Southwest chairman, president and CEO Gary Kelly will give
up his president title to Thomas Nealon, who will oversee technology, corporate
delivery and corporate strategy. Commercial and finance responsibility will
come under Nealon's domain later this year.
Nealon had been chief information officer from 2002 to 2006
and sat on the board of directors from 2010 to 2015. He rejoined the company a
year ago as EVP of strategy and innovation.
Additionally, Greg Wells is now EVP of daily
operations, Andrew Watterson has become SVP and chief revenue officer and Steve
Goldberg is now SVP of ground operations and provisioning. VP of labor
relations Michael Ryan will retire March 1, and Russell McCrady will take over.