Shane Tackett

Shane Tackett serves as President and Chief Financial Officer of Alaska Airlines, and is a member of Alaska’s Executive Committee.

Shane has helped guide Alaska through a period of significant change for the industry while strengthening the company’s balance sheet and helping shape major strategic decisions, including the acquisition and integration of Hawaiian Airlines. He also has been a key leader behind Alaska Accelerate, the company’s plan to drive value across cycles and position Alaska for sustained earnings growth.

Shane was elected Chief Financial Officer in 2020 and President in June 2026. In these roles, Shane is responsible for the organization’s finance, fleet management, investor relations, supply chain, internal audit and information technology functions, as well as the commercial organization led by Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Harrison.

Shane joined Alaska in 2000 as an analyst in the company’s real estate division. He moved into Alaska’s corporate financial planning and analysis group in 2005 as a Director and in 2008 became Managing Director of the department. In 2010, he became Vice President of Labor Relations, building and leading the company’s relationship with five unions and ultimately negotiating six long-term labor contracts.

In 2015, Shane became Vice President, Revenue Management and in 2016 added E-commerce functions and managed Alaska’s relationship with key commercial technology partners. In 2018, as Executive Vice president of Planning and Strategy, he was focused on the financial planning and analysis, commercial analysis and business transformation functions for both Alaska and Horizon, and was closely involved with driving key revenue and cost initiatives.

Shane attended Pacific Lutheran University, where he majored in Business Administration with a Finance concentration. He holds an MBA from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Shane has previously served on boards for the business school at Pacific Lutheran University and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska and Washington, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of NatureBridge and is a member of the Washington state Governor’s Economic Development Council.