Sheneice M. Hughes will retire as deputy director of finance, people, and culture for aviation at Dallas Love Field (DAL). Hughes, an Arkansas native with degrees from Grambling State University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, served 26 years at the City of Dallas and 13 years in its aviation department. During her tenure at DAL, Hughes developed new divisions like the Airport Communications Center, secured critical funding for airport infrastructure, and was a member of the team that completed DAL’s Airport Use & Lease Agreement in 2025.
“I honestly believe that Grambling State University (an HBCU) changed my life and taught me how to be a strategic problem solver,” said Hughes. “And, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, I learned to craft my skills in understanding people and how to encourage them to work together for organizational effectiveness.”
The airport will commemorate Hughes’s dedication to DAL and the City of Dallas at large by creating a ‘Sheneice M. Hughes Innovator of the Year’ Award, of which Hughes will be the inaugural recipient at a recent retirement celebration in her honor.
