Brad Tilden bio

Alaska Airlines Company Facts: Bradley D. Tilden


Bradley D. Tilden
President
Alaska Airlines

Brad Tilden oversees Alaska Airlines’ operating divisions, as well as Marketing, Cargo, Planning and Revenue Management.

Previously, Tilden served as Alaska Air Group’s chief financial officer and executive vice president of finance, leading the Finance, Information Technology, Planning, Revenue Management and Corporate Real Estate organizations.

Before joining Alaska in 1991, he spent eight years with the accounting firm Price Waterhouse at its offices in Seattle and Melbourne, Australia.

Tilden earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pacific Lutheran University and an executive master’s degree in business administration from the University of Washington. He also holds a private pilot’s license.

Tilden is a director of Flow International Corp. and serves on the boards of Pacific Lutheran University and the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is also a regular guest speaker in University of Washington business school classes.

A resident of Issaquah, Wash., Tilden is married and has three children. Introduced to aviation early in life, he grew up a few miles from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where he watched Alaska Airlines’ aircraft take off and land. In addition to enjoying time with his family, he is a dedicated cyclist.