Board of Directors

Roy Bostock

Roy Bostock has been a director since 2005. He is a former chairman and chief executive officer of D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Inc., one of the world's leading advertising firms, and is now a principal of Sealedge Investments LLC, a diversified private investment company. Bostock also serves as chairman of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. He is also a director of Morgan Stanley and Yahoo! Inc.

David Brandon

David Brandon is currently chairman and chief executive officer of Domino's Pizza, Inc. Brandon has served as chairman, chief executive officer and as a manager of Domino's Pizza since 1999. He was president and chief executive officer of Valassis, Inc., a company in the sales promotion and coupon industries, from 1989 to 1998, and chairman of the board of directors of Valassis from 1997 to 1998. Brandon serves on the boards of directors of the TJX Companies, Inc., Burger King Corporation and Kayden Corporation.

Mike Durham

Mike Durham is president and chief executive officer of Cognizant Associates, Inc., a consulting firm he founded in 2000. Prior to forming Cognizant Associates, Durham served as president and chief executive officer of Sabre, Inc. He has also served as senior vice president and treasurer of AMR and as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of American Airlines. Durham serves as the non-executive chairman of the board of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., and as a director and chairman of the audit committee of AGL Resources, Inc. He is also a member of the boards of Acxiom Corporation, Bombardier, Inc., Culligan International, Hertz Global Holdings and SCI Solutions.

John Engler

John Engler has been a Northwest Airlines director since 2003. Since October 2004, Engler has served as president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Manufacturers. From 2003 to 2004, Engler was president of state and local government affairs and vice president of government solutions for North America for Electronic Data Sysytems Corporation. Engler served as Michigan's 46th governor for three terms from 1991 to 2003. He also serves on the board of directors of Dow Jones & Company, Universal Forest Products Inc. and Munder Capital Management.

Mickey Foret

Mickey Foret is president of Aviation Consultants LLP. From September 1998 to September 2002, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Northwest Airlines. From September 1998 to September 2002, he also served as chairman and chief executive officer of Northwest Airlines Cargo Inc., a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines that specializes in cargo transport. He was president and chief executive officer of Atlas Air, Inc. from June 1996 to September 1997 and executive vice president and chief financial officer of Northwest Airlines from September 1993 to May 1996. In addition, Foret has held other senior management positions with various companies, including Continental Airlines Holdings, Inc. and KLH Computers, Inc. Foret is a director of ADC, URS Corporation and Nash Finch Company.

Robert L. Friedman

Robert L. Friedman has been a director since 2002. Friedman has served since 1999 as a senior managing director of The Blackstone Group L.P. Since 2004, he has also been chief administrative officer and chief legal officer of Blackstone. Prior to 1999, he was a partner of the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. He also serves on the board of directors of Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. and TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin has been a director since 1997. Goodwin is a historian and author and has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1995 for the book, "No Ordinary Time," and the Lincoln Prize for history in 2006. Her recent historical perspective, "Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" was on the New York Times best sellers list for 15 weeks. She served as a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers for a six-year term ending in 2005. She was as an assistant to President Lyndon Johnson before spending nearly 10 years as a Professor of Government at Harvard University.

Jeffrey G. Katz

Jeffrey Katz has been director since 2005. Since June 2005, Katz has served as president and chief executive officer of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. From 2000 to 2004, he served as chaiman, president and chief executive officer of Orbitz Inc. Prior to joining Orbitz, Katz was president and chief executive of Swissair Group's Swissair from 1997 until 2000. Prior to April 1997, Mr. Katz spent 17 years at American Airlines in a variety of roles, including president of the Global Distribution System Division of Sabre Inc.

James Postl

James Postl is a Houston-based independent director. He served as president and chief executive officer of Pennzoil-Quaker State from 2000 to 2002 and was the company's president and chief operating officer between 1998 and 2000. Prior to that, Postl served as president of Nabisco from 1996 to 1998. He earlier served as president and chief executive officer of Nabisco International and earlier spent 19 years at Pepsico in various management positions. He is also a director of Centex Corporation and Cooper Industries.

Rodney Slater

Rodney Slater is a partner at the law firm of Patton Boggs LLP, serving as the head of the Public Policy and Transportation Practice Group. From 1997 to 2001, he served as the Secretary of Transportation for the US Department of Transportation. From 1993 to 1996, he was Director of the Federal Highway Administration. He is also a director of Kansas City Southern.

Douglas M. Steenland

Douglas M. Steenland is president and chief executive officer of Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA). He was named CEO on October 1, 2004, and has served as the airline's president since April 2001.In his role as the president and chief executive officer, Steenland oversees the formulation and execution of the airline's goals, objectives, and long-term strategic plans.

Since becoming CEO, Steenland has successfully led the airline through the most difficult period in its history. He oversaw the most successful restructuring in the airline industry, reshaping Northwest Airlines into a financially viable airline by reducing operating costs and restructuring its balance sheet while ensuring that its 30,000 employees remained focused on customer service.

As a result, creditors received a substantial recovery on their bankruptcy claims and employees received $1.0 billion in distributions. Steenland also led the successful effort to enact new pension legislation, thus saving the hard-earned pensions of Northwest employees and retirees.

In 2007, Northwest had the highest profit margins among U.S. network carriers and the third most profitable year in its 80 year history. In 2007, Northwest distributed $125 million to its employees in incentive payments.

While serving as president, Steenland’s responsibilities included: alliances, where he oversaw the company's relationships with its 16 airline partners and Northwest's entry into SkyTeam; government affairs; labor relations; human resources; corporate and brand communications and legal affairs.

Steenland joined Northwest in 1991 as vice president and deputy general counsel.Between 1994 and 1999, he was a senior vice president and general counsel, and following that, he served as the airline's executive vice president and chief corporate officer.

Before joining Northwest, Steenland worked as a senior partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson, and Hand (now part of Piper Rudnick, Washington, D.C.) and handled matters related to transportation, corporate law, telecommunications, government relations, and insurance. He also has served in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Steenland holds a bachelor of arts in history from Michigan's Calvin College and a juris doctor (with highest honors) from the National Law Center at George Washington University.  He serves on the Board of Directors of Northwest Airlines, Inc. and is President of the Board of Directors of the Air Transport Association and a member of the Board of the International Air Transport Association. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Orchestra, the Greater Twin Cities United Way and is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guthrie Theater.

Steenland is married and has two children.

William S. Zoller

William Zoller has been a director since April 2006. Captain Zoller has been a Northwest pilot for more than 25 years. He previously served as an executive vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) from 2000 to 2002, and served as chairman of the Northwest Airlines Master Executive Council of ALPA from 1996 to 2000.