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Session 11: Director-To-Director

In a new take on our annual Airport Directors’ session, AXC is launching Director-to-Director interview series, where airport leaders interview one another on stage. Each set of two airport directors will take the stage for 15-minute sessions. They’ll ask each other questions, creating an engaging, peer-to-peer exchange of insights and experiences.

Speaker Teams: 

  1. Brian Ryks Executive Director and CEO, Metropolitan Airports Commission and Atif Saeed, CEO, City of Philadelphia Department of Aviation
  2. Tory Richardson, President and CEO, Gerald R. Ford International Airport and Alexis Higgins, CEO, Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust
  3. Charlene Reynolds, Director, John Wayne Airport and Mookie Patel, Director of Aviation, San Jose Mineta International Airport.
  4. Chad Makovsky, Aviation Director, City of Phoenix and Doug Kreulen, President and CEO, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority

Session Sponsored by: HMSHost and Hudson
General Session Room Sponsored by: Concessions International, LLC

February 25 @ 14:00
14:00 — 15:15 (1h 15′)

Tennessee Ballroom

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