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Mr. Russell Childs, Director Since: 2016. Principal Occupation: Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and its subsidiaries. Experience: Mr. Childs was named CEO of the Company effective January 1, 2016, and has served as President of the Company since 2014. He is responsible for the holding company's operating entities and all commercial activities. He joined the Company in 2001 and became Vice President - Controller later that year. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of SkyWest Airlines, Inc. (SkyWest Airlines) from 2007 to 2014. Mr. Childs earned his bachelor's degree in Economics and master's degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Childs was a certified public accountant employed by a public accounting firm. Other Directorships: Mr. Childs currently serves as Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and as a member of the Intermountain Health Board of Trustees.

Mr. Steel is the Chief Commercial Officer of the Company and its operating subsidiary, SkyWest Airlines. He is responsible for the Company's contractual relationships with American Airlines, Inc. (American), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta), United Airlines, Inc. (United) and Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Alaska), development of new business opportunities with network airlines, financial planning, fleet management and maintenance. He also plays a vital role in the strategic planning and development opportunities of the Company. Mr. Steel was initially employed with the Company in March 2007 as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis and was appointed to serve as Vice President - Controller for SkyWest Airlines in 2011. From May 2014 until his appointment as Chief Commercial Officer of the Company in March 2015, he served as the Executive Vice President and acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company, with responsibility for the areas of finance, treasury, investor relations and information technology for the Company and its subsidiaries. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Steel was employed by a public accounting firm. Mr. Steel holds bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He sits on the board of Southern Airways Corporation and Saint George Regional Hospital.

Mr. Simmons is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and its operating subsidiary, SkyWest Airlines. He is responsible for the areas of information technology, human resources, risk management and benefits, finance, accounting, treasury and investor relations for the Company and its subsidiaries. From 2009 until his appointment as SkyWest's Chief Financial Officer in March 2015, Mr. Simmons served as a Partner with Bendigo Partners, LLC. (Bendigo Partners), a privately held firm focused on technology-based financial services as private equity investors and operational consultants. In his role with Bendigo Partners, he was responsible for portfolio management. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer as well as Corporate Treasurer for E*TRADE Financial Corporation. He has more than 30 years of finance and treasury experience in various leadership positions at companies including Oracle, Iomega, and Bank of America. Mr. Simmons holds a master's degree in business administration, with an emphasis in finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in international business from Brigham Young University.

Mr. Hansen is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hansen was a partner at Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, P.C. in Salt Lake City, Utah specializing in airline related matters from August 1998 to February 2025. Mr. Hansen holds significant airline industry experience, including aircraft acquisition and lease financing, maintenance agreements, and general operations with respect to U.S. and Canadian air carriers. Following law school, Mr. Hansen clerked for the Honorable Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit in Houston Texas (1995-1996). He previously served as an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University Law School, where he taught courses on tax and advising closely held businesses. Mr. Hansen holds a bachelor's degree in history from Brigham Young University and a juris doctorate degree, having graduated summa cum laude, from the J. Reuben Clark Law School in Provo, Utah.

Mr. Keith E. Smith, Director Since: 2013. Principal Occupation: President and CEO of Boyd Gaming Corporation (Boyd Gaming). Experience: Mr. Smith is President, CEO and a director of Boyd Gaming, one of the nation's leading casino entertainment companies, with 29 operations in 11 states and more than 15,000 employees. Mr. Smith is an industry veteran with more than 35 years of gaming experience. He joined Boyd Gaming in 1990 and held various executive positions before being promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2001. In 2005, Mr. Smith was named President and elected as a director of Boyd Gaming and in 2008 he assumed the role of CEO. The common stock of Boyd Gaming is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Smith holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Arizona State University. He served as Chair of the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2012 to 2014. He served as Chair of the American Gaming Association and the Nevada Resort Association. He served as Vice Chair of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority from 2005 to 2011. Other Directorships: Mr. Smith currently serves as a director of Boyd Gaming.

Ms. Smita Conjeevaram, Director Since: 2021. Principal Occupation: Retired CFO of the Fortress Investment Group's Credit Hedge Funds. Experience: Ms. Conjeevaram holds over 25 years in finance and nearly a decade of experience at two of the Big 4 worldwide accounting firms, including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. In her most recent operational role, Ms. Conjeevaram served as Deputy CFO of Fortress Investment Group's Credit Funds and CFO of the Fortress Investment Group's Credit Hedge Funds. Other Directorships: Ms. Conjeevaram currently serves as a director of SS&C Technologies, Inc. (SSNC), McGrath Rentcorp (MGRC), and WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (WETF). At SSNC she is the Audit Committee Chair, at MGRC she is a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Nominating and Governance committee and at WETF she is the Chair of the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

Mr. Derek J. Leathers, Principal Occupation: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Werner). Experience: Mr. Leathers has over 30 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry, and 25 of those years have been at Werner. Throughout his tenure at Werner, Mr. Leathers has held integral executive management roles leading multiple organizational service offerings, including the establishment and development of Werner's Mexico cross-border operations, oversight for the asset operating group and leading the launch of Werner Global Logistics, which encompassed transportation management and freight movement within intermodal, ocean, air and brokerage. Mr. Leathers holds an economics degree from Princeton University. Other Directorships: Mr. Leathers currently serves as the Chairman of Werner, as the Chairman of the American Transportation Research Institute, is on the Executive Committee for the American Trucking Associations, is on the Executive Board of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, is on the Executive Committee for United Way of the Midlands and is a Board of Trustee for Creighton University. Mr. Leathers is also the Founder and National Director of PlaySmart, a non-profit organization that helps youth realize their academic and life potential through sports.

Mr. Woodward is the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and its operating subsidiary, SkyWest Airlines. He is responsible for the oversight of the Company's financial accounting practices, internal controls and reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Woodward was employed in various other capacities with the Company from April 2004 until April 2007 and served as the Company's Vice President - Controller from April 2007 until May 2011, when he was appointed to serve as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. He is a certified public accountant and was employed by a public accounting firm prior to joining the Company. Mr. Woodward holds a bachelor's and master's degree in accounting from the University of Utah, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants.

Ms. Meredith Siegfried Madden, Director Since: 2015. Principal Occupation: Chief Executive Officer of The NORDAM Group LLC (NORDAM). Experience: Ms. Madden was appointed CEO of NORDAM in 2011. Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, NORDAM is one of the world's premier family-owned aerospace providers of composite structures and engineered solutions, employing nearly 2,500 stakeholders across multiple facilities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Ms. Madden joined NORDAM in 1999, and progressed through a series of roles in operations, sales, and strategic market planning; vice president of Global Sales and Marketing; vice president of the Repair Group; chief operating officer, overseeing all repair and manufacturing operations in the United States, Europe and Asia; and president of NORDAM. Prior to her NORDAM career, she was a senior consultant on mergers and acquisitions, corporate recovery services and financial advisory in global finance. Ms. Madden holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Science in business administration and finance from the University of Notre Dame. Other Directorships: Ms. Madden currently serves on the board of NORDAM, Somnigroup International Inc. (SGI). She is an Emeritus Member of the Board of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and previously served as board chairman and trustee of the Tulsa Airport Authority.