Kathleen T. Hogan has served as a director of Alaska Air Group since August 2019, where she chairs the Governance, Nominating and Corporate Responsibility Committee and is a member of the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee. She is a senior technology executive with a background in management consulting.
Ms. Hogan has been executive vice president of strategy and transformation for Microsoft Corporation, a publicly traded multinational technology company, since 2025. She previously served as Microsoft's chief people officer from 2015 to 2025 and corporate vice president of Microsoft Services from 2003 to 2015. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, she was a partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc., where she was a leader in the firm's high-tech/software and sales/marketing practices.
Ms. Hogan began her career at Oracle Corporation, where she was a developer and marketing manager in its Applications business. She previously led the finance committee for the Puget Sound affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. She holds a BS from Harvard University and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.