![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Candace-McGraw.png\")
Ms. McGraw will chair the ACI World Governing Board (WGB)\nthat consists of 28 leading airport CEOs nominated by the regional ACI Boards,\nplus the Immediate Past Chair. The ACI WGB directs the organization through\nstrategic discussions on key subjects for airport operators that reflect the\nconcerns and interests of ACI members for the benefit of travelers and\ncommunities worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms. McGraw\u2019s appointment was approved at the ACI World\nAnnual General Assembly in June 2023, and her two-year term will run until\nDecember 2025. Ms. McGraw has been involved in the ACI WGB since 2018 and has\nbeen ACI World Vice Chair since January 2022, succeeding Sheik Aimen bin Al\nHosni, CEO of Oman Airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms. McGraw became CEO of CVG in July 2011 and has over 30\nyears\u2019 experience in aviation, legal affairs, and public administration. Since\njoining CVG, Ms. McGraw has focused on positioning the airport for the future\nby completing a 2035 Master Plan Study; consolidating operations into a\nrenovated terminal facility; diversifying revenues through targeted cargo, land\nand concessions improvements; finalizing modernized Use Agreements; introducing\nseveral new air carriers; and creating one of the most efficient and\nfastest-growing cargo airports in the world\u2014home to both Amazon Air\u2019s primary\nU.S. Hub and DHL Express\u2019 Global Superhub for the Americas. In 2022, CVG\nwitnessed the largest cargo volume growth (+16.8%) amongst the Top 20 busiest\nairports for total cargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is active in the local community as well as the aviation\nindustry, championing issues related to gender parity, diversity, equity, and\ninclusion (DEI), leadership, and workforce development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira said, \u201cWe\nare thrilled to welcome ACI World\u2019s new Chair, Ms. Candace McGraw. Guided by\nher vision, we are confident that our organization will chart a course towards\na bright future and unlock new horizons in our mission to elevate the interests\nof airports worldwide. Our industry faces a crossroad, a balancing act between\nsoaring demand for air travel and the urgent need for sustainable aviation. Ms.\nMcGraw has served on the ACI World Governing Board since 2018 and has been our\nVice Chair since January 2022; she is the first woman to Chair ACI World and we\nare very proud of that considering her brilliant career and contribution to the\nACI federation. With the grace of Ms. McGraw’s leadership, we are poised to\nemerge triumphant, steadfast in our pursuit of success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ACI World Chair and CEO of CVG Candace McGraw said, \u201cI am\nhonored to serve as Chair of the ACI World Governing Board. I thank Sheik Aimen\nbin Al Hosni, our Immediate Past Chair, for his leadership these past several\nyears. Nothing is more important to me than the future of this industry.\nWhether thinking about the long-term needs of ACI, how we can be a strong\npartner in the global aviation industry, or what we can do to accelerate the\nadoption of practices to ensure sustainable aviation, we are stronger as one. I\ncommit to lead our World Governing Board with a sense of purpose and\ncollaboration and appreciate the trust that has been placed in me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jost-Lammers-edit-1.jpg\")
As of January 2024, Mr. Jost Lammers, CEO of Munich Airport,\nsucceeds Ms. McGraw as ACI World\u2019s new Vice Chair, also for a two-year term\nrunning until December 2025. Mr. Lammers has been active on the ACI WGB since\n2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Airports Council International (ACI) World welcomes its first woman Chair, Ms. Candace McGraw, CEO of Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), bringing her vast industry knowledge to lead the trade association of the world\u2019s airports. Ms. McGraw will chair the ACI World Governing Board (WGB) that consists of 28 leading airport CEOs nominated by the regional […]<\/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":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27610","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=27610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27613,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27610\/revisions\/27613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}