Background
Ayer, William Stephen was born in 1954.
Ayer, William Stephen was born in 1954.
Bachelor in Economics, Stanford University, 1976. Master of Business Administration, University Washington, 1978.
Regional manager Piper Aircraft Company, 1978—1980. Founder, president Air Olympia, 1980—1982. Vice president, strategy & route planning, senior vice president, operations Horizon Air Industries (subsidiary Alaska Air Group, Inc.), 1982—1995.
Vice president, marketing & planning Alaska Airlines Inc. (subsidiary Alaska Air Group, Inc.), Seattle, 1995—1997, senior vice president, customer service & marketing & planning, 1997, chief operating officer, 1997—2002, president, 1997—2008, Chief Executive Officer, since 2002, chairman, since 2008. Chairman, president & Chief Executive Officer Alaska Air Group, Inc., since 2003.
Chairman Puget Energy, Inc. (subsidiary Puget Holdings LLC), since 2009, Puget Sound Energy Inc. (subsidiary Puget Energy, Inc.), since 2009.
Board advisory University of Washington Business School. Board directors Museum of Flight, Angel Flight West, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, since 2008.
Married Pam Ayer; 1 child Elizabeth.