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Oscar Munoz

Retired Chairman, President & CEO United Airlines

Oscar Munoz served as CEO of United Airlines from Sep 2015- May 2020, before becoming Executive Chairman of the Board, until recently retiring from that role in May 2021.
During his tenure as CEO, United achieved a rapid turnaround, delivering industry-leading operational reliability as well as sustained financial success, with stock value increasing 54% during that period. Mr. Munoz himself was credited with reestablishing United’s relationship of trust  with its own employees and the customers and community whom they serve. Those efforts earned strong support and praise from United’s largest employee unions and resulted in steadily increasing levels of customer satisfaction.

Under Mr. Munoz’ leadership, United sustained an impressive track record for leveraging its unique logistical resources and expertise to benefit communities across the United States and around the world, partnering with federal and local entities in order to deliver vital supplies and personnel to where they were needed most – especially during the Covid-19 pandemic - dramatically expanding the United States’ ability to respond to pressing humanitarian crises.

Mr. Munoz also firmly established United, one of the largest carriers by volume, as the aviation industry’s prime leader toward achieving an environmentally sustainable future, making historic investments in biofuel technology, next-generation efficient aircraft and seeding innovators on the electrical aviation frontier.

As Executive Chairman of UAL, Munoz seized a primary role in helping marshal the global response to the pandemic – partnering with government and administration leaders in support of employees, overseeing the airline’s recovery efforts and working to bring a diverse coalition of people together to create a broad-based, inclusive vision for national economic renewal.

Previously, Oscar served as president and chief operating officer of the North American rail-based transportation supplier CSX Corp. A decade of excellent financial performance, including a boost in operating income of nearly 600 percent, earned CSX recognition on the list of Most Honored Companies by Institutional Investor magazine.

Oscar previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Consumer Services at AT&T Corporation. He’s also served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration for U.S. West, Regional Vice President of Finance and Administration for Coca-Cola Enterprises, and has held various finance positions at PepsiCo.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of CBRE as well as Univision. He is an Independent Trustee on Fidelity’s Equity & High-Income Funds Board and sits on Salesforce’s Global Advisory Board, as well as the board of Archer Aviation, a leading Urban Air Mobility company and developer of all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) aircraft. He is a member of the board of trustees for the Brookings Institution, and is also a trustee of the University of Southern California, where he earned his undergraduate degree in business. He also received an MBA from Pepperdine.

As a first-generation college graduate from an immigrant family, he and his wife, Cathy, founded Pave It Forward, a foundation that raises scholarship funds for first-generation students. The first Latino to run a major US airline, Hispanic Business magazine twice named Oscar one of its 100 Most Influential Hispanics.
 

 

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Parent Members

D.L.J.
Honorable Deborah Lee James (Chair)
Former Secretary, US Airforce
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C. Albright
Craig Albright
CFO, Xerox Americas Operations & Global Cash Center of Excellence
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A.A
Alex Alonso, Ph.D.
Chief Knowledge Officer Society for Human Resource Management
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J.A.
Joseph Anderson
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Tag Holdings, LLC
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D.B.
David Beitel
Chief Technology Officer, Zillow Group
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S.D
Sally Donnelly
Founding Partner, Pallas Advisors
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C.E.
Cheryl Eliano
District 10 National Vice President, American Federation Of Government Employees
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C.G.
Christopher S. Gopal, Ph.D.
Executive, Consultant. Author. & Educator, Global Supply Chain & Operations
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L.H.
Linnie M. Haynesworth
Former VP Northrop Grumman & Independent Board Director
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E.H.
Erin Hill, J.D.
Deputy Chief Auditor, BNY Mellon
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M.H.
Mellody Hobson
Co-CEO & President, Ariel Investments
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S.LN.
Suzanne Leopoldi-Nichols
Former Chief Global Business Solutions Officer, WPP’s Global Procurement
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J.M.
Jennifer McClure
Founder & CEO, Unbridled Talent, LLC
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L.S.
General Larry Spencer, US Air Force (Ret)
President, Armed Forces Benefit Association
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D.W.
David Van Slyke, Ph.D.
Dean, The Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs Syracuse University
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J.V.
General Joseph L. Votel, USA (Ret)
Former President & CEO for Business Executives For National Security
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General Johnnie Wilson, USA (Ret)
Former President & Chief Operating Officer, Dimensions International, INC.
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D.W.
Honorable David M. Walker
Former U.S. Comptroller General
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Robert Wolf
Robert Wolf
Founder, 32 Advisors
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S.Y
Saf Yeboah-Amankwah
Senior VP & Chief Strategy Officer, Intel
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Subcommittee Members

A.B.
Anand Bahl, Chief Information Officer, Micron
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G.B
Greg Bowman, J.D., CIO & VP of Corporate Development
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M.D.
Matthew Daniel, Principal of Talent Strategy, Guild Education
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B.S.
Brig Gen Bernie Skoch USAF (Ret), Chairman of the Board, Air and Space Force Association
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E.R.
Eric Rosenbach, Co-Director, Belfer Center For Science And Internal Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
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S.S.
Stan Soloway, President & CEO, Celero Strategies, LLC
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P.,Z.
Patricia J. Zarodkiewicz, President, Patz Consulting LLC
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M.K.
Marachel Knight, Former Senior Vice President, Strategic Program Realization, AT&T Communications, Inc
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