Board of Directors

Robert P. Carlile

Robert “Bob” Carlile became a director in May 2019 and was appointed by the Board to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors upon election at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Carlile was a Partner at KPMG LLP from 2002 to 2016, and Partner at Arthur Andersen LLP from 1987 to 2002. During his 39-year career in public accounting, Mr. Carlile served as the lead audit partner on numerous public company engagements operating across different industries including technology, retail, transportation, bio-science, and manufacturing. In addition to his experience as a lead audit partner, Mr. Carlile held a variety of operating leadership positions at KPMG and Arthur Andersen in the Pacific Northwest. Since 2017, Mr. Carlile has served on the Board of Directors of publicly traded MicroVision Inc, where he is the Audit Committee Chair. Mr. Carlile also serves on the Board of Directors of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and was past Chairman of the Northwest Chapter Board of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). He is credentialed as a NACD Board Leadership Fellow.

Glenn M. Alger

Glenn M. Alger became a Director in May 2017. He is one of the founders of Expeditors and served in various management and senior executive positions over a 25-year period, culminating as President and Chief Operating Officer from September 1999 to May 2007. Prior roles included leading business and operational development in the Americas region and management and evolution of the Company's global products and services. Since his retirement from the Company in 2007, Mr. Alger has been principally engaged as an active investor and manager of his family trust and charitable activities. In 2015 and 2016, Mr. Alger provided consulting services to the Company. As a founder, former senior executive of the Company and a long-term shareholder, Mr. Alger brings a deep understanding of both Company operations specifically and the global logistics industry generally.

James M. DuBois

James “Jim” DuBois became a Director in May 2016. He was Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Microsoft Corporation from 2014 to 2017. As CIO, he was responsible for the company’s global security, infrastructure, collaboration systems, and business applications. Mr. DuBois was appointed CIO in January 2014 after serving as interim CIO since May 2013. Mr. DuBois served in various other roles at Microsoft, mostly in IT, after joining the company in 1993. These roles include leading IT and product teams for application development, infrastructure and service management. He also served as Microsoft’s Chief Information Security Officer and spent several years working from Asia and then Europe, learning the Microsoft field business while running the respective regional IT teams. He has degrees in computer science and business (accounting). Since leaving Microsoft in September 2017, Mr. DuBois has authored a book on modern IT and currently speaks on this topic and also serves on the boards or technical advisory boards of several startups, private companies, and venture capital partnerships.

Mark A. Emmert

Mark A. Emmert became a Director of the Company in May 2008. Since 2010 he has been President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. From 2004 to 2010, Dr. Emmert served as the President of the University of Washington (UW), a $5 billion per year organization with more than 30,000 employees, and is now President Emeritus. Prior to the UW, he was chancellor of Louisiana State University. He also served as the chancellor of the University of Connecticut and held administrative and academic positions at the University of Colorado and Montana State University. Dr. Emmert is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of the National Academy for Public Administration, and a former Fulbright Fellow. Dr. Emmert is currently on the Board of Directors of the Weyerhaeuser Company.

Diane H. Gulyas

Diane H. Gulyas became a Director in November 2015. Ms. Gulyas worked for DuPont from 1978 until her retirement as President of their $4 billion global Performance Polymers business in September of 2014. During her 36-year career at DuPont, Ms. Gulyas served also as Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, President of Electronic and Communication Technologies Platform, and President of the Advanced Fibers divisions. Ms. Gulyas’ qualifications to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors include over 35 years of senior leadership and global business expertise. Since 2006, Ms. Gulyas has served as a public company director and is currently on the Board of Directors of Ingevity Corporation. She also served on the Board of Directors of W.R. Grace & Company, until it was acquired by Standard Industries Holdings in September 2021.

Jeffrey S. Musser

Jeffrey S. Musser became a Director in March 2014. He joined the Company in February 1983 and was promoted to District Manager in October 1989. Mr. Musser became Regional Vice President in September 1999, Senior Vice President-Chief Information Officer in January 2005 and Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer in May 2009. Mr. Musser was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in March 2014.

Brandon S. Pedersen

Brandon S. Pedersen became a Director in February 2022. Mr. Pedersen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, from 2010 to 2020. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Finance and Controller, having joined the company in 2003 from KPMG LLP, where he was an audit partner. During his 15 years in public accounting, he served a diverse range of clients in the retail, transportation and distribution industries. Mr. Pedersen is a member of the Audit Advisory Committee of the University of Washington (an advisory committee to the UW Board of Regents that serves as the University’s audit committee), where he co-facilitates a class on leadership and corporate governance in the Executive MBA program at the UW Foster School of Business. Mr. Pedersen is a Certified Public Accountant.

Liane J. Pelletier

Liane J. Pelletier became a Director of the Company in May 2013. Ms. Pelletier is the former Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer and President of Alaska Communications Systems, a telecommunication and information technology services provider, leading the firm from October 2003 to April 2011. From November 1986 to October 2003, Ms. Pelletier held a number of executive positions at Sprint Corporation, a telecommunications company. Ms. Pelletier is lead independent director and member of the Compensation Committee on the Board of Directors of ATN International, serves on the board of Frontdoor as member of the Audit and Compensation Committees, and serves on the board of Switch as member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Olivia D. Polius

Olivia D. Polius became a Director of the Company in November 2021. Since 2020, Ms. Polius has served as the divisional Chief Financial Officer for three program strategy divisions at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Global Policy & Advocacy, U.S. Programs and Gender Equality. Previously Ms. Polius was Head of Finance for Bezos Academy in its inception and startup phase. Bezos Academy is a nonprofit created to develop a network of tuition-free preschools in underserved communities across the United States. From 2013 to 2019, Ms. Polius served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance, Technology and Infrastructure for PATH, a global organization that develops and scales innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing health challenges. After starting her career with Arthur Andersen, Ms. Polius spent 11 years in various finance leadership roles in the software industry, including nine years at Attachmate (formerly WRQ, and acquired by Micro Focus) in various roles ranging from Corporate Controller to VP of Finance.

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