Biography

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Tom M. Nealon

Director

Tom M. Nealon has served on the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee since March 2021, as Lead Director since December 2021, and as a member of the Audit committee since May 2023. Mr. Nealon has served as CEO of SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC, a sustainable aviation fuel company, since September 2022. Mr. Nealon has served as Senior Advisor of Southwest Airlines Co. since September 2021 and served as President of Southwest Airlines Co., a passenger airline, from January 2017 to September 2021. Mr. Nealon also served as Executive Vice President Strategy & Innovation of Southwest Airlines Co. from January 2016 to January 2017. Mr. Nealon also served as Group Executive Vice President of J.C. Penney Company, Inc., a retail company, from August 2010 to December 2011. In this role Mr. Nealon was responsible for Strategy, jcp.com, Information Technology, Customer Insights, and Digital Ventures. Mr. Nealon held other senior positions and consulting roles at J.C. Penney, The Feld Group, and Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo, Inc. Previously, Mr. Nealon served on the board of directors of Southwest Airlines Co. from December 2010 to November 2015, and on the board of directors and the Audit Committee of the Fossil Group, Inc. from April 2012 to May 2020. He is a graduate of Villanova University’s School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and earned a Master of Business from the University of Dallas.

Independent Director
Lead Director