COLLEEN BARRETT

President Emeritus

Southwest Airlines

Colleen C. Barrett is currently President Emeritus of Southwest Airlines Co., a high-frequency, low-fare, pointto-

point airline which prides itself in its excellent Customer Service qualities. Prior to stepping down as the Company’s President on July 15, 2008, she oversaw management, Leadership, and budget responsibilities.

For Southwest Airlines, she served as a member of the Board of Directors from 2001 to May 2008 and as Corporate Secretary from March 1978 to May 2008, and she served as Vice President Administration from 1986 to 1990; Executive Vice President Customers from 1990 to 2001; and President from 2001 to July 2008.

Colleen is divorced; has one son and one grandson; is active in numerous civic and charitable organizations in

Dallas, Texas; serves on the JCPenney Company, Inc. Board of Directors, the Ken Blanchard College of Business, and the Becker College Board of Trustees; and has served on numerous advisory boards and commissions.

KRISTIN VAN OGTROP

AUTHOR, “Just Let me Lie Down”

Editor, Real Simple Magazine

Kristin can Ogtrop knows she’s lucky - fulfilling career, great husband, three healthy kids, and, depending on

the hamster count, an impressive roster of pets. She also knows she’s tired. Always. Using stories and insights from her own life, she provides a lexicon for the half-insane working mom. Anyone who has left a meeting to race to the Halloween parade immediately understands van Ogtrop’s definition of “Kill the messenger” as “The action you must take in order to forget about the office for a time - that is, to remove your Blackberry/Treo/iPhone/whatever from your person and store it as far away as your neurotice self will allow.” Filled with essays, lists, and resonant observations, Just Let Me Lie Down establishes van Ogtrop as the Erma Bombeck for the new millennium.