NEWS & MEDIA

executive bios

Get to know some of our key leaders.
Sean Menke
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date I started working for Frontier:September 7, 2007 (originally in January 1999)
Hometown:Cincinnati, Ohio
First Job:Landscaper
Favorite Childhood Toy:Hot Wheels
Favorite Nighttime Reading:I have three boys under the age of five (children's books)
Favorite Sport to Watch:College Football - Go Bucks!!
Favorite Sport to Do:Running
Favorite Snack:Snickers
Window or Aisle?Aisle
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Larry
Motto/Words to Live By:"Things may come to those that wait...but only the things left by those who hustle."

 

 

Chris Collins
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
Date I started working for Frontier:January 9, 2006
Hometown:Rochester, NY
First Job:Bagging groceries
Favorite Childhood Toy:Lincoln logs
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Reading? Ha! It’s called sleep, I have two little kids.
Favorite Sport to Watch:Hockey
Favorite Sport to Do:Fishing and baseball
Favorite Snack:Ice cream
Window or Aisle?Window
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:The penguins (they exemplify teamwork)
Motto/Words to Live By:Take care of your people.

 

 

Ted Christie
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date I started working for Frontier:December 2, 2002
Hometown:Chicago, IL
First Job:Paper boy
Favorite Childhood Toy:Legos
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Rolling Stone Magazine
Favorite Sport to Watch:Baseball
Favorite Sport to Do:Skiing
Favorite Snack:Fried potato products
Window or Aisle?Aisle
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Griz
Motto/Words to Live By:Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.

 

 

Gerry Coady
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Date I started working for Frontier:May 14, 2007
Hometown:Galway, Ireland
First Job:Construction industry
Favorite Childhood Toy:Hot Wheels toy car
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Quantum Physics topics
Favorite Sport to Watch:Soccer
Favorite Sport to Do:Soccer
Favorite Snack:Fruit
Window or Aisle?Window, I can sleep
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Griz
Motto/Words to Live By:When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change

 

 

Ann Block
Senior Vice President - People
Date I started working for Frontier:March 29, 1999
Hometown:Pueblo/Denver Colorado
(moved to Denver when I was 11 years old)
First Job:Mail clerk
Favorite Childhood Toy:Raggedy Anne doll
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Book club book (such as the Kite Runner) and John Grisham books
Favorite Sport to Watch:Horse racing in Kentucky
Favorite Sport to Do:Hiking
Favorite Snack:Chips and Salsa
Window or Aisle?Window
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Foxy
Motto/Words to Live By:Life is a mystery to be lived; not a puzzle to be solved

 

 

Matt Henry
Vice President and General Counsel
Date I started working for Frontier:February 10, 2003
Hometown:Clear Lake City, Texas
First Job:Manual labor and gopher for residential builder - landscaping, roofing, clean-up (you know, the grunt work)
Favorite Childhood Toy:Hot Wheels
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Harry Potter books with my daughter
Favorite Sport to Watch:College football or basketball
Favorite Sport to Do:Golf or cycling
Favorite Snack:Popcorn
Window or Aisle?Aisle
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Larry
Motto/Words to Live By:Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

 

 

Tom Bacon
Vice President - Planning and Revenue Management
Date I started working for Frontier:April 30, 2008
Hometown:Coldwater, Michigan
First Job:Window Glazer
Favorite Childhood Toy:Schwinn Bike
Favorite Nighttime Reading:History
Favorite Sport to Watch:College Football (University of Michigan)
Favorite Sport to Do:Tennis
Favorite Snack:Chocolate Chip Cookies
Window or Aisle?Window
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Flip
Motto/Words to Live By:Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.

 

 

Cathy Bradley
Vice President - Inflight Services
Date I started working for Frontier:April 16, 2007
Hometown:Lake Worth, FL
First Job:Picking up the driving range at the local public golf course
Favorite Childhood Toy:Football and baseball glove … yes, I was a tom-boy!
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Email, it's the best time to catch up.
Favorite Sport to Watch:The Olympics
Favorite Sport to Do:Golf
Favorite Snack:Hector's nacho ordinary chips by Mountain Man
Window or Aisle?Without a doubt, the aisle
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:This is a tough one, I asked my teenagers for help and they suggest Mo and Jo because they are sooooo cute.
Motto/Words to Live By:People won’t remember what you’ve said, but they will remember how you made them feel.

