Donald J. Carty is Chairman of Virgin America Airlines. He was previously Chairman and CEO of AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines from 1998 to 2003. Carty is the Chairman of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and Porter Airlines, of Canada. He is a director of Dell, Hawaiian Airlines, Sears, CHC Helicopter and Barrick Gold. He is also the Vice-Chairman and former CFO of Dell Computers.