SBA Promotes Penny Perkins to Vice President

Steven Baldwin Associates (SBA) has promoted Ms. Penny Perkins to Vice President of the firm.

Penny Perkins

Ms. Perkins has been with the firm since its inception in 2011. She is a seasoned business professional with more than three decades of experience in project management, strategic planning, business analysis, and corporate communications.

At SBA, Ms. Perkins is responsible for overseeing a majority of client accounts and has served as a project manager and/or project director on multiple important assignments. She has conducted several strategic planning assignments for clients, as well as organizational assessments, departmental and programmatic reviews and evaluations, and benchmarking analyses, among other assignments.

Since starting with SBA, she has managed an increasingly diverse set of duties and has grown to be an integral leader within the SBA team. “Penny has been with the firm since its beginning nearly 10 years ago,” said Steve Baldwin, President/CEO. “Throughout this period, she has demonstrated the highest degree of professionalism, work ethic, and teamwork. She is embraced by each of our clients and is equally adept at performing technical work, business development, and contributing to the overall management of the firm. Her contributions on all fronts have been instrumental to our success.”

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.