Valentine Departs Southwest For Pace Warehouses

DALLAS – Southwest Airlines here said last week that it would not replace marketing vp Don Valentine, who left the company Dec. 31 to join Pace Membership Warehouses in Englewood, Colo.
Colleen Barrett, executive vp of customers at Southwest and the person to whom Valentine reported, said she will turn over his responsibilities to two existing executives – promotion/advertising director Joyce Rogge and marketing/sales director Dave Ridley. Rogge already works with Southwest ad agencies GSD&M, Austin, and Cramer-Krasselt/Chicago as well as buying shop Camelot Communications.