ACI-NA Associates Board of Directors Elects 2007 Officers

CONTACT:
Lyndsay Rossman, lrossman@aci-na.aero (202) 293-4532
Eileen Denne, edenne@aci-na.aero (202) 293-4537

WASHINGTON (December 4, 2006) – Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) announced today that Joseph W. Waller, vice president, business development of HMSHost Corporation and Susan Kurland, senior vice president of First Albany Capital were elected by their colleagues to serve as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, for the 2007 Associates Board of Directors. Waller and Kurland will begin their terms on Jan. 1, 2007.

The mission of ACI-NA's Associates Board of Directors is to make available to the ACI-NA and its Airport Members their expertise and commitment to improve airport operations and development; commercial activities; safety, security and quality customer service through the exchange of information; and business opportunities.

"Under the leadership of Joe Waller and Susan Kurland, the Associate Member program can continue to be an invaluable resource for all of ACI-NA's Airport Members and the industry's objectives," said Amy Peters, ACI-NA staff liaison to the Associates Board of Directors. "Over the next several years, airports and the nearly 400 aviation-related businesses in the Associate Member program will work tirelessly together to focus on important issues for the aviation industry."

ACI-NA 2007 Associates Board of Directors

Chair: Joseph W. Waller, HMSHost Corporation
Vice Chair: Susan Kurland, First Albany Capital
Immediate Past Chair/Associates Representative to the Airport Board: Nancy J. Clawson, UBS Securities LLC
ACI-NA Board Liason: Steven J. Grossman, Port of Oakland, Oakland International Airport

Directors

Donald G. Andrews, Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc.
Steven T. Baldwin, The Louis Berger Group
Joseph DiDomizio, Hudson Group
Shauna Forsythe, Alliance Airport Advertising
Robert A. Hazel, Eclat Consulting, Inc.
Deborah T. Meehan, SH&E, Inc.
David Naleway, Parsons
Michael R. Pack, HDR Engineering Inc.
Mark A. Perryman, Landrum & Brown, Inc.
Ronald L. Steinert, Gensler

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.