Breeze Airways, a Salt Lake City-based airline that began operation in May 2021, has announced that airline veteran Tom Doxey has been named president. The announcement was made by Breeze founder and CEO David Neeleman.
Neeleman also said that Natalie Atwood has been named chief people officer.
Doxey joins Breeze from United Airlines where he most recently served as senior vice president of technical operations, overseeing the airline’s technical operations functions and a team of more than 13,000 employees, including the line and base maintenance functions, aircraft reliability and regulatory compliance, engineering, engines and components and supply chain.
Doxey previously served as United’s chief financial officer of operations and also oversaw fleet planning and transactions. Prior to joining United in 2016, he was vice president of fleet and corporate finance at Allegiant Airways. His aviation career began in the finance department at US Airways.
“We are so happy that Tom is coming aboard to steer Breeze to new heights,” said Neeleman. “His stellar background and experience running such a large airline operation will bring a very positive impact.”
“It’s such an exciting time to be joining Breeze, the country’s youngest airline, from one of the oldest and most established carriers,” said Doxey. “I can’t wait to get out into our operation and meet our team members. The airline has achieved so much in a short time and I am humbled and thrilled to be part of it.”
Doxey holds a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, where he was a collegiate baseball player, and an MBA from Arizona State University.
Atwood joins Breeze from HealthEquity, a Salt Lake City-based administrator of health savings accounts, where she served as executive vice president of people and oversaw all human resources functions. Prior to that role, she was responsible for employee functions at HealthEquity’s member services center. She previously worked for American Express, leading a corporate training team and overseeing the service center workforce.
“Natalie has tremendous experience in nurturing and developing corporate cultures,” said Neeleman.