The AMAC Airport Leadership Collective (ALC) consists of minority Airport CEOs and Directors who seek to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in employment at the Airport Director’s Level.
The ALC’s goals are to establish a community of support for minority airport professionals, leverage unified strength and influence to affect positive change for minorities in the industry, advise AMAC on strategies aimed at advancing minorities and collaborate with research institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to establish mentorship and internship opportunities for women and minority students.
With the unified strength and influence this group harnesses, the ALC is positioned to positively impact African Americans, women and people of color in all aspects of the airport and aviation industries. The ALC plans to launch strategies and initiatives that challenge professional and economic disparity in the field.
- Chair – John Clark, currently SSP America and formerly Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
- National Office Liaison – Eboni Wimbush, AMAC
2025 AMAC Airport Business Diversity Conference: Airport Directors Forum in New Orleans, LA.
2024 AMAC Airport Business Diversity Conference: Airport Directors Forum in Nashville, TN.
2023 AMAC Airport Business Diversity Conference: Airport Directors Forum in San Antonio, TX.
2022 AMAC Airport Business Diversity Conference: Airport Directors Forum in Chicago, IL.
2019 AMAC Airport Business Diversity Conference: Airport Directors Forum in Los Angeles, CA.
2018 AMAC Airport Business Diversity Conference: Airport Directors Forum in Seattle, WA.
2015 AMAC Airport Business Diversity Conference: Airport Directors Forum in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2017 AMAC Airport Business Diversity Conference: Airport Directors Forum in Houston, TX.
Airport Director and CEO Participants
Ken Austin, formerly Tallahassee International Airport (TLH)
Rosa M. Beckett, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA)
Balram Bheodari, formerly Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Thella Bowens, formerly San Diego International Airport (SAN)
Paul Brown, formerly Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN)
Cyrus Callum, Orlando Executive Airport (MCO)
Renato Camacho, Akron-Canton Airport (CAK)
John Clark, formerly Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
Chris Curry, formerly Mobile Regional Airport (MOB)
Ben DeCosta, formerly Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Al Denson, formerly Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM)
Mario Diaz, formerly George Bush Intercontinental Airport/William P. Hobby Airport (IAH/HOU)
Kevin Dolliole, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)
Deborah Flint, Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)
Bryant Francis, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
Charles Gates, formerly Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)
Cynthia Guidry, Long Beach Airport (LGB)
Shannetta R. Griffin, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Huntley Lawrence, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (NY/NJ)
Ron Mathieu, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM)
Perry Miller, Richmond International Airport (RIC)
Michael Pack, formerly Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Al Pollard, Martin State Airport (MTN)
Mario Rodriguez, Indianapolis International Airport Authority (IND)
Jesus Saenz, San Antonio International Airport (SAT)
Ricky Smith, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Miguel Southwell, formerly Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Marshall Taggart Jr., formerly Montgomery Airport (MGM)
Phillip Washington, Denver International Airport (DIA)
Thomas Winston, Toledo Express Airport (TOL)
Airport Commissioner and Board Participants
Earl Adams, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)
Angela Gittens, formerly Airports Council International (ACI)
A. Bradley Mims, formerly Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)
Dexter Samuels, formerly Nashville International Airport (BNA)
Warner Session, formerly Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)