LINDA RUTHERFORD
Executive Vice President People & Communications
Leadership is...
"Lighting the path and cheering on the talent you surround yourself with as they sprint down it."
LENGTH OF SERVICE AT SOUTHWEST:
Started June 1992
MY FLIGHT PLAN AT SOUTHWEST:
Began as a Public Relations Coordinator, and continued to move around within the department as it changed dramatically over the next 20 years, to include the multiple ways we communicate and our outreach and preparedness efforts.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I WANTED TO GROW UP TO BE:
A newspaper journalist
MY FIRST JOB WAS:
A roller-skating carhop at Sonic Drive-In
WHEN I WANT TO HAVE FUN, I:
Travel, see movies, do scrapbooking
THE BEST ADVICE I HAVE RECEIVED:
Believe in yourself, never give up, and give 110% to everything.
CHOOSING FROM ANYONE, PAST OR PRESENT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DINNER PARTY WITH:
President John F. Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth, Justin Timberlake, actor Peter Krause, ABC Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts, and Walter Cronkite