SC Aviation Association Announces 2022 – 2023 Executive Committee, New Directors

South Carolina Aviation Association (SCAA) has announced its new directors and executive committee.

Terry Connorton

Executive Committee members include President Terry Connorton, Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport Director; Vice President Kevin Howell, Senior Vice President/COO of Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport; and Secretary-Treasurer Ryan Hounshell, Operations Manager at Holt Consulting Company. This is the second year of the Executive Committee’s leadership.

Kevin Howell

“In South Carolina, we have been working hard to showcase the economic and educational impacts of our state’s airports,” said Connorton. “I look forward to continuing that work with the SCAA Board of Directors in the coming year.”

Ryan Hounshell

Chris Birkmeyer, PE, of WK Dickson; Steve Crimm, Private Pilot from Gilbert, S.C.; and Chris Eversmann, PE, A.A.E., of Jim Hamilton – L.B. Owens Airport, join the Board of Directors for three-year terms. In addition, Denise Bryan, C.M., of Fairfield County Airport, returns for her second term.

SCAA actively promotes and encourages aviation and airport development to meet air transportation needs and assist the state in achieving economic development goals. Its membership is comprised of airports and aviators across South Carolina, as well as aviation industry partners. For more information, please visit scaaonline.com.

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.