Paulette Corbin
Business Executive

Acting Secretary

Paulette Corbin has been a Senior Executive, Board Member and Business Leader for over 25 years. Her background spans various leadership positions with the world’s second largest airline. Most recently, Ms. Corbin held the position of Senior Vice President, Delta Air Lines, Inc. during the most challenging period in Delta’s 76 year history. During this period, she led a $1.16 Billion operations unit with 14,000 globally distributed employees through a period of rapid change, bankruptcy and successful restructuring.

From 2000 to 2004, Ms. Corbin led 57 airports through the events of 9/11/2001, resulting security programs, airport transformation programs and integrated technologies which improved safety and customer service. She was recognized for her operational design, execution and leadership during the SLC 2002 Winter Olympics, where Delta Air Lines was the primary transportation carrier in and out of SLC.

In the leadership role at Delta Express (1997-2000), Ms. Corbin led an airline within an airline and provided a differentiated product from the main airline product. During this period, she was widely recognized for having developed and implemented a set of strategies that significantly improved service, increased productivity, turned around a poor labor climate and improved relationships with the business community and general public. She was named “One of the 200 Most Powerful Women in Aviation” by Travel Agent magazine in 1998 and 1999.

Ms. Corbin started her career with Delta Air Lines where she held leadership positions of increasing responsibility in various divisions of the company.

Ms. Corbin holds a BA degree from Allegheny College and completed the Darden School of Business’ Program for Extraordinary Leadership. Ms. Corbin currently serves on the Literacy Action Board and has previously served on the non-profit boards of UNICEF and CADEF in Atlanta, GA. She is married to Mark M. Corbin, and both are passionate supporters of Best Friends Animal Shelter in Kanab, UT.