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Kirk joined Malone AirCharter in 2010 as Staff Accountant\nand was promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) after just five years. In her\nrole as CFO, Kirk spent the next six years on the company\u2019s strategic\nleadership team focusing on safety, customer service, and growth. In 2021, Kirk\npurchased Malone Air Charter, continuing to run the company in the same\nfamily-owned tradition of its founding in 2002. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under Kirk\u2019s leadership as CEO, Malone AirCharter moved from\nJacksonville Executive Airport to Jacksonville International Airport, where the\ncompany is currently in the planning process of building a new, larger, custom\nfacility. Malone AirCharter has also been featured on the cover of Professional\nPilot Magazine and the Jacksonville Business Journal Fast 50. Kirk is an\nhonoree of the Jacksonville Business Journal\u2019s Ultimate CEO, a recognition of\nher achievements in helping to shape Jacksonville and its business community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCristine has consistently applied her own personal and\nprofessional commitment to learning and aiming higher to her work with NATA.\nThe NATA Board is pleased to recognize Cristine\u2019s enthusiasm, compassion, and\ninitiative in her role as Vice Chair as keys to even greater success for the\nAssociation,\u201d stated NATA Board Chair and COO of Sheltair Aviation Todd\nAnderson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCristine\u2019s energy is infectious, and her perspectives as a\nbusiness-owner, operator, and industry leader are invaluable to NATA\u2019s Board\nand the Association\u2019s future. We are excited to work with Cristine in her new\nrole,\u201d added NATA President and CEO Curt Castagna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) board of directors named Cristine Kirk, CEO of Malone AirCharter, Inc., as its Vice Chair. Kirk was elected to serve on the NATA Board in June 2023. Kirk joined Malone AirCharter in 2010 as Staff Accountant and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) after just five years. In […]<\/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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403","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=27403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27405,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27403\/revisions\/27405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}