{"id":23708,"date":"2022-10-14T13:05:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23708"},"modified":"2022-10-14T13:06:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:06:24","slug":"aviation-planner-sees-benefits-of-active-participation-in-extraordinary-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/people\/aviation-planner-sees-benefits-of-active-participation-in-extraordinary-industry\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Planner Sees Benefits of Active Participation In Extraordinary Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – In 2018, Pam Keidel-Adams, second from left, joined aviation stakeholders at a private night\u00c2\u00a0tour of the Federal Express operation when Pam was providing airport consulting services to\u00c2\u00a0Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority.\u00c2\u00a0(Courtesy photograph.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pam Keidel-Adams<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With over 30 years of aviation planning expertise, Pam\nKeidel-Adams, Vice-President at Kimley-Horn, has extensive experience in\naviation system planning, economic impact, air service development, activity\nforecasting, public outreach, airport development and planning, and project\nmanagement. She has managed and collaborated with large teams, including\naviation planners and engineers, transportation economists, and freight\nprofessionals in offices across the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam often shares her knowledge at national, state, and\nregional conferences on topics ranging from air service to airport economic\nimpact. In April 2020, she was named Chair of the Aviation Group for the\nTransportation Research Board (TRB). As one of seven major divisions of the\nNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, TRB promotes\ninnovation and progress in transportation through research. TRB provides\ntrusted, timely, impartial, and evidence-based information exchange, research,\nand advice regarding all modes of transportation. Recently, Pam was recognized\nby TRNews for more than 30 years of aviation leadership by the TRB. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam said, \u201cMy relationship with TRB has allowed me to learn\nabout aviation issues I had not had access to before, from air quality to the\nFAA\u2019s modernization of the U.S. airspace system. These experiences have given\nme deeper insights into issues that affect the aviation system, and I\u2019ve used\nthe experience to expand my opportunities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you first get inspired to work in the aviation industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My interest in transportation and, eventually aviation,\nstarted in college at the University of Cincinnati. I was introduced to\naviation planning through a co-op\/internship program at Landrum & Brown.\nOne of my professors recommended me for the aviation planning co-op position\nthat was in town. He noted the staff flew up to Chicago quite a bit and that at\ntimes people flew up just for the day. During my time there, I was so excited\nwhen I was asked to fly from Cincinnati to Chicago for two work trips. I was\nhappy with the work, which involved mapping analysis on a FAR Part 150 Noise\nStudy for Chicago Midway Airport, one of the first of these studies ever done.\nI identified noise-sensitive land uses and then integrated the information into\na predecessor of GIS. I was fortunate that when I graduated two years later, I\nwas hired for an aviation planning position with another firm in town. I have\nbeen an aviation planner ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your first memory of aviation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first memory is of my grandparents flying from Chicago to\nvisit us in Cincinnati when I was maybe three years old. After that, every time\nI looked in the sky and spotted an airplane, I would think about them and\nwonder who was flying in that plane. In sixth grade, I got the opportunity to\nfly by myself to visit an exchange family I had met through school. The family\nwas in Ontario, Canada. I flew by myself to Detroit. I enjoyed every minute. I\nhave many happy flight memories. I still enjoy flying nearly every week to this\nday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who has inspired you the most (any mentors you want to mention?)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been fortunate to have been inspired by many men and\nwomen throughout my career. Through my participation in numerous industry\norganizations (Transportation Research Board [TRB], Airport Consultants Council\n[ACC], the National Association of State Aviation Officials [NASAO], and many\nother organizations, as well as consulting work at airports and state\norganizations across the U.S. I\u2019ve been blessed with meeting some incredibly\nsmart, talented professionals that have shaped my career in one way or another.\nFrom those that taught me the \u201csoft side\u201d of working with people, both clients\nand partners, to technical writing skills and public speaking (my original\nleast favorite), all of which were not strengths when I started in the\nindustry, I have been inspired and gained learned lessons from bosses, peers,\nyoung professionals, clients, competitors, and friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pam with husband, Gary.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For over 20 years I worked with Barb Fritsche and Scott\nSanders, both of whom I learned from and partnered with. Scott and I built our\ncareers together over several different firms, leaving two jobs together at the\nsame time to join new firms together. I was also fortunate to meet my husband\nthrough work. Gary has been my biggest champion\u2014always giving me great advice\nand counsel after his more than 40 years in the aviation industry. It\u2019s great\nto go home and talk to him about a project or aviation issue and he\nunderstands, often bringing a different perspective that I maybe hadn\u2019t thought\nof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advice for other women inside our industry or thinking about aviation and aerospace?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love talking to women about their careers and the aviation\nindustry. I didn\u2019t know there were many careers in aviation other than being an\nairline pilot until I got to college. While I wasn\u2019t successful in convincing\nmy daughter to go into aviation (instead she went into transportation\nengineering and planning), I speak to many women about the aviation industry\nand, specifically airports. There are so many career paths and even specialized\nfocus areas that people don\u2019t recognize that are applicable to airports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The advice I\u2019ve given to my daughter and others is to make\nsure you enjoy what you do and to continue learning. I\u2019ve been a planner my\nentire career but have worked more recently with engineers, aerospace\nprofessionals, and airspace specialists that continue to help me grow and\nexpand my knowledge of the industry and see all the perspectives and\nopportunities. From electrification to advanced air mobility, sustainable\naviation fuels, and commercial space, the industry keeps evolving and creating\nnew prospects to learn and get engaged and find new passion for aviation\nactivity. I\u2019ve been involved in an effort to get a national Girl Scout aviation\nbadge. The women I\u2019ve met and worked with in this endeavor are so impressive.\nI\u2019ve continued to learn that the industry is extraordinarily diverse and that\nthere are a lot of smart women making major contributions around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Background?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kimley-Horn aviation team at the 2019 Airport Consultants Council-ACC\/American Association of Airport Executives-AAAE Airport Planning, Design, and Construction Symposium where Pam Keidel-Adams was Vice Chair of Symposium. Pam is in the center front row. (Courtesy photograph.)<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I currently serve as part of Kimley-Horn\u2019s Aviation\nLeadership Team, providing support to the entire practice along with my\npartners. I started my career in 1987 in a co-op\/internship and have continued\nas an aviation planner. With a B.S. in Urban Administration, I joined Aviation\nPlanning Associates (now WSP) and grew my knowledge as I moved to positions in\na few other firms. I engaged with TRB and ACC early in my career and am\ncurrently the TRB Aviation Group Chair and on the Board of Directors for ACC.\nThe rewards of active participation and support for these organizations has\ngreatly benefited my career and my life, where I try to give as much back as I\nknow I\u2019m getting from being involved and contributing to the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – In 2018, Pam Keidel-Adams, second from left, joined aviation stakeholders at a private night\u00c2\u00a0tour of the Federal Express operation when Pam was providing airport consulting services to\u00c2\u00a0Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority.\u00c2\u00a0(Courtesy photograph.) With over 30 years of aviation planning expertise, Pam Keidel-Adams, Vice-President at Kimley-Horn, has extensive experience in aviation system planning, economic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FedEx-tour-July-2018-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23708","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=23708"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23715,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23708\/revisions\/23715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}