Colorado Governor appoints new CAB member

Stephen Ducoff
Stephen Ducoff

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has announced the appointment of Stephen Ducoff of Colorado Springs to serve as an eastern slope government representative on the Colorado Aeronautical Board (CAB).  Mr. Ducoff replaces William “T” Thompson who resigned from the CAB earlier in June.

Ducoff has played an active role at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS), serving on the Colorado Springs Airport Advisory Commission from 2001 to 2007 and was recently selected by the Colorado Springs City Council to serve an additional term on the Commission.

Ducoff is passionate about aviation and a strong advocate for Colorado economic development and has been an active member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) for nearly 40 years and is the Colorado Springs AOPA Airport Support Network Volunteer. He is a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the Colorado Pilots Association, and has been an active pilot since 1967. Ducoff became a pilot nearly 50 years ago has earned his commercial, instrument and instrument instructor ratings.

He has owned several aircraft including a Beechcraft Bonanza which he has flown from the Colorado Springs Airport for nearly 20 years.

The Division of Aeronautics and the rest of the CAB look forward to working with Mr. Ducoff in his new role as a member of the Colorado Aeronautical Board.

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.