Delta Air Strains VP of gross sales operations and innovation Kristen Shovlin has introduced her retirement, in accordance with a Friday Delta Enterprise LinkedIn put up. She has led the gross sales operations and improvement workforce for about 14 years, in accordance with Delta.
Shovlin joined the airline’s world gross sales workforce in 2008, “the place she launched the gross sales operations perform with industry-first improvements,” in accordance with Delta. Previous to becoming a member of the service, she led reservations, buyer care and gross sales help at Northwest Airways and commenced her profession in 1985 with Republic Airways as a part-time reservations agent.
BTN acknowledged her as one of many 25 most influential executives in enterprise journey in 2012. Shovlin additionally was a founding member of the International Enterprise Journey Affiliation Winit strategic advisory board, and GBTA in 2022 acknowledged her as one of many “High 50 Girls in Journey.”
GBTA CEO Suzanne Neufang commented on LinkedIn that Shovlin has been “a beacon of inspiration in our {industry}. You might be leaving massive sneakers to fill!”
The date of Shovlin’s final day wasn’t instantly disclosed, nor has Delta introduced her successor. Delta didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark and extra data.