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The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) concluded its 2025 Annual Convention and Trade Show in Anchorage, Alaska held Sept. 21-24, 2025, drawing more than 400 attendees and representatives from 36 states, NASAO leadership called the event a resounding success.
“NASAO’s 94th annual meeting again provided a valuable opportunity for state aviation agency leaders to confer with their FAA partners on critical policy issues and discuss the safe integration of emerging technologies into the National Airspace System,“ said Greg Pecoraro, NASAO President and CEO. “It also afforded them an opportunity to engage with leading members of the aviation industry to learn about new developments, technologies, and techniques for managing common challenges faced by states and airports that are critical to ensuring safety throughout the system.”
“Alaska’s Department of Transportation and Public Facilities was thrilled to host our sister state aviation agencies here in Anchorage this week” said Troy LaRue, Operations Manager of Statewide Aviation. “For this year’s theme, we suggested ‘Navigating New Frontiers’ to help us showcase how aviation has been critical not just to communities here in Alaska, but has created a path to exploring our world, developing new technologies, and tying together our vast nation. I’m extremely proud of our host team from Statewide Aviation and the Alaska International Airport System who helped plan the event and worked tirelessly. Their dedication, along with the incredible collaboration from the NASAO team – truly the best team to work with – made this event so successful. It is an extreme honor to host and serve this group and I’m so pleased to be one of them.”
The four-day event featured trade show floor demonstrations and exhibits, keynote addresses from Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Commissioner Ryan Anderson, P.E., and Deputy Commissioner, Katherine Keith, PMP, PMI-ACP, as well as panel sessions, and networking opportunities.
2025-2026 Board of Directors
NASAO state members also elected the 2025-2026 NASAO Board of Directors. Clayton Stambaugh, deputy director for aeronautics at the Illinois Department of Transportation, began his tenure as NASAO Board Chair on Sept. 24. The NASAO Board of Directors is comprised of NASAO’s Executive Committee and Regional Directors.
Executive Committee
- Clayton Stambaugh, Illinois Department of Transportation – Chair
- Frank Farmer, Alabama Department of Transportation – Vice Chair
- Bryan Budds, Michigan Department of Transportation – Treasurer
- Colette W. Edmisten, A.A.E., Georgia Department of Transportation – Secretary
- Marty Blake, Indiana Department of Transportation – Immediate Past Chair
Regional Directors
- Jeremy Borrell, Nebraska Department of Transportation – Central Region
- Greg Campbell, Virginia Department of Aviation – Eastern Region
- Ryan Gaug, AICP, Minnesota Department of Transportation – Great Lakes Region
- Alan Lambert, Maine Department of Transportation – New England Region
- Kenji Sugahara, Oregon Department of Aviation, Northwest Mountain Region
- John Paul Saalwaechter, P.E., Tennessee Department of Transportation – Southern Region
- Jessi Litz-Rowden, New Mexico Department of Transportation – Southwest Region
- Matthew Munden, Arizona Department of Transportation – Western-Pacific Region
Future Conventions
The 2026 NASAO Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held Sept. 13-16 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, followed by Atlanta, Georgia in 2027.
