BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joseph C. Hete
Hete retired as Chief Executive Officer of ATSG, Inc. in 2020, where he held that role since September 2007 and Chief Executive Officer of ABX Air, Inc. since August 2003. He was the President of ABX Air, Inc., from January 2000 to February 2008 and the Chief Operating Officer of ABX Air, Inc. from January 2000 to August 2003. From 1997 until January 2000, he held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ABX Air, Inc. Hete served as Senior Vice President, Administration, of ABX Air, Inc. from 1991 to 1997, and Vice President, Administration, of ABX Air, Inc. from 1986 to 1991. Mr. Hete was elected as a Director of the Company and Chairman of the Board in May,2020.
MiChael L. Berger
Michael L. Berger has been the Chief Executive Officer of ATSG since June 2024. He joined ATSG in 2018 and was promoted to President in October 2023. Prior to his role as President, he served as the company’s Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Commercial Officer and President of the company’s Airborne Global Solutions subsidiary.
Berger joined ATSG in February 2018. Berger's most recent role prior to joining ATSG was Chief Commercial Officer for Dicom Transportation Group of Canada. Prior to that, he held senior management positions in major air express companies including TNT Europe, DHL, and Airborne Express.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and marketing from Temple University.
Phyllis J. Campbell
Campbell is chairman of the Pacific Northwest region for JPMorgan Chase & Co. She is the financial services firm’s senior executive in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. She previously served as the president and chief executive officer of The Seattle Foundation, the largest community foundation in Washington. Prior to that, she was the president and chief executive officer of U.S. Bank of Washington for over six years. Phyllis holds a Master in Business Administration degree from the University of Washington, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Washington State University. She is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington and Stanford University’s Executive Management Program.
Raymond E. Johns, Jr.
Johns has been Executive Vice President of FlightSafety International Inc., a global provider of flight training for commercial, business and military aviation professionals and flight simulation equipment, since 2014. Prior to his retirement from the military, Mr. Johns led the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. He retired with the rank of General in January 2013, capping a 36-year military career. Mr. Johns has been a Director of the Company since October 2017. He is a member of both the Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.
Laura Peterson
Peterson has 22 years of experience in the global aerospace industry at The Boeing Company, where she held a series of executive positions in aircraft sales, international business development, global strategy, government relations and homeland security. Her most recent role was Vice President, China Business Development for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where she was responsible for Boeing’s largest commercial market. She is an incoming 2018-2019 Fellow of the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute. Ms. Peterson has been a Director of the Company since June 2018.
Randy D. Rademacher
Rademacher has served as the Chief Financial Officer for Reading Rock, Inc., a privately owned manufacturer and distributor of concrete products and other building materials, since 2008. Rademacher was formerly the Chief Financial Officer for The Armor Group, a privately owned manufacturer of industrial and commercial products, from 2006 to 2008. Rademacher was the President of Dynus Corporation, a privately owned telecommunications company, from June 2005 to October 2005, and the President of Comair Holdings LLC, from 1999 to 2005. During his career at Comair Holdings LLC, Rademacher held a number of positions, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1993 to 1999, Vice President of Finance from 1989 to 1993, Controller from 1986 to 1989, and Director of Corporate Finance from 1985 to 1986. Prior to that, Rademacher was a CPA for Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1979 to 1985. Mr. Rademacher has been a Director of the Company since December 2006 and served as Chairman of the Board from May 2015-2020. He is a member of both the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee.
J. Christopher Teets
Teets has served as a Partner of Red Mountain Capital Partners LLC, an investment management firm, since February 2005. Before joining Red Mountain Capital Partners LLC, Teets was an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Teets joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 2000. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Teets worked in the investment banking division of Citigroup. Teets has served as a director of Encore Capital Group, Inc. since May 2007 and as a director of Marlin Business Services Corp. since May 2010, and previously served as a director of Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. Mr. Teets has been a Director of the Company since February 2009. He is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
Jeffrey J. Vorholt
Vorholt was most recently a full-time faculty member at Miami University (Ohio) and concurrently an Adjunct Professor of Accountancy at Xavier University (Ohio), from 2001 to 2006. Vorholt, a CPA and attorney, was the Chief Financial Officer of Structural Dynamics Research Corporation from 1994 until its acquisition by EDS in 2001. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President of Accounting and Information Systems for Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company and the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director for Cincinnati Bell Information Systems, which is now Convergys Corporation. Vorholt is currently a Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee for Softbrands, Inc., a global provider of enterprise-wide application software. Mr. Vorholt has been a Director of the Company since January 2004. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee.
Paul S. Williams
Williams retired in 2018 and was most recently a partner and managing director of Major, Lindsey & Africa, LLC, an executive recruiting firm, where he conducted searches for board members, CEOs and senior legal executives. Prior, Williams was executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Cardinal Health, Inc., a Columbus, Ohio, Fortune Top 20 global healthcare services company. Earlier in his career, he practiced corporate and mergers and acquisitions law and was general counsel of a computer software company. He holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School.