David W. Karp

David W. Karp, a director since March 2011, is the President and CEO of Northern Air Services, managing Northern Air Cargo, Inc. and Aloha Air Cargo, Inc. These airlines operate a fleet of Boeing 737 and SAAB aircraft within the states of Alaska, Hawaii, the contiguous U.S. states, Canada and Mexico. Mr. Karp previously served as the Vice President and COO of Anchorage-based Hawaiian Vacations for nearly seven years. Hawaiian Vacations transported approximately 50,000 vacationers between Alaska and Hawaii every year utilizing chartered Boeing 767 aircraft owned by Hawaiian Airlines. Before that, Mr. Karp served as the Executive Director of the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council, overseeing the cooperative tourism marketing efforts between the State of Alaska and over 1000 private sector tourism businesses. Mr. Karp also serves as a member of the Alaska Pacific University Board of Trustees. He is the past Chairman of the Board for the Alaska Aviation Museum. Mr. Karp is a graduate from the University of Oregon, and he completed the Owner President Manager Program at the Harvard School of Business in March 2011. He is also a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors where he has completed the board leadership course and is pursuing his NACD fellowship.