FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
North American Airports Elect New Board Members
Jacksonville CEO John Clark to Serve as 2009 Chairman
(Boston, Sept. 24, 2008) -- During its Annual General Membership Business meeting on Sept. 24, members of Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) elected a new slate of officers and four new members to its Board of Directors.
Incoming Chairman is John D. Clark, III, Executive Director and CEO of Jacksonville Aviation Authority. G. Hardy Acree, Director of Airports, Sacramento County Airport System, will serve as First Vice Chairman, while Frank Miller, Airport Director of Pensacola Regional Airport will serve as Second Vice Chairman. Thella Bowens, President and CEO of San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, was elected Secretary-Treasurer.
New members of the Board of Directors include, for Class A/B airports, Iftikhar Ahmad, Director of Aviation, City of Dayton Department of Aviation; and Bradley Livingston, Airport Director, Dane County Regional Airport; for Class C/D airports, members elected Raul Regalado, President and CEO, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority; and for Canadian Airports, William Restall, President and CEO, Saskatoon Airport Authority.
On Sept. 21, the ACI-NA Board of Directors elected Thomas Kinton, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Port Authority, as a new Board member, effective immediately.
Other membership announcements made by 2008 Board Chair Randall H. Walker, Director of Aviation, Clark County Department of Aviation, included news of additional 2009 Board appointments. Commissioners’ committee representatives to the 2009 Board include David G. Jennings, Chairman, Charleston County Aviation Authority; and Jim Ethridge, Commissioner, Memphis-Shelby Country Airport Authority. Associate Members’ Representative to the Board is Susan Kurland, Director, Depfa First Albany Securities LLC.
ACI-NA members also approved the appointments of John D. Clark and Frank R Miller to the ACI World Governing Board.
About ACI-NA:
The mission of Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA) is to advocate policies and provide services that strengthen the ability of air carrier airports to serve their passengers, customers and communities. ACI-NA represents local, regional and state governing bodies that own and operate commercial airports in the United States and Canada. ACI-NA member airports enplane more than 95 percent of the domestic and virtually all the international airline passenger and cargo traffic in North America. Nearly 400 aviation-related businesses are also members of the association, which is the largest of the five worldwide regions of Airports Council International.
CONTACT:
Vicky Houghton, vhoughton@aci-na.org, (202) 861-8080
Eileen Denne, edenne@aci-na.org, (202) 293-4537