Biography

Independent Director since: 2021

Having recently served as Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors of Sabre Corporation, a leading global software and technology company that powers the travel industry, Sean Menke has experience heading a global network of development, sales, operations and corporate functions. In 2015, Mr. Menke joined Sabre as president of Sabre Travel Network, Sabre’s largest line of business. Under Mr. Menke’s leadership, Sabre won major new business opportunities, increased global market share, secured Sabre’s position as the leading global distribution system in North America, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, and led innovation to enable sales of more customized fares and ancillary products that help drive the changing travel industry landscape.

Before joining Sabre, Mr. Menke spent more than 20 years in executive leadership roles in the airline industry. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Frontier Airlines and at Pinnacle Airlines, and he held senior level marketing, operations, customer experience, strategy, planning, sales, distribution and revenue management roles, including with Air Canada and Hawaiian Airlines. He also served as Executive Vice President at IHS Inc., a global information technology company.

Mr. Menke is a proven transformation leader, and uses his extensive experience in technology and transportation operations to bring together strategy and data to address complex issues as a member of the WM Board. His expertise in logistics and commitment to delivering efficient, customer-focused innovation through imaginative technology-led solutions helps advance WM’s strategy to differentiate its services.

Mr. Menke has extensive executive experience in technology‑driven companies and brings to the Board a strong understanding of both enterprise technology transformation and cybersecurity oversight. He has experience overseeing cybersecurity and privacy risk mitigation efforts, including cyber intrusion response planning and remediation.  In addition, during his tenure at Sabre, Mr. Menke led a multi‑year modernization of Sabre’s global technology infrastructure, leveraging advanced cloud‑based solutions to deploy machine learning and generative artificial intelligence to support dynamic pricing optimization, software code augmentation and enhanced customer service automation.

Mr. Menke also brings valuable governance experience from his service on the board of directors of JetBlue Airways Corporation, a major airline in the United States and global travel company.

Mr. Menke holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and aviation management from Ohio State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Denver. He recently completed the MIT Sloan + CSAIL Artificial Intelligence: Implication for Business Strategy Program with a focus on strategic integration of robotics, machine learning, and natural language processing in global organizations.