Tom's previous experience includes various executive positions for a private equity fund, Wexford Capital. Most recently, Tom led a restructuring of Rhino Energy - a $450 million-revenue coal company, based in Lexington, Kentucky. Hanley's aviation industry experience includes: Director of the United Express network overseeing a network of independent providers operating 2,000 daily departures; Vice President of the US Airways Express division, comprised of four owned and nine independent airlines, operating 2,400 daily departures; President of Republic Airlines, an EMB-170 operation being established as a subsidiary of Republic Airways; and Chief Executive Officer of Shuttle America, then a Saab-340 regional airline operator, owned by Wexford Capital. Tom graduated from Auburn University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering.