Bonny Simi has been appointed Member of the Board of Directors at RLH Corporation
Red Lion Hotels Corporation ("RLHC") (NYSE:RLH), a growing hospitality company that operates and franchises upscale, midscale and economy hotels, announced the appointment of two new directors to its board, Ms. Bonny Simi and Mr. Joseph Megibow, effective April 1, 2017. Current director, Melvin Keating, is not standing for re-election and his term will end at RLHC's annual shareholders' meeting in May. Bonny Simi is currently the President of JetBlue Technology Ventures, the Silicon Valley innovation hub for JetBlue Airways' (NASDAQ:JBLU) investment and incubation of emerging startups at the intersection of technology, travel, and hospitality, and the Vice President Technology Innovations at JetBlue Airways. She joined JetBlue in 2003 and has served in operational and strategic roles within Flight Operations, System Operations, People, Airports, and Customer Support, and developed the award winning "Voice of the Customer" program. Most recently she was the Vice President of Talent for JetBlue, overseeing the hiring of 3000+ JetBlue Crewmembers every year, as well as the talent management, people analytics and organizational development teams. She is also a qualified airline captain for JetBlue. Prior to JetBlue, Ms. Simi was a pilot at United Airlines, flying 727, 737 and 777 jets domestically and internationally. Ms. Simi is also a 3 time Olympian and 10 time national champion in the sports of luge and bobsled. Ms. Simi is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business as well as the Stanford School of Engineering, and also has a BA in Communications from Stanford.
