Jim Greenwald
Vice President, Facilities and Airport Affairs, Northwest Airlines

Jim Greenwald is vice president for facilities and airport affairs for Northwest Airlines. He is responsible for all of the airline's building and real estate programs, most notably the new terminal at Detroit. He has been with Northwest for eight years.

Prior to joining Northwest, Greenwald managed Marriott Hotel's construction program for five years, overseeing the building of 258 hotels costing $2.7 billion. A registered professional engineer, he worked in the United States Navy for 27 years as a civil engineer. He was responsible for planning, designing and building the Navy's submarine base at St. Mary's, Georgia, the largest Navy project of this century.

Kathleen Nelson
Director of Finance & Administration, New Terminal at Detroit

Kathleen Nelson is the director of finance and administration for the new terminal at Detroit project. Her responsibilities include managing the project budget while ensuring compliance with the laws, rules and regulations governing the federal, state, and bond funding. In addition, Nelson manages Northwest's contractual relationship with Wayne County, the owner of the airport and the new terminal.

Nelson has been with Northwest Airlines for 13 years. Her background includes buying, selling and leasing aircrafts, and managing Northwest's business relationships with airports.

Charles C. McCloskey
Director of Construction, New Terminal at Detroit

Charles McCloskey is the director of construction for the new terminal at Detroit project. He is responsible for all aspects of construction -- including the combined domestic and international terminal, the east concourse with 64 jet gates including 10 international gates; the west concourse with 8 jet gates and 25 commuter gates; a connecting tunnel; an 11,500 space parking garage; a power plant; and access roads.

Prior to joining Northwest Airlines in 1996, McCloskey directed the construction of a 100-megawatt cogeneration power plant at Kennedy Airport in New York. He was formerly a career officer in the Army Corps of Engineers.

Tom Gunn
Director of Design, New Terminal at Detroit

Tom Gunn is the director of design for the new terminal at Detroit project. His responsibilities include overseeing the design of the terminal and managing the design team that administers the architect engineer contracts for the entire project.

Prior to joining Northwest Airlines in 1996, Gunn had more than 28 years of design, construction and facilities management experience worldwide with the U.S. Navy.

(For more information, contact Northwest Airlines Corporate Communications at 612-726-2331, or visit Northwest’s award winning Web site at www.nwa.com.)