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10 Delta Air Lines executives
These ten current and former Delta Air Lines executives have held chief officer, president and senior vice president roles at the airline. A reader can learn how Delta's leaders approach decisions in finance, operations, technology, communications and customer experience.
Professionals to explore
01—10Allison Ausband
LinkedInExperience: EVP and Chief Customer Experience Officer, Delta Air Lines · Delta Air Lines
Former EVP and Chief Customer Experience Officer at Delta Air Lines (2020–2024), also listed as EVP and Chief People Officer in 2025; her profile describes the people role as leading global talent management, total rewards and HR service delivery. She was Senior Vice President, In-Flight Service at Delta from 2014 to 2020.
Amala Duggirala
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital and Technology officer · Delta Air Lines
Chief Digital and Technology officer at Delta Air Lines since 2026. She was EVP, CIO, Enterprise Digital, Data and Technology at USAA (2022–2026), and at Regions Bank she was Enterprise Chief Operations and Technology Officer, Senior Executive Vice President (2019–2022) and Enterprise CIO CTO, Executive Vice President (2017–2019).
Dan Janki
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · Delta Air Lines
Chief Operating Officer of Delta Air Lines since April 2026, a role his profile describes as Executive Vice President - Chief Operating Officer. He was Delta's Chief Financial Officer from 2021 to 2026. At GE he was President & CEO of GE Power Portfolio (2020–2021) and Senior Vice President of Business Transformation (2018–2020).
Ed Bastian
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Delta Air Lines
Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines since 2016. His listed Delta roles also include President (2010–2016), President and Chief Executive Officer, NWA (2008–2010), President and Chief Financial Officer (2007–2008) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2005–2007). His profile says he has held many roles since joining Delta in 1998.
Erik Snell
LinkedInExperience: EVP and Chief Financial Officer · Delta Air Lines
EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Delta Air Lines since April 2026; his profile says the role's responsibilities include financial planning and analysis and corporate finance. He was EVP and Chief Customer Experience Officer (2025–2026) and SVP - Airport Operations and Customer Service, Cargo Ops, GSE and Global Clean (2022–2025) at Delta.
Henry Ting
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Chief Health and Wellness Officer · Delta Air Lines
Senior Vice President, Chief Health and Wellness Officer at Delta Air Lines since 2021; his profile says he is the airline's first senior vice president and Chief Health and Wellness Officer. He is also listed as Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine.
Peter Penseel
LinkedInExperience: President · Delta Air Lines
President at Delta Air Lines since June 2024; his profile headline reads President Delta Air Lines Cargo. He was Chief Operating Officer Airfreight at CEVA Logistics (2020–2024) and Senior Vice President Cargo Sales and Network Planning at Qatar Airways (2016–2020).
Rahul Samant
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer · Delta Air Lines
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Delta Air Lines, from February 2016 to March 2026; his profile now lists him as retired. He was Chief Digital Officer at AIG (2015–2016) and Global Head, Application Development and Management at AIG (2012–2014).
Ryan Gumm
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Flight Operations · Delta Air Lines
Senior Vice President - Flight Operations at Delta Air Lines since 2023, and also listed as Senior Vice President - Operations & Customer Center since 2021; his profile says he has oversight of Delta's world-wide operations. He was Vice President Flight Operations - Business Operations and Resources at Delta (2018–2021) and President & Chief Executive Officer of Endeavor Air (2013–2017).
Tim Mapes
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Chief Communications Officer · Delta Air Lines
Senior Vice President - Chief Communications Officer at Delta Air Lines since April 2026. He was Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer (2019–2026) and Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (2008–2019). His profile says that as Chief Marketing & Communications Officer he led Delta's marketing, communications, product development and community engagement teams.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an airline executive team trade off operational reliability against cost when planning the schedule and fleet?
- 02What does it take to roll out a customer experience change across airports, onboard teams and digital channels at the same time?
- 03How do finance, operations and technology leaders at a large airline agree on which investments to fund first?
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