{"id":20371,"date":"2021-12-18T14:36:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T14:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20371"},"modified":"2021-12-18T14:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T14:36:42","slug":"memphis-shelby-county-airport-authority-board-elects-michael-keeney-as-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/tennessee\/memphis-shelby-county-airport-authority-board-elects-michael-keeney-as-chairman\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Board Elects Michael Keeney as Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-Keeney-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20372\" width=\"197\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-Keeney-edit.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-Keeney-edit-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><figcaption><em>Michael Keeney<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Keeney has been selected as the Chairman of the\nBoard of Commissioners for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA).\nKeeney, the sixth executive to hold the chairman&#8217;s title in the Airport\nAuthority&#8217;s history, was unanimously elected for a five-year term by board\nmembers at their December 16, 2021, meeting. He succeeds Pace Cooper, whose\nterm as Chairman ends on December 31, 2021. Keeney\u2019s term begins January 1,\n2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioners also selected Pamela Z. Clary, executive vice\npresident and partner for Community Capital LLC, as Vice Chairwoman, and Jim\nKeras, president of Jim Keras Automotive Group in Memphis, as Secretary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeney joined the MSCAA board in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am honored to serve in this role, and I am grateful to\nour outgoing chairman, Pace Cooper, and my fellow commissioners for their\noutstanding leadership,\u201d said Keeney. \u201cI look forward to working with this\ntalented MSCAA management team as we launch a new era for Memphis travelers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has practiced law since 1993 and formerly served as the\nmanaging shareholder of the Memphis office of Lewis Thomson law firm. Keeney is\na 1992 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville, TN,\nand received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Lambuth College in\nJackson, TN, in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeney currently serves on the board of directors for\nOrgill, Inc. and BankTennessee. An active community volunteer, Keeney serves on\nseveral nonprofit boards including the board of directors for the Boys and\nGirls Club of Greater Memphis, Christian Brothers University, West Clinic\nFoundation, Dixon Gallery and Gardens and is a member of the University of\nMemphis Board of Visitors. Keeney is a member of the Tennessee Sports Wagering\nAdvisory Commission and serves as President of the University Neighborhoods\nDevelopment Corporation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Keeney has been selected as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA). Keeney, the sixth executive to hold the chairman&#8217;s title in the Airport Authority&#8217;s history, was unanimously elected for a five-year term by board members at their December 16, 2021, meeting. He succeeds Pace Cooper, whose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennessee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20373,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20371\/revisions\/20373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}