Alaska Air Group Appoints Knight to Board of Directors.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 Alaska Air Group, Inc. today announced the appointment of Jessie J. Knight, Jr. to the corporation's board of directors. Knight, 52, is the president and chief executive officer of the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Regional Chamber of Commerce. He heads an organization of 3,000 plus members whose primary focus is the economic development of California's second largest city. Before assuming his current position in 1999, Knight served almost six years as a commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, . The commission, a five-member board appointed by the governor, is responsible for the regulatory oversight of all energy, telecommunications, shipping, railroad and investor-owned utilities within California. Immediately prior to that, he was executive vice president of the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Chamber of Commerce where he oversaw international operations, economic development and the recruitment of new businesses to San Francisco. "Alaska Air Group and its shareholders will benefit tremendously by having an individual of Jessie's caliber on the board," said John F. Kelly, chairman and chief executive officer. "His business acumen, public service experience and extensive knowledge of California will add a significant new dimension to our deliberations." Knight's previous experience also includes serving as vice president of marketing for the San Francisco Newspaper Agency, a publishing operation encompassing the San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the and the San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th Century. History 19th century The beginning of the Examiner is a topic of some controversy. . In addition, he held several senior positions for Dole Foods Company, including directing the marketing for that company's Dole Pineapple Division. Knight is a member of the boards of Avista Corporation and Environmental Power Corporation. He is a standing member of the Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an influential and independent, nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (corner Park Avenue) in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Seattle-based Alaska Air Group is the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air Industries. |
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