About

Laura H. Wright is the retired Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Southwest Airlines Co., a passenger airline, a position she held from 2004 to 2012. She has been a director of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy since 2013 and Presiding Director since 2024.

Wright is an active certified public accountant in the state of Texas. At Southwest Airlines she previously served as Vice President and Treasurer and held various other roles, and earlier in her career she was a Manager at Arthur Young & Co. The Board benefits from her extensive technical expertise and experience in financial accounting and reporting, corporate finance and risk management, as well as her experience working in a consumer-oriented business environment.

Roles

Cms Energy Corp.
Director (Presiding Director) · Current role
2013–present
Southwest Airlines Co.
Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer · Passenger airline; principal occupation
2004 - 2012
Southwest Airlines Co.
Vice President and Treasurer · Former; also various other roles
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Arthur Young & Co.
Manager · Former
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University of North Texas System Board of Regents
Chair
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Southwest Airlines
Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
2004-2012

External Roles

TE Connectivity Ltd.
Director
2014 - present
Joby Aviation, Inc.
Director
2021 - present
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.
Director
2018 - 2025
TE Connectivity
Director
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Spirit AeroSystems Holdings
Director
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Joby Aviation
Director
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Director Compensation

FY 2025
Fees earned or paid in cash
$150,000
Stock awards
$175,000
Total
$325,000

Also at Cms Energy Corp.

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