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About the Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee operates as defined by California Public Utilities Code §170054:

(a) The authority shall form an advisory committee to assist it in performing its responsibilities related to the planning and development of all airport facilities for the County of San Diego, including the airport activities and operations of the United States Department of Defense. In selecting members for the committee, the authority shall include persons knowledgeable about airport management, passenger and freight air transportation operations and economics, general aviation, the natural environment, regional economic development, business, including the technology sector of the economy.

(b) To the extent feasible, the advisory committee shall include representatives from the Department of Transportation, local public transit authorities, local governments, the campuses of the University of California and the California State University in the region, the United States Department of Defense, binational business, San Diego Unified Port District, San Diego International Airport neighboring communities, tourism and other groups and residents of San Diego County.

(c) When forming the advisory committee, the authority shall make its selections for membership from individuals representing all elements of the County of San Diego.

The Advisory Committee is comprised of the following members:


Airport Management

Oris Dunham

Airport Industry Consultant

Alan Murphy

Director, John Wayne Airport

Passenger and Air Freight-Transportation Operations and Economics

Trey Hettinger

UPS Representative

Frank Adams

FedEx Representative

Peter B. Houghton

Southwest Airlines Representative

Kelley Brown

SDIA Airline Representative

General Aviation

Clifford Leary

Vice Chairman, Gillespie Field Development Council

Richard Beach

President, Community Airfields Association of San Diego

Peter Drinkwater

Airports Director, San Diego County

Mike Tussey

Deputy Director-Airports Division, City of San Diego

Natural Environment

Diane Coombs

Executive Director, Citizens Coordinate for Century 3

Richard Miller

Vice Chair, Executive Committee, San Diego Chapter Sierra Club

Regional Economic Development-Business Sector

Rick Alexander

East County EDC

Gary Knight

North County EDC

Kirk Lanz

South County EDC

Carolyn  Y. Smith

President, Southeastern Economic Development Corporation

Bella Heule

President, San Diego World Trade Center

Ruben Barrales

President/CEO, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Ginna Reyes

Board member, Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce

Frank Milian

President, Western Flight

Terry Saverson

President/CEO, San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce

Alexsandra Rees

President/CEO, San Marcos Chamber of Commerce

Jason M-B Wells

Executive Director, San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce

Julie Meier Wright

President/CEO, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation

Sandor Shapery

President, Shapery Enterprises

Carelyn Reynolds

President, Coronado Livery, Inc.

Binational Business

Elsa Saxod

Representative from International Committee (US/Mexico issues), San Diego Chamber of Commerce

Department of Transportation-Local Public Transit Authorities

Julianne Nygaard

North County Transit District

Harry Mathis

Chairman, MTS

Gary Gallegos

Executive Director, SANDAG

Susan Hafner

Director of Multimodal Operations, Metropolitan Transit System- Taxicab Administration

Port

Bruce B. Hollingsworth

President/CEO, San Diego Unified Port District

Local Government

Lucy Killea

Former State Senator, State Assembly Member

University Campuses

Gail Naughton

Chair of the Airport Advisory Committee
Dean, SDSU College of Business Administration

VADM Raymond Peet, USN (ret.) Member of Board of Overseers, UCSD
Department of Defense

Capt. Steve Wirsching

Commander, SW Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Col. Dave Myers

Aviation Policy Branch Head, USMC MCI-WEST

Other Groups and Residents of San Diego County

Brad Barnum

Vice President Government Relations., AGC

Brian Gray

First Vice-Chair of Airport Advisory Committee
San Diego Taxpayers Association

Curtis Holmes

Transport Workers Union

John Chalker

Founder, ASAP21

Sharon Bernie-Cloward

Executive Director, Port Tenants Association

Barbara Baker

Chair, Miramar Technical Advisory Committee

Barry Jantz

CEO, Grossmont Healthcare District

San Diego International Airport Neighboring Communities

Bill Urban

Chair, Mission Hills Town Council

Tourism

David Peckinpaugh

President/CEO, San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau

Carol Wallace

President/CEO, San Diego Convention Center

John Hawkins

President/CEO, Cloud 9 Shuttle

Facilitator of Airport Authority Advisory Committee

Patricia Tennyson

Senior Vice President, Katz & Associates

 

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