People: Spirit Airlines Inc (SAVE.O)

SAVE.O on Nasdaq

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Bill Franke

 75 2006 Chairman of the Board

B. Ben Baldanza

 50 2006 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Edward Christie

 41 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Tony Lefebvre

 2011 Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President

Barry Biffle

 40 Chief Marketing Officer, Executive Vice President

Thomas Canfield

 57 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

James Lynde

 56 2012 Senior Vice President - Human Resources

Carlton Donaway

 2013 Director

Carlton Donaway

 55 2013 Director

John Wilson

 47 2009 Director

David Elkins

 70 2010 Independent Director

H. McIntyre Gardner

 50 2010 Independent Director

Robert Johnson

 65 2010 Independent Director

Barclay Jones

 51 2006 Independent Director

Stuart Oran

 62 2004 Independent Director

Horacio Scapparone

 60 2006 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Bill Franke

 Mr. Bill Franke is Chairman of the Board of Spirit Airlines Inc., since July 2006. Mr. Franke is the Managing Partner of Indigo, a private equity fund focused in air transportation, and a Managing Partner of Newbridge Latin America, a private equity fund focused on Latin America. Mr. Franke also serves on the boards of Bristol Group SA, a surety and travel insurance company, Wizz Air Limited, a Hungarian airline, and Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A. de C.V., which does business as Volaris, a Mexican airline. He served on the boards of Tiger Aviation Pte. Ltd, a Singapore-based airline, from 2004 to 2009, and was its founding chair, Alpargatas S.A.I.C, an Argentina-based footwear and textiles manufacturer, from 1996 to 2007, and Phelps Dodge Corporation, a mining company, including service as the lead outside director for several years, from 1980 to 2007. Mr. Franke was also the Chairman of America West Airlines from 1992 to 2001, where he also served as Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 2001.

B. Ben Baldanza

 Mr. B. Ben Baldanza is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Spirit Airlines Inc. He has been a member of the Board since May 2006. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2006 and as President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2005 to May 2006. From August 1999 to January 2005, Mr. Baldanza served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Planning at US Airways, where he was responsible for route planning, scheduling, pricing and revenue management, marketing, sales, cargo, distribution and the international division. Prior to US Airways, Mr. Baldanza served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Grupo Taca, an airline group based in Latin America. Mr. Baldanza previously held positions at Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines and American Airlines.

Edward Christie

 Mr. Edward M. Christie, III serves as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Spirit Airlines Inc., since April 16, 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Christie served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. from July 2011 to March, 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Christie was a partner in the management consulting firm of Vista Strategic Group LLC from May 2010 to July 2011. Mr. Christie served in various positions from 2002 to 2010 at Frontier Airlines, including as Chief Financial Officer from June 2008 to January 2010, as Senior Vice President, Finance from February 2008 to June 2008, as Vice President, Finance from May 2007 to February 2008, and before that in several positions, including Corporate Financial Administrator; Director of Corporate Financial Planning; and Senior Director of Corporate Financial Planning and Treasury.

Tony Lefebvre

 Mr. Tony Lefebvre is no longer Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President of Spirit Airlines Inc., effective June 30, 2013. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President, Airport and Inflight Operations from October 2005 to June 2011. Mr. Lefebvre formerly served as the Managing Director, Europe at US Airways, Inc. from August 2002 to October 2005 where he was responsible for airport operations, sales and marketing and reservations within the region. From September 1998 to August 2002, Mr. Lefebvre was the Managing Director, Cargo for US Airways, Inc. and was responsible for its worldwide cargo business.

Barry Biffle

 Mr. Barry Biffle is Chief Marketing Officer, Executive Vice President of Spirit Airlines Inc. He has served as Chief Marketing Officer since February 2005. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Biffle served as Managing Director of Marketing at US Airways, where he was responsible for advertising, direct marketing, the frequent flier program, US Airways Vacations and product development. Additionally, Mr. Biffle held other key positions in network planning, sales and marketing while at US Airways. Prior to joining US Airways, Mr. Biffle held several management positions at American Eagle Airlines.

