacities since September 2007 and March 2007, respectively. Mr. Chew served as Chief Operating Officer of the Federal Aviation Administration from 2003 until February 2007. Before joining the FAA, Mr. Chew was employed by American Airlines, Inc. from 1985 through 2003, most recently as Managing Director of Systems Operations Control.
    Total Compensation: $ 429,206.00
    Edward Barnes, age 43, is our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since February 2008. Mr. Barnes joined the Company in October 2006 as Vice President, Cost Management and Financial Analysis and more recently served as Vice President, Finance. His prior experience includes serving as Vice President, Controller of JDA Software from April 2005 through September 2006; Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Assisted Living Concepts from December 2003 to March 2005; and Vice President, Controller at Pegasus Solutions from June 2000 to December 2003. Previously, he held financial positions of increasing responsibility at Southwest Airlines Co. and America West Airlines, Inc., with his final position at America West Airlines, Inc. as Vice President-Controller of The Leisure Company, their vacation packaging subsidiary. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA.
    Jim Hnat - General Counsel
    Total Compensation: $ 383,976.00
    James Hnat, age 37, is our Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary and has served in this capacity since April 2007. He served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from March 2006 to April 2007 and as our General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from February 2003 to March 2006 and as our Associate General Counsel from June 2001 to January 2003. Mr. Hnat is a member of the bar of New York and Massachusetts.
    Thomas Kelly - Executive VP
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    Thomas Kelly, age 54, is our Executive Vice President and Secretary and has served in this capacity since August 1998. From August 1998 until February 2003, he was also our General Counsel. From December 1995 to October 1998, Mr. Kelly served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and a member of the board of directors of Open Skies. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Kelly served as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Morris Air Corporation and served as a member of the board of directors of Morris Air from 1991 to 1993.
    Trey Urbahn - Executive VP
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    Trey Urbahn, age 48, is our Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer and has served in this capacity since November 2006. From January 2005 to October 2006, Mr. Urbahn served as Executive Chairman of OneSky Jets, a provider of on-demand private jet travel From January 2003 to October 2004, Mr. Urbahn served as Chief Executive Officer of FareChase, Inc., a travel meta search company. Mr. Urbahn was also a founding officer of priceline.com Incorporated, where he served as Chairman, Travel Services from January 2002 to December 2003 and as President, Airlines from January 2000 to December 2001.
    Robert J. Clanin - Director
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    Robert Clanin, age 64, was appointed to our Board of Directors on March 9, 2007. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for United Parcel Service, Inc., or UPS, the world's largest package distribution company, from 1994 until his retirement in January 2001. Mr. Clanin also retired from the UPS Management Committee and the UPS Board of Directors in January 2001. Mr. Clanin currently serves as a director of Caraustar Industries, Inc. and Clockwork Home Services, Inc.
    Dr. Kim B. Clark - Director
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    Dr. Kim Clark, age 59, has been a member of our Board of Directors since April 2002. Dr. Clark has been the President of Brigham Young University-Idaho since August 2005. He served as Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Business School from 1995 to July 2005, member of the Harvard faculty from 1978 to July 2005 and George F. Baker Professor of Administration at Harvard from 1999 to July 2005. Dr. Clark currently serves as a director of Black and Decker Corporation.
    Neal Moszkowski - Director
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    Neal Moszkowski, age 42, has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 1998. Since April 2005, Mr. Moszkowski has served as co-Chief Executive Officer of TowerBrook Capital Partners LP, a private equity investment company. Prior to the formation of TowerBrook, Mr. Moszkowski was Co-Head of Soros Private Equity, the private equity investment business of Soros Fund Management L.L.C., where he served since August 1998. From August 1993 to August 1998, Mr. Moszkowski worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he served as a Vice President and Executive Director in the Principal Investment Area. Mr. Moszkowski currently serves as a director of Bluefly, Inc., WellCare Health Plans, Inc., Integra Life Sciences Holdings Corporation and Spheris, Inc.
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    Virginia Gambale - Director
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    Virginia Gambale, age 48, has been a member of our Board of Directors since May 5, 2006. Ms. Gambale has been a Managing Partner of Azimuth Partners LLC, a strategic and advisory firm in the field of technology and data communications solutions, since 2003. Prior to starting Azimuth Partners, Ms. Gambale was a Partner at Deutsche Bank Capital and ABS Ventures from 1999 to 2003, and prior to that she held the position of Chief Information Officer of Bankers Trust Alex. Brown and at Merrill Lynch. Ms. Gambale currently serves as a director of Motive, Inc.
