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    About 2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40

    The 10th edition of Airport Business' annual award program.

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    Joe Petrie
    Editor, Airport Business

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    The 2021 Top 40 Under 40 showcases the industry's top talent working to make a positive impact on the way our aviation system works.

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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40

    Dec. 22, 2021
    Nyika A. Allen, C.M., Assistant Director of Aviation-Business, Strategy and Finance, Port of OaklandApi Appulingam, P.E., Deputy Director of Aviation, Capital Development, City...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Matthew Walsh, P.E., Project Engineer, HNTB Corporation

    Dec. 9, 2021
    While working an internship with a general contractor at Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is when Matthew Walsh caught the aviation bug. “I was assigned as a project...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Nathan Sims, MBA, Aviation & Federal Project Manager, Burns & McDonnell

    Dec. 9, 2021
    A summer job at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and the “addictive” world of an airport took Nathan Sims from the path of working in federal law enforcement ...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Stephen Saunders, Director Innovation and Information Technology, CVG Airport

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Stephen Saunders has been at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) for 12 years, working in various roles all while climbing higher. Saunders first started...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Thierry D. Sarr C.M., Senior Airport Planner, Los Angeles World Airports

    Dec. 9, 2021
    The opportunity to leave a lasting legacy and to work on outstanding programs and projects that will impact billions of people for years and decades to come is what Thierry Sarr...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Tony Esposito, PE, Project Manager, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Studying population growth trends around airports while in college is what led Tony Esposito into a career designing airports. “It all makes sense now. My fascination for aviation...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Matthew Nelson, ASC, Vice President of Facilities, Birmingham Airport Authority

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Matthew Nelson joined the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) Airport as his second job out of college and quickly rose through the ranks – becoming the Vice President...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Natalie Schraner, Sr. HR Partner, Learning and Development, Indianapolis Airport Authority

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Natalie Schraner went from the newsroom to the sky, transitioning from an intern at a local Indianapolis news station to a Flight Attendant to start her aviation career. “I started...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Scott Helms, General Manager, Leading Edge Jet Center

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Scott Helms is the General Manager of Leading Edge Jet Center, located at Boeing Field – where Helms has worked on and off since 2005 for different FBOs around the airport. But...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Zachary Staff, PP, AICP, Regional Aviation Planning Manager, McFarland Johnson

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Zachary Staff went to school for urban planning and geography, happening into aviation by luck. “It was a lot of luck,” said Staff. “I met the right people while I was doing internships...

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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Rhea A. Hanrahan, Principal Consultant at Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. (HMMH)

    Dec. 9, 2021
    A physicist by schooling, Rhea Hanrahan is using her expertise to help clients with noise and environmental consulting. Working for HMMH for the past twelve years, Hanrahan’s ...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Sri Kumar, PE, Senior Project Specialist, Connico

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Sri Kumar was “boots on the ground from the very first hour of the very first day” of his first job out of college, working on a runway reconstruction project at the Detroit Metropolita...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Nicole Robinson Owens, MPM, CQM, Assistant Director, Project Delivery, Infrastructure, Houston Airport System (HAS)

    Dec. 9, 2021
    As Assistant Director, Project Delivery, Infrastructure, for the Houston Airport System, Nicole Owens and her team are responsible for successfully delivering over 100 Capital...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Paul H. Swift, C.M., LEED GA, Deputy Director; Planning, Design & Construction, Wayne County Airport Authority

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Aviation and construction run deep in Paul Swift's blood.“My great grandfather was in construction, building homes in the Detroit area and both of my grandfathers were in aviation...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Matthew Sornig, Controls Development Supervisor, Daifuku Airport Technologies, Jervis B. Webb Company

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Matthew Sornig is the controls development supervisor for Jervis B. Webb, a Daifuku company, and has been with the company for 12 years and in his current role for two. Sornig...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Matthew Brown C.M., Assistant Airport Manager, Columbus Municipal Airport

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Matthew Brown grew up near an airport, leading him to develop an interest in aviation early on in his life. Planning to become a pilot, Brown enrolled in Vincennes University,...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Colin Bible, PE, Aviation Team Leader, Senior Project Manager

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Colin Bible’s sights weren’t set on aviation when he graduated. The industry wasn’t even on his radar, he recounts, only ever having flown once in his life to that point. But ...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Mitchell R. Hooper, MBA, Aviation Planning Manager for Mead & Hunt

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Aviation has always been a part of Mitchell Hooper’s life. Born in New Zealand, Hooper’s grandfather was one of New Zealand’s first aerial crop dusters and had his own business...
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    2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40: Anthony W. Barnes, Chief Operating Officer, Airport Minority Advisory Council

    Dec. 9, 2021
    Anthony W. Barnes is the chief operating officer at the Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC), which is the only trade association dedicated to increasing diversity in airport...