Biography

Brandon S. Pedersen currently serves as Board Member and Audit Committee Chair at Expeditors International of Washington (NYSE: EXPD) and at Saltchuk, a large privately held company with operations through North America and the Caribbean. Mr. Pedersen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, from 2010 to 2020. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Finance and Controller, having joined the company in 2003 from KPMG LLP, where he was an audit partner. During his 15 years in public accounting, Mr. Pedersen served a diverse range of clients in the retail, transportation and distribution industries. Mr. Pedersen also previously served as a member of the Audit Advisory Committee of the University of Washington (UW) and for six years taught a class on leadership and corporate governance in the Executive MBA program at the UW Foster School of Business. Mr. Pedersen is a Certified Public Accountant.