Board of Directors
Jerry Atkin
Chairman of the Board
- Joined SkyWest in 1974 as Director of Finance
- Served as CEO from 1975-2015
- Elected Chairman of the Board in 1991
Chip Childs
President and Chief Executive Officer of SkyWest, Inc.
- Became CEO of SkyWest, Inc. in January 2016
- Appointed to the Board January 2016
- Joined SkyWest Airlines in 2001 as Vice President – Controller
- Currently serves as a Director on the Salt Lake City Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
James L. Welch
- Member of the Board since 2007
- Retired CEO, YRC Worldwide, Inc.
- Currently serves on the Board of Directors of Schneider National, Inc. and Stericycle, Inc.
- Lead Director
- Chair – Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
- Member – Audit & Finance, and Safety & Compliance Committees
Smita Conjeevaram
- Appointed to the board January 2021
- Currently serves on the Board of Directors of SS&C Technologies, McGrath Rentcorp and Wisdom Tree Investments, Inc.
- Former Deputy CFO of Fortress Investment Group’s Credit Funds and CFO of the Fortress Investment Group’s Credit Hedge Funds
- Member – Audit & Finance, Compensation, and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees
Meredith S. Madden
- Member of the Board since May 2015
- CEO of NORDAM Group, Inc.
- Member – Audit & Finance, Compensation, and Safety & Compliance Committees
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
- Appointed to the Board October 2013
- Board Executive Chair of Waste Connections, Inc.
- Chair – Compensation Committee
- Member – Nominating & Corporate Governance, and Safety & Compliance Committees
Andrew C. Roberts
- Member of the Board since May 2015
- Chair, STS Aviation Group, LLC
- Chair – Safety & Compliance Committee
- Member – Audit & Finance, and Compensation Committees
Keith E. Smith
- Appointed to the Board October 2013
- President and CEO, Boyd Gaming
- Currently serves on the Board of Directors of Boyd Gaming
- Chair – Audit & Finance Committee
- Member – Compensation, and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees
- Financial Expert
