John Zuzu
Vice President Corporate Facilities
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John is responsible for the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and security of all facilities owned or leased by Southwest Airlines. This includes new construction, renovation, expansion, and other improvements to support Southwest functions and operational requirements. John has more than 40 years of experience in building design, construction, and maintenance. Since joining Southwest in 1995, John has progressed into a variety of Leadership roles within Facilities, becoming Director in 2004, Senior Director in 2005, Managing Director in 2017, and Vice President in 2019.
John has played a Leadership role on many big projects, including new city openings, the rollout of Automated Bag Tags, Automated Boarding Passes, Self Service Kiosks, and Gate Readers just to name a few. John's Team manages and delivers projects such as new maintenance hangars international concourse, and terminal modernizations. The Teams also oversee Southwest's Headquarters Campus, which includes over three million square feet of space including Training and Operational Support (TOPS), Wings, and LEAD facilities.
John stays involved with his church and has served as Director of Facilities and Vice Chairman of the church over the years. John also supports the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center with his Southwest Team by sponsoring a golf tournament to raise money to provide a safe place for children and their families. John has also given back to his community through coaching girls fast pitch softball for over seven seasons.
John has been recognized with some of Southwest Airlines' highest honors, including the President's Award in 2003, Colleen's Heart & Soul Award in 2015, and the Chairman's Award in 2020.
John graduated from Stevens College of Technology–Lancaster, PA, with an associate's degree in architecture. He and his wife Cindy have been married since 1993. Together, they are proud parents to two daughters, Alyssa and Christina, and son Jason. In his spare time, John loves to play golf and dabbles in art through painting of landscape and sunset scenes.
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