{"id":31988,"date":"2025-06-23T12:45:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T12:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=31988"},"modified":"2025-06-23T12:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T12:46:01","slug":"fabio-bendana-joins-rsh-as-associate-vice-president-of-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/fabio-bendana-joins-rsh-as-associate-vice-president-of-aviation\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Fabio Benda\u00f1a Joins RS&amp;H as Associate Vice President of Aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The national employee-owned architecture, engineering and consulting firm RS&amp;H has announced that Fabio Benda\u00f1a has joined the company as an Associate Vice President for the firm\u2019s aviation market services. With a distinguished career spanning over two decades in aviation architecture, Benda\u00f1a\u2019s journey marks a step forward in RS&amp;H\u2019s mission to deliver innovative and impactful projects in the aviation sector.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fabio-Bendana2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31989\" style=\"width:291px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fabio-Bendana2.jpg 601w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fabio-Bendana2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Fabio Benda\u00f1a<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benda\u00