 

 

Dennis Crabtree
Vice President - Safety and Security
Date I started working for Frontier:November 27, 2006
Hometown:Detroit, MI
First Job:Home Delivery Route: Detroit Free Press
Favorite Childhood Toy:Flashlight
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Periodicals, National Geographic
Favorite Sport to Watch:Baseball
Favorite Sport to Do:Fishing
Favorite Snack:Wint-O-Green Life Savers
Window or Aisle?Aisle
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Sarge
Motto/Words to Live By:"Seek first to understand and then to be understood,”and “Is my attitude worth catching?”

 

 

Heather Iden
Vice President - Controller
Date I started working for Frontier:March 28, 2005
Hometown:Denver, Colorado
First Job:Bagging groceries
Favorite Childhood Toy:Bicycle
Favorite Nighttime Reading:I have two boys ages two and four - and I usually fall asleep reading to them at night.
Favorite Sport to Watch:Broncos football
Favorite Sport to Do:Skiing and running. Prior to having kids - running was my hobby and I completed two marathons. Now I push them around in jogging strollers to stay in shape and can't wait until my kids are old enough to ski!
Favorite Snack:An apple
Window or Aisle?Window
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Flip
Motto/Words to Live By:Failure is not an option

 

 

Ronald L McClellan
Vice President - Maintenance and Engineering
Date I started working for Frontier:January 14, 2002
Hometown:Carthage, Missouri
First Job:Detailing used cars
Favorite Childhood Toy:Bicycle
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Golf magazines
Favorite Sport to Watch:PBR Bull Riding
Favorite Sport to Do:Golf
Favorite Snack:Peanuts
Window or Aisle?Window
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Foxy
Motto/Words to Live By:We are in charge of our attitude.

 

 

Elissa A. Potucek
Vice President - Treasurer and Budgets
Date I started working for Frontier:June 26, 1995
Hometown:Highland, Indiana
First Job:Babysitting of course. In high school I worked in the kitchen of an extended care facility, helping prepare patients' food trays, delivering meals, and washing dishes. Sounds like fun huh?
Favorite Childhood Toy:You think I can remember this? Probably Barbie dolls.
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Mystery novels
Favorite Sport to Watch:I don't generally sit around and watch sports. I do enjoy the Olympics and watch as many of the events that I can.
Favorite Sport to Do:Cardio activities at the club. When I was younger I played tennis quite a bit.
Favorite Snack:Chips, salsa and guacamole. Popcorn at the movies.
Window or Aisle?Aisle - although I always end up in the middle seat when traveling with my family.
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Jack - he and I both have our mother's thighs.
Motto/Words to Live By:Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

 

 

Daniel Shurz
Vice President - Strategy and Planning
Date I started working for Frontier:June 15, 2009
Hometown:Welwyn, England
First Job:Summer job as analytical chemist
Favorite Childhood Toy:LEGO® bricks
Favorite Nighttime Reading:The Economist magazine
Favorite Sport to Watch:Football, sorry that's soccer over here
Favorite Sport to Do:Chasing my two-year-old
Favorite Snack:Raisins
Window or Aisle?Aisle
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Larry
Motto/Words to Live By:Do what you do well

 

 

Cliff Van Leuven
Vice President - Customer Service (airport guy)
Date I started working for Frontier:March 8, 2004
Hometown:Cedar Grove, New Jersey (only for my first 11 months, then St. Petersburg, Florida)
First Job:Bag boy at the Winn Dixie, Seminole, Florida
Favorite Childhood Toy:Fireboat with four spray nozzles and siren
Favorite Nighttime Reading:Esquire magazine, for about seven minutes, then I'm out!
Favorite Sport to Watch:Golf, because there's no showboating in golf
Favorite Sport to Do:Golf or snow ski. Golf is lower on the CVL potential injury risk scale, but I'm getting back into skiing anyway.
Favorite Snack:Circus peanuts, the orange, artificial, candy-like, rubbery, peanut looking stuff or...original yellow Peeps
Window or Aisle?Aisle, exit row preferred. Long legs,big feet.
Favorite Frontier Spokesanimal:Larry
Motto/Words to Live By:I have two: "A gentleman always does the kind thing." (Ronald Reagan) and "If we don't take care of our folks and our customers someone else will."