Lisa Atherton wasankhidwa ndi Board of Directors of Southwest Airlines Co. kuti alowe mu Board. Atherton, pamodzi ndi ena Kumadzulo kwa Airlines Osankhidwa a Board, adzaphatikizidwa mu voti pa Msonkhano Wapachaka wa Ogawana nawo Kampani pa Meyi 15, 2024.
Atherton ndi Purezidenti ndi CEO wa Bell, wocheperako wa Zotsatira Textron Inc., ndipo ndi membala wolemekezeka wa Textron's Executive Leadership Team. Paudindo wake, ali ndi udindo woyendetsa bwino bizinesi yopambana kwambiri yomwe imapereka njira zothanirana ndi chitetezo komanso makasitomala padziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zili ndi mtengo wamsika wofika mabiliyoni a madola.
Asanakhale Purezidenti ndi CEO, Atherton adakhala ndi udindo wa Chief Operating Officer wa Bell. Mu 2017, adatenga udindo wa Purezidenti ndi CEO ku Textron Systems, komwe adapereka mayankho otsogola m'magawo achitetezo, oyendetsa ndege komanso oyendetsa ndege.
Asanayambe ntchito yake ndi Textron, Atherton anakhala zaka zisanu ndi zitatu monga Air Combat Command's Directorate of Requirements, kuthandiza kukonza bajeti ndi zofunikira zogwirira ntchito ndi zofunikira za Combat Air Forces ndipo anali wogwira ntchito ku US Air Force.
Atherton adalandira digiri ya Master mu Business Administration kuchokera ku Mason School of Business ku The College of William and Mary ndi digiri ya bachelor mu Legal Studies kuchokera ku US Air Force Academy. Ndi Katswiri wa Utsogoleri wa Purezidenti ndipo wamalizanso Mapulogalamu a Utsogoleri wa Textron's Senior Executive Leadership ku Thunderbird School of Global Management, komanso Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.