Airport Authority Executive Staff

Birmingham Airport Authority is led by a seven-member Board of Directors. The Board of Directors brings extensive knowledge and business expertise in many areas and is responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of the Birmingham Airport Authority and the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Board members are appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham and are approved by the Birmingham City Council. Members of the Birmingham Airport Authority Board of Directors serve in a volunteer capacity and are supported by an executive staff.

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BAA Executive Staff

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    Ronald F. Mathieu, C.M.

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham Airport Authority

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    Ronald F. Mathieu, C.M.

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham Airport Authority

    Ronald F. Mathieu is chief executive officer of the Birmingham Airport Authority, overseeing the operations of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama. Mathieu is responsible for the overall administration, operations, maintenance, development, and continued growth of the airport.

    Mathieu previously served as executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Mathieu has held leadership positions at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International

    Airport and Newark International, LaGuardia and JFK International Airports - operated

    by the New York Port Authority.

    Mathieu earned a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management from the Florida

    Institute of Technology.

    He is a certified member of the American Association of Airport Executives, where he

    serves on the Policy Review Committee, and is a past chairman of the Diversity

    Committee. Mathieu, a private pilot, is also a board member of the International

    Association of Airport Executives.

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    Cathryn Smith

    Executive Administrator / Board Administrator and Assistant Secretary

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    Jim Payne, C.M., A.C.E.

    Chief Operating Officer

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    Ingrid Hairston, A.A.E., PMP

    Chief Revenue Officer

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    Korey Campbell

    Chief Financial Officer / Assistant Treasurer

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    TJ Williams

    Vice President of Air Service Development

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    Matthew Nelson, C.M., A.C.E., ASC

    Vice President of Facilities

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    Paulette Maddox, MHRM

    Vice President of Human Resources

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    Cameron Thompson, A.C.E., ASC

    Vice President of Operations

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    Marcelo Lima, A.A.E.

    Vice President of Planning and Development

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    Ed Seoane, MBA, CPSM

    Vice President of Purchasing

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    Kim Hunt, MPA, C.M.

    Vice President of Communications