Thomas Canfield

 Mr. Thomas C. Canfield is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Spirit Airlines Inc. He has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel since October 2007. From September 2006 to October 2007, Mr. Canfield served as General Counsel & Secretary of Point Blank Solutions, Inc., a manufacturer of antiballistic body armor. Prior to Point Blank, from 2004 to 2007 he served as CEO and Plan Administrator of AT&T Latin America Corp., a public company formerly known as FirstCom Corporation, which developed high-speed fiber networks in 17 Latin American cities. AT&T Latin America Corp. underwent a reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code beginning in 2003. Mr. Canfield also served as General Counsel & Secretary at AT&T Latin America Corp from 1999 to 2004. Previously, Mr. Canfield was Counsel in the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. Mr. Canfield serves on the board and audit committee of Iridium Communications Inc., a satellite communications company. Mr. Canfield previously served on the boards of directors of Birch Telecom Inc., a telecommunications company, from 2006 to 2008, and Tricom S.A., a telecommunications company, from 2004 to early 2010.

James Lynde

 Mr. James Lynde is Senior Vice President - Human Resources of Spirit Airlines Inc., since January 2012. Prior to that, he was was Chief People Officer for Sagittarius Brands, a multi-brand restaurant business. From 2005 to 2006, he was SVP, Human Resources for Unisource Worldwide, an international distribution business, where he led HR and strategic planning. From 1995 to 2004, Jim was SVP, People for Red Lobster, where he was responsible for human resources and all operations training. Prior to that, Lynde was VP, Human Resources with Westin/Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Jim began his career with PG&E Corp.

Carlton Donaway

 Mr. Carlton D. Donaway is appointed as the Director of Spirit Airlines, Inc. Prior to serving as president of consulting firm JSKD Advisors LLC, Donaway was a senior advisor with Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company. Donaway provided operational advice and guidance to portfolio companies engaged in business services, manufacturing, aircraft MRO and transportation. Donaway was appointed executive chairman at DHL Holdings-USA upon the merger of DHL-USA and Airborne Express in 2003. Prior to the merger, Donaway was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Airborne, Inc., a Fortune-500 transportation and logistics company. He also served as president and chief executive officer of ABX Air, Inc., an air-express airline with over 100 aircraft in its fleet. Donaway has been a member of various corporate and nonprofit boards, including ACE Aviation Holdings, Air Canada, ACTS, the Air Transport Association, Anchor Glass Container Corporation, and Airborne Incorporated. He also served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Washington's School of Business Administration where he taught marketing. Donaway earned a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Northridge. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma National Academic Business Honor Society.

Carlton Donaway

 Mr. Carl D. Donaway has been appointed as the Director of Spirit Airlines Inc. Prior to serving as president of consulting firm JSKD Advisors LLC, Donaway was a senior advisor with Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company. Donaway provided operational advice and guidance to portfolio companies engaged in business services, manufacturing, aircraft MRO and transportation. Donaway was appointed executive chairman at DHL Holdings-USA upon the merger of DHL-USA and Airborne Express in 2003. Prior to the merger, Donaway was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Airborne, Inc., a Fortune-500 transportation and logistics company. He also served as president and chief executive officer of ABX Air, Inc., an air-express airline with over 100 aircraft in its fleet. Donaway has been a member of various corporate and nonprofit boards, including ACE Aviation Holdings, Air Canada, ACTS, the Air Transport Association, Anchor Glass Container Corporation, and Airborne Incorporated. He also served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Washington's School of Business Administration where he taught marketing. He earned a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Northridge. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma National Academic Business Honor Society.

