Dallas Fed Board of Directors

Herb Kelleher

(Chairman)
Founder and Executive Chairman Emeritus
Southwest Airlines Co.
Dallas, Texas

Herb KelleherHerb Kelleher was appointed to the Dallas Fed Board of Directors by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in 2007. He was appointed chairman in 2011 after serving as deputy chairman in 2009—10.

Kelleher is cofounder and executive chairman emeritus of Southwest Airlines, serving as president and CEO from 1981 to 2001. He retired as executive chairman in 2008.

Kelleher has served on the boards of several civic and professional organizations and has received numerous awards, including the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, Inc. magazine's U.S. Master Entrepreneur and the Bower Award for Business Leadership from the Franklin Institute.

 

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