ATLANTA, April 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines'
(NYSE: DAL) board of directors today announced Maria Black and Willie CW Chiang as its newest
members.
Ms. Black is the President and Chief Executive Officer of
Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a leading global technology
company providing human capital management (HCM) solutions. Mr.
Chiang is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Plains All
American Pipeline, L.P., and its general partner holding
company Plains GP Holdings, L.P. PAA is a publicly traded master
limited partnership that owns and operates midstream energy
infrastructure and provides logistics services for crude oil,
natural gas liquids and natural gas.
"We are very excited to welcome both Maria and Willie to the
Delta board of directors," said David
Taylor, Delta's non-executive Chair of the Board. "Maria
brings substantial global leadership in the technology and human
capital management industry. Willie has extensive experience in the
energy industry. Both of them will contribute valuable expertise to
our work, enhancing the depth and range of Delta's already strong,
independent and diverse board of directors."
Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of ADP
in January 2023, Ms. Black served as
President of the company from January
2022 to January 2023. She has
held various positions of increasing responsibility across the
entirety of ADP's global portfolio since joining the company
in 1996, including as President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing from
2020 to 2022, President, Small Business Solutions and Human
Resources Outsourcing from 2017 to 2020 and President, ADP
TotalSource from 2014 to 2016. She currently serves on the Board of
Directors of ADP. Ms. Black holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in
political science and international affairs from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
In addition to serving as Chief Executive Officer of PAA and
PAGP since October 2018, Mr. Chiang
has served as Chairman since January
2020 and as a director of PAA and PAGP since February 2017. He previously served as Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of PAA and PAGP from
January 2018 until October 2018 and as Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the company's U.S.
operating and commercial activities from August 2015 through
December 2017. He joined PAA and PAGP in 2015 from Occidental
Petroleum Corporation, where he served as Executive Vice President,
Operations from 2012 until 2015. From 1996 until 2012, he served in
various positions at ConocoPhillips and predecessors. Mr. Chiang
started his career in refining with Chevron in 1981. He holds a
bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and
completed the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of
Business.
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