{"id":1851,"date":"2015-06-04T19:05:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:05:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-06-04T19:05:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:05:08","slug":"colorado-selects-aopa-regional-manager-new-aviation-division-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/colorado\/colorado-selects-aopa-regional-manager-new-aviation-division-director\/%20","title":{"rendered":"COLORADO SELECTS AOPA REGIONAL MANAGER AS NEW AVIATION DIVISION DIRECTOR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ulaneedit.jpg\" The Colorado Department of Transportation\u2019s (CDOT) Division of Aeronautics and the Colorado Aeronautical Board has named David Ulane as the organization\u2019s new Aeronautics Director. Ulane is a Metropolitan State University of Denver Aviation and Aerospace Science Program graduate and a licensed general aviation pilot, bringing with him over 25 years of professional aviation knowledge and experience. He began his career at Denver\u2019s Centennial Airport in 1989. Since then, Ulane has held airport management positions at Yellowstone Regional Airport in Cody, Wyoming, Utah\u2019s St. George Municipal Airport, and Colorado\u2019s Aspen-Pitkin County Airport.<\/p>\n

Ulane is currently the Northwest Mountain Regional Manager for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), where he is chief representative for AOPA\u2019s local, state, and regional legislative affairs, airport advocacy, and general aviation development in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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\n\u201cI am thrilled and honored to be headed back to Colorado for this amazing opportunity. I look forward to working closely with Colorado\u2019s aviation community and stakeholders, continuing the ingenuity that has poised Colorado as one of the nation\u2019s great leaders in aviation and aerospace innovation,\u201d said Ulane.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of the Colorado Aeronautical Board (CAB), we want to continue to be the leaders in aviation throughout the nation, and with the hiring of David Ulane as our next Aeronautics Director, I am confident that he will lead the Division of Aeronautics to a level of excellence,” said Ray Beck, CAB Chairman. “We welcome him aboard and look forward to having him in the cockpit working together with the Colorado Aeronautical Board, CDOT, the Colorado Transportation Commission, and the airport managers and operators within Colorado\u2019s dynamic airport system.”<\/p>\n

As the Colorado Division of Aeronautics Director, Mr. Ulane will oversee all responsibilities of the organization in support of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) development of a forward-looking multi-modal transportation system in the 21st century. In conjunction with the Colorado Aeronautical Board, Mr. Ulane will be responsible for promoting a cooperative effort with the Division\u2019s public and private constituents to enhance aviation safety, aviation education, and
\nthe development of an effective air transportation system through the efficient administration of the Aviation Fund.<\/p>\n

Ulane is scheduled to begin his duty as the Director of the Colorado Division of Aeronautics on July 1st, 2015.<\/p>\n

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