{"id":22887,"date":"2022-07-23T13:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T13:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22887"},"modified":"2022-07-23T13:17:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T13:17:12","slug":"steve-blazek-appointed-to-north-dakota-aeronautics-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/steve-blazek-appointed-to-north-dakota-aeronautics-commission\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Steve Blazek Appointed to North Dakota Aeronautics Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steve Blazek was recently appointed by Governor Burgum to\nserve on the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission for a 5-year appointment that\nbecame effective on July 1st, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steve-Blazek-Headshot-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22888\" width=\"207\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steve-Blazek-Headshot-edit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steve-Blazek-Headshot-edit-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><figcaption><em>Steve Blazek<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve is a Senior Vice President of Business Banking at\nFirst International Bank &amp; Trust in Fargo. He has more than 38 years of\nexperience in the banking industry and helps business customers find lending,\ndeposit, and treasury management solutions to help reach their financial goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve grew up in Fargo and earned both a bachelor\u2019s degree\nand master\u2019s degree in Business Administration from North Dakota State\nUniversity. He is a past or current member of a number of community\norganizations including the Municipal Airport Authority for the City of Fargo,\nFargo Planning Commission, Fargo Air Museum, Fargo AirSho, Fargo Post 2\nBaseball Club, FM Kicks Band, El Zagal Shrine, ND American Legion State Band,\nLake Agassiz Concert Band, FMWF Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs, and ND\nGovernor\u2019s Task Force MIND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of work, Steve is interested in \u201call things\u201d\naviation. He is a private pilot and enjoys music, sports, community engagement\nand development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to welcome Steve within his new role which\nwill provide guidance and oversight to our work at the North Dakota Aeronautics\nCommission,\u201d stated Executive Director, Kyle Wanner. \u201cHis expertise within both\nthe financial sector and the field of aviation will complement our work to grow\nairport infrastructure and aeronautical services throughout the state of North\nDakota.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission (NDAC) was\nestablished in 1947 by the State Legislature to provide representation of the\nstate in aviation matters and to provide responsibility for the state\u2019s\naviation programs and regulatory framework. The Governor appoints the five\nmembers of the Aeronautics Commission to the board for terms of office of five\nyears.&nbsp; The NDAC mission is serve the\npublic by providing economic and technical assistance for the aviation\ncommunity while ensuring the safe and cost-effective advancement of aviation in\nNorth Dakota.&nbsp; For more information,\nvisit the NDAC website at https:\/\/aero.nd.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Blazek was recently appointed by Governor Burgum to serve on the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission for a 5-year appointment that became effective on July 1st, 2022. Steve is a Senior Vice President of Business Banking at First International Bank &amp; Trust in Fargo. He has more than 38 years of experience in the banking [&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":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-dakota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22887","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=22887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22889,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22887\/revisions\/22889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}