John Dietrich

John W.
Dietrich is Chairman of the National Defense Transportation Association.
He serves as Independent Director at AAR Corp.
since 2023.
He is Independent Director at First Horizon Corp.
(Tennessee) and Director at First Horizon Bank (Memphis, Tennessee) starting in 2024.
He holds Director positions at AACT Co., Ltd., Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. (United States), and The Liberty City Optimist Club of Florida, Inc. He will be Director at American Airlines Group, Inc. starting in 2026.
He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and The Colorado Bar Association.
Formerly, he was Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at FedEx Corp.
from 2023 to 2026.
From 2006 to 2023, he was President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. He was President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Atlas Air, Inc., and President & Chief Executive Officer at Southern Air, Inc. He served as Chairman of the National Air Carrier Association and Director of the Air Transport Association of America, Inc. From 1992 to 1999, he was Attorney at United Air Lines, Inc. He was Chief Transportation Officer & Executive Vice President at Polar Air Cargo, Inc. He was a member of the United States Defense Science Board and the International Air Transport Association Governors Board.
Education includes graduate degrees from John Marshall Law School (Georgia) and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, and undergraduate degrees from The John Marshall Law School (Illinois) and Southern Illinois University.