Libby Sartain 
Former CHRO Southwest Airlines & Yahoo
AARP Board of Directors

Libby Sartain, MBA is an independent advisor, working with companies on human resource issues. With more than 40 years of experience in human resources, she is also an author and frequent public speaker, using her HR leadership and management experience at companies in technology, transportation and manufacturing. She led human resources at Yahoo! and at Southwest Airlines during transformative periods. Both companies were among Fortune magazine’s “Best Places to Work” during her tenure. She is chairman of the board of SHRM Foundation, the former board chair of the Society for Human Resource Management and is on the boards of ManpowerGroup, and Shutterfly, Inc. She resides in Bastrop, Texas.

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