International Directory of Business Biographies | Colleen Barrett Biography

• TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES
• ARCHITECT OF CORPORATE CULTURE
• BECOMES COMPANY DIRECTOR
• APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT
• RECOGNIZED FOR LEADERSHIP
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

President and chief operating officer, Southwest Airlines Company

Nationality: American.

Born: 1944, in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

Education: Becker Junior College, 1964.

Family: Married, 1970 (divorced).

Career: Mathews & Branscomb law firm, 1968–1970, secretary; Southwest Airlines Company, 1978–2001, began as corporate secretary and became vice president of administration and then executive vice president of customers; 2001–,...