Officers
CHAIR
Ricky D. Smith
General Manager, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
FIRST VICE CHAIR
Bridget Biagas
Vice Chair, AMAC Finance Committee / Vice President, Business Development at Hudson by Avolta
SECOND VICE CHAIR
Lance Lyttle
Managing Director, Aviation Division, Port of Seattle
TREASURER
William (Bill) Swift
Chair, AMAC Finance Committee / Owner & President, Business Traveler Services, Inc.
SECRETARY
Lauryn Mangum Reed
Chair, AMAC Emerging Leaders Committee / Executive Vice President, TMG Hospitality USA
Regional Directors
NORTHEAST
Indhira Figuereo Blaney
Senior Vice President, National Aviation / Market Leader, WSP USA
EASTERN
Robin Gibson
Vice Chair, AMAC Government Affairs Committee / Director, Quality Assurance, Fraport USA, Inc.
MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES
Tonja Pastorelle
Chair, Corporate Development Committee / President, Pastorelle Marketing Group
CENTRAL
Shelia Hudson
Principal & CEO, Hudson and Associates
SOUTHEAST
Thiane Carter
Director, Small Business Programs, Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
SOUTHWEST
J. Goodwille Pierre
Owner, Goodwille Pierre LLC
WESTERN
Michael E. Washington
Vice Chair, AMAC Chapters Development Committee / CEO, CATO Hospitality Group / President & Co-Owner, Palazzo Concessions
NORTHWEST
Jeannie Killebrew
President, Killebrew | Killebrew, Inc
At-Large Directors
Denise Bailey
Consultant, Bailey White Solutions
Marlene Coleman
Director, Strategic Alliances, Areas USA
Karen Ellis
Airport Assistant General Manager - Chief Customer Experience Officer, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Nikki T. Harland
Chief Operating Officer, Paradies Lagardère
Tosin Kasali
Chair, AMAC Membership Committee / Vice President, Business Development, HMSHost by Avolta
Justina Mann
Chair, AMAC Chapters Development Committee / President & Managing Principal, Blue Ink Group
Gonzalo de la Melena Jr.
Vice Chair, AMAC Government Affairs Committee / Founder & CEO, Emerging Airport Ventures
Dwight Pullen Jr.
Chair, AMAC Aviation Professional Development Committee / Senior Vice President, Global Aviation Americas Leader, AECOM
Simeon Terry
Vice President, Diversity Affairs, Austin Commercial
Past Chair (Ex-officio)
Farad Ali
Chair, AMAC Government Affairs Committee / Executive Chairman, Asociar
Former Board Chairs
1988–1999: John Greer, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority
1989–1991: Clara Axam, D.J. Miller & Associates
1991–1993: Mario Trevino, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
1993–1994: Robin McCullum Diaz, Massport
1994–1995: Vincent Joubert, Jr., VJJoubert Management Consultant
1995–1998: Nancy West, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
1998–2011: Retrieving Records
2012: Don T. O’Bannon, Bryan Cave
2013–2016: Darryl Daniels, Jacobsen|Daniels
2016–2018: Farad Ali, Raleigh-Durham International Airport
2018–2020: John Clark, SSP America
2020–Present: Ricky D. Smith, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
