Alaska Air Group has promoted Brooke Vatheuer to senior vice president of safety and audit programs for Alaska Air Group and Alaska Airlines. Brooke Vatheuer will oversee both the safety and aviation security programs across Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Horizon Air, and McGee Air Services, as well as the internal audit function that examines, evaluates, and reports on Alaska Air Group's business and operational processes. Vatheuer joined Alaska Airlines in 2007 as an internal auditor and quickly took on leadership roles including Horizon Air's vice president of finance and planning and senior vice president of operations and planning.
In 2020, Vatheuer transitioned to vice president of strategic performance for Alaska Airlines, overseeing performance for all operational groups in the daily Seattle operation and most recently served as the vice president of audit programs. She has a master's degree in professional accounting and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Washington.
