Airports association names new president

Casey Denny, Deputy Director, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport was named President of the Arizona Airports Association (AZAA) recently at the organizations "Dutch Bertholf" Spring Conference held this year in Sierra Vista, AZ.

(Photos – Casey Denny, right, incoming AzAA President, is recognized by out-going AzAA President Jeff Tripp, Airport Projects Supervisor, Mesa Falcon Field.) (Former Arizona DOT Aeronautics Director, Gary Adams was on hand.) (AzAA members toured Fort Huachuca to see the training facilities for unmanned aerial vehicle operations.) (Michael Johnson, left, Tucson Airport Authority and Jim McCue, Executive Emeritus, in a UAV hanger.)

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Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.