Martin H. Nesbitt
Independent Director: Since 2015
Committees: Audit (Chair); CGPR
Mr. Nesbitt brings decades of innovative leadership and a successful track record of value creation-driven investments to the Board. His proven operational, financial and investment strategies, as well as his more than 16 years of global public company board experience, bolsters the Board’s oversight of American’s value-creating initiatives and growth strategy.
Career highlights
The Vistria Group, LLC—a private-equity investment firm
▪ Co-Chief Executive Officer (2013-Present)
TPS Parking Management LLC—an owner and operator of off-airport parking
facilities
▪ President and Chief Executive Officer (1996-2012)
Board committees
▪ Corporate Governance and Public Responsibility (Chair), Audit
Education
▪ BA, Economics and Accounting, Albion College
▪ MBA, Finance, University of Chicago
Current public company directorships
▪ Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. (NYSE: PXED) (2025-Present)
▪ Chewy, Inc. (NYSE: CHWY) (2020-Present)
Past public company directorships
▪ CenterPoint Energy Inc (NYSE: CNP) (2018-2024)
▪ Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) (2011-2021)
▪ Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) (2013-2018)
▪ Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) (2009-2010)
Notable affiliations
▪ Trustee, Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art
▪ Chairman, The Barack Obama Foundation