John Wilson

 Mr. John R. Wilson is Director of Spirit Airlines Inc., since 2009. Mr. Wilson has been a Principal of Indigo since 2004, and, prior to that, and held positions at America West Airlines and Northwest Airlines. Mr. Wilson also served on the boards of Wizz Air Holdings Plc and Volaris.

David Elkins

 Mr. David G. Elkins is Independent Director of Spirit Airlines Inc., since July 2010. Mr. Elkins retired in 2003 as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Chemicals, Inc., a North American chemicals producer headquartered in Houston, Texas. In 2001, Sterling Chemicals filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Prior to joining Sterling Chemicals in 1998, Mr. Elkins was a senior partner in the law firm of Andrews Kurth LLP, where he specialized in corporate and business law. Mr. Elkins currently serves as the non-executive board chairman of Holley Performance Products, Inc., an automotive performance products company. Mr. Elkins previously served as an independent director of numerous public and private corporations and charitable organizations. From 1996-2011, he served as business representative and advisor for the heirs of Howard R. Hughes, Jr. in connection with substantial real estate holdings in Nevada and California.

H. McIntyre Gardner

 Mr. H. McIntyre Gardner is Independent Director of Spirit Airlines Inc., since July 2010. Mr. Gardner retired in 2008 from Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the Head of Americas Region and Global Bank Group, Global Private Client. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in July 2000, Mr. Gardner was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Helen of Troy Limited, a personal care products manufacturer.

Robert Johnson

 Mr. Robert D. Johnson is Independent Director of Spirit Airlines Inc., since July 2010. Mr. Johnson retired in 2008 as Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), a global aerospace engineering and services company. In 2005, prior to DAE, Mr. Johnson was Chairman of Honeywell Aerospace, a global supplier of aircraft engines, equipment, systems and services, where he also served prior to 2005 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Honeywell Aerospace, Mr. Johnson held management positions at various aviation and aerospace companies. He serves on the board of directors of Spirit Aerosystems, a publicly-traded aerospace components company that is not affiliated with Spirit Airlines, Ariba, Inc., a publicly-traded software company, and Roper Industries, Inc., a publicly-traded company.

Barclay Jones

 Mr. Barclay G. Jones III, is Independent Director of Spirit Airlines Inc., since 2006. Since March 2000, Mr. Jones has been the Executive Vice President of Investments for iStar Financial Inc., a publicly-traded finance company focused on the commercial real estate industry. Prior to iStar, Mr. Jones was at W.P. Carey & Co., an investment management company, where he served in a variety of capacities, including Vice Chairman and Chief Acquisitions Officer.

Stuart Oran

 Mr. Stuart I. Oran is Independent Director of Spirit Airlines Inc., since 2004. During the past five years, Mr. Oran has been the Managing Member of Roxbury Capital Group LLC, a merchant banking firm that he founded in April 2002. From 1994 to 2002 Mr. Oran held a number of senior executive positions at United Airlines. Mr. Oran also serves on the boards of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., a national casual dining chain, Bond Street Holdings, Inc., a bank holding company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Florida Community Bank, National Association. He previously served on the boards of Wendy's International, Inc., a fast food company, from March 2004 to September 2008, Polaris Acquisition Corp., an acquisition company, from July 2007 to May 2009 and Deerfield Capital Corp., an investment management company that was merged into a financial institution, from 2008 to early 2011.

Horacio Scapparone

 Mr. Horacio Scapparone is Independent Director of Spirit Airlines Inc., since 2006. He serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Bristol Group, an Argentine insurance group dedicated to P&C and Surety businesses, and has held this position since 1997. From 2002 to 2007, he was a board member and Chairman of Alpargatas SAIC, a Argentine textile company sold in 2007 to a Brazilian textile company. In 2007 Alpargatas filed for protection under Argentinean bankruptcy law. Mr. Scapparone also serves on the board of Bristol Group and the Argentinean companies of El Comercio CIA de Seguros and Aseguradora de Creditos y Garantias.

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FRANKE WILLIAM A

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