Wed, Jan 15, 2003
First Woman Named Chairman of ACI-NA 2003 Board of
Directors
The
membership of Airports Council International -- North America
(ACI-NA) has elected its 2003 board of directors, naming Gina Marie
Lindsey, Director of the Aviation Division at the Port of Seattle,
as the aviation association's 2003 chairman.
She is the first woman to hold this post. Airport CEOs from
Canada and the United States make up the board. A representative
from ACI-NA's airport-related business members and two
representatives of airport commissioners also have voting
rights.
"The ACI-NA board is committed to securing additional
flexibility for airports, both operationally and financially,"
states Lindsey. "With the current concerns over security and
capacity issues, airports must be enabled to manage their own
challenges utilizing their already-present professional
capabilities," she added. Airports face challenges in a number of
important areas. Airports are limited in their ability to raise
funds and finance projects. The federal government regulates
airport monies and indicates how they are used. Additionally,
airports are dealing with terminal modifications that must adhere
to new federally mandated security requirements.
The 107th Congress has adjourned without passing
the Department of Transportation appropriations bill. Throughout
the 108th Congress, ACI-NA will continue to pursue more funding
resources for airport priorities. Particular attention will be
focused on costs to airports for EDS installation which, in the
year 2003 alone, will far exceed $275 million, the figure in the
House and Senate committee-approved bills. Other funding issues at
the forefront of ACI-NA's 2003 agenda are the full-funding of the
Airport Improvement Program to help airports address continuing
capacity and improvement needs, remuneration for the Transportation
Security Administration's use of terminal space, funding federally
mandated law enforcement officers at security checkpoints, and
reimbursement for other mandated security costs.
Lindsey was appointed in 1993 as the Director of the Aviation
Division of the Port of Seattle. Seattle-Tacoma International
Airport is the 17th busiest passenger airport in the nation.
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