    Frank V. Sica - Director
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    Frank Sica, age 57, has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 1998. Mr. Sica has served as a Managing Partner at Tailwind Capital, a private equity firm, since 2006. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Sica was a Senior Advisor to Soros Private Funds Management. During that period Mr. Sica was also President of Menemsha Capital Partners, Ltd., a private investment firm. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Sica was President of Soros Private Funds Management LLC, which oversaw the direct real estate and private equity investment activities of Soros. In 1998, Mr. Sica joined Soros Fund Management, where he was a Managing Director responsible for Soros' private equity investments. From 1988 to 1998, Mr. Sica was a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley's Merchant Banking Division. In 1996, Mr. Sica was elevated to Co-CEO of Morgan Stanley's Merchant Banking Division. Prior to 1988, Mr. Sica was a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley's mergers and acquisitions department. From 1974 to 1977, Mr. Sica was an officer in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Sica currently serves as a director of CSG Systems International, Inc., Kohl's Corporation and NorthStar Realty Finance Corporation.
    Ann Rhoades - Director
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    Ann Rhoades, age 63, has been a member of our Board of Directors since September 2001. Ms. Rhoades has served as the President of PeopleInk, Inc., a human resources consulting firm, since its inception. From April 1999 through April 2002, Ms. Rhoades served as our Executive Vice President, People. From January 1995 to March 1999, Ms. Rhoades was the Executive Vice President, Team Services for Promus Hotel/DoubleTree Hotels Corporation. From June 1989 to January 1995, Ms. Rhoades was the Vice President, People for Southwest Airlines. Ms. Rhoades currently serves as a director of P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. and Restoration Hardware, Inc.
    David Checketts - Director
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    David Checketts, age 53, has been a member of our Board of Directors since January 2000. Since 2001, Mr. Checketts has been an independent investor and Chairman of New York-based SCP Worldwide, an investment firm that focuses on sports, media and entertainment assets. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Checketts was President and Chief Executive Officer of Madison Square Garden Corporation. From March 1991 to September 1994, Mr. Checketts was the President of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. From September 1990 to March 1991, he was Vice President of Development for the National Basketball Association. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Checketts was President of the Utah Jazz professional basketball team.
    Joel Peterson - Director/Vice Chairman
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    Joel Peterson, age 61, is our Vice Chairman of the Board and has served in this capacity since June 2007, and has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 1999. Mr. Peterson is the founding partner of Peterson Partners, LLP, a private equity capital firm that he founded in 1995. From 1973 to 1991, Mr. Peterson served in several positions at Trammell Crow Company, a commercial real estate service company, including Chief Executive Officer from 1988 to 1991 and Chief Financial Officer from 1977 to 1985. Mr. Peterson currently serves as a director of Franklin Covey Co. and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business since 1992.
    Rob Maruster - Divisional Senior VP
    Total Compensation: $ 399,092.00
    Robert Maruster, age 36, is our Senior Vice President Airports Customer Services and has served in this capacity since February 2006 when he was promoted from Vice President Operational Planning, a position he had held since July 2005. From October 2004 to July of 2005, Mr. Maruster served as Vice President Customer Service & Operations at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. From early 2001 until his appointment as Vice President, he served in a variety of management roles relating to airport operations, procedures and technology. Prior to that, Mr. Maruster held numerous leadership positions at Delta Air Lines in sales and marketing and operations.
    Christoph Franz - Director
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    Christoph Franz, age 48, was appointed to our Board of Directors on February 7, 2008. Mr. Franz has served as Chief Executive Officer of Swiss International Air Line since 2004. Prior to joining Swiss Air, Mr. Franz spent nine years in top management positions with Deutsche Bahn AG (DB), the German national railway, ending as a member of executive management in charge of passenger transport. Mr. Franz was appointed to the Board as a nominee of Deutsche Lufthansa AG in connection with Deutsche Lufthansa AG's purchase of approximately 19% of the Company's outstanding common stock in January 2008.
    Total Compensation: $ 208,545.00
    Total Compensation: $ 995,569.00