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10 American Airlines executives
These ten American Airlines executives currently hold chief officer and senior vice president roles at the airline. A reader can learn how the airline's leaders approach decisions in operations, commercial strategy, customer experience, marketing, technology, procurement and finance.
Professionals to explore
01—10Angie Owens
LinkedInExperience: SVP & Corporate Controller · American Airlines
SVP & Corporate Controller at American Airlines since March 2023; her profile also lists a VP & Controller role at American Airlines from January 2019. Her other listed American Airlines roles are Managing Director, Corporate Accounting (1997–2002) and Corporate Accounting Manager (1992–1996), and she was CEO of American Airlines Federal Credit Union (2007–2018).
Caroline Clayton
LinkedInExperience: SVP Communications and Chief Marketing Officer · American Airlines
SVP Communications and Chief Marketing Officer at American Airlines since February 2025. Her listed American Airlines roles also include Vice President of Communications and Marketing (2022–2025), Vice President of Corporate Communications (2021–2022), Managing Director, Global Communications (2016–2021) and Director of Corporate Communications (2014–2016).
Dan Bartel
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer · American Airlines
Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at American Airlines since July 2026, with an SVP & Chief Procurement Officer role at American Airlines listed from January 2024. He was Chief Procurement Officer at Schneider Electric (2019–2024) and Group SVP, Head of Procurement & Logistics Chief Procurement Officer at ABB (2017–2019).
David Seymour
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · American Airlines
Chief Operating Officer at American Airlines since June 2020. His listed American Airlines roles also include Senior Vice President Operations (2019–2020), Senior Vice President Integrated Operations (2016–2019) and Senior Vice President Technical Operations (2013–2016), and he was Senior Vice President Operations at US Airways (now American Airlines) from 2012 to 2013.
Ganesh Jayaram
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital and Information Officer · American Airlines
Chief Digital and Information Officer at American Airlines since September 2022. His listed John Deere roles include Chief Information Officer (2022), Vice President, Information Technology (2016–2022) and Vice President, Sales and Marketing - Ag & Turf Equipment Division - Asia & Sub Saharan Africa (2012–2015).
Heather Garboden
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer · American Airlines
Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer at American Airlines since February 2025. Her other listed American Airlines roles include Senior Vice President American Eagle & Cargo (2023–2025), Vice President FP&A and Corporate Development (2020–2023) and Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis (2016–2018). Her profile cites experience in financial planning, long-term forecasting, mergers and acquisitions and Board of Directors presentations.
JonCarlo Gulbranson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Flight Operations and IOC · American Airlines
Senior Vice President - Flight Operations and IOC at American Airlines since August 2022. His listed American Airlines roles also include Senior Vice President - Airport Operations (2021–2022), Vice President - Ops Control Center and Operations Planning (2020–2021), Vice President - Operations Planning and Performance (2019–2020) and Vice President - Global Reservations (2017–2019).
Julie Rath
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Airport Operations · American Airlines
Senior Vice President, Airport Operations at American Airlines since October 2022. Her listed American Airlines roles also include Vice President, Customer Experience - AAdvantage, Digital, Marketing and Product Development (2022), Vice President, Customer Experience & Reservations (2020–2021) and Vice President, Customer Experience, Innovation and Delivery (2018–2020).
Kevin Brickner
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Technical Operations · American Airlines
Senior Vice President - Technical Operations at American Airlines since January 2019. His listed American Airlines roles also include Vice President - Safety and Operations Integration (2017–2019), Vice President - Operations Integration (2015–2017) and Vice President - Technical Operations Integration (2013–2015), and he was Vice President - Technical Services at US Airways (now American Airlines) from 2009 to 2013.
Nathaniel Pieper
LinkedInExperience: Chief Commercial Officer · American Airlines
Chief Commercial Officer at American Airlines since November 2025. Before that he was CEO of the oneworld Alliance (2024–2025) and Senior Vice President -- Fleet, Finance & Alliances and Treasurer at Alaska Airlines (2019–2024). His profile says he led oneworld through its 25th anniversary celebration year.
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Match the executive's function to your question, since operations, commercial, technology, procurement and finance leaders see different parts of an airline. Look at how long the person has held the relevant role before asking about the history behind a decision.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an airline leadership team trade off schedule reliability against cost when planning flying and staffing?
- 02What does it take to roll out a customer experience change across airports, onboard teams and digital channels at the same time?
- 03How do operations, technology and finance leaders at a large airline agree on which investments to fund first?
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