Mesa Air Group Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
28 October 2003 - 7:03AM
PR Newswire (US)
Mesa Air Group Announces Changes to its Board of Directors PHOENIX,
Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. is pleased
to announce the appointment of Robert Beleson to its Board of
Directors. Drawing upon his thirty plus years of experience in
marketing and strategic planning, Mr. Beleson has most recently
been providing consulting services for a variety of high profile
clients in the aviation as well as other select industries. Mr.
Beleson's previous employment includes: Chief Marketing Officer for
Avolar, a former division of United Airlines; President of M.
Shanken Communications, a publisher of upscale consumer
publications; Chief Marketing Officer for Playboy Enterprises; and
President and Chief Executive Officer of Remy Martin Amerique, a
diversified wine and spirit importing company. Mr. Beleson earned a
Bachelor of Science from Cornell University School of Industrial
and Labor Relations and a Masters of Business Administration from
Harvard Business School. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990210/LAW065 ) "Given the
opportunities that currently exist for our Company as well the
significant role of our Board of Directors, we believe it is
important that Mesa has effective and independent directors like
Bob. His expertise combined with the leadership possessed by our
other Board members will be invaluable in helping Mesa move forward
successfully," said Jonathan Ornstein, Mesa Chairman and CEO.
Voluntarily stepping down from the Board is Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer George Murnane III. Mr.
Murnane has been a valuable member of the Board since 1999 and has
been serving as Executive Vice President since January 2002 and
Chief Financial Officer since February 2003. "Although Peter's
presence on the Board will be missed, his valuable services will
continue to benefit the Company in his positions as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer," said Jonathan Ornstein. Mr.
Beleson joins Board members Jonathan Ornstein, Chairman; Daniel J.
Altobello, Lead Director and retired Chairman of the Board of LSG
Sky Chefs and Onex Food Services, Inc.; Herbert A. Denton,
President of Providence Capital, Inc.; Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman,
Retired, served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force;
Joseph L. Manson, Partner of Piper & Rudnick, LLP; Maurice A.
Parker, Executive Director of Regional Aviation Partners; Julie E.
Silcock, Managing Director and head of Southwest Investment Banking
for Citigroup Global Markets; and James E. Swigart, former
President and Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Express. Mesa
currently operates 150 aircraft with 938 daily system departures to
163 cities, 40 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Mexico and
the Bahamas. It operates in the West and Midwest as America West
Express; the Midwest and East as US Airways Express; in Denver as
Frontier JetExpress and United Express; in Kansas City with Midwest
Express and in New Mexico and Texas as Mesa Airlines. The Company,
which was founded in New Mexico in 1982, has approximately 4,000
employees. Mesa is a member of the Regional Airline Association and
Regional Aviation Partners. News releases and other information
about Mesa can be found at the company's web site at
http://www.mesa-air.com/ . Certain Forward Looking Statements This
press release contains various forward-looking statements that are
based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and
information currently available to management. Although the company
believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable; it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are
subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one
or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should
underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary
materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or
expected. The company does not intend to update these
forward-looking statements prior to its next required filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990210/LAW065 DATASOURCE:
Mesa Air Group, Inc. CONTACT: Peter Murnane of Mesa Air Group,
Inc., +1-602-685-4010 Web site: http://www.mesa-air.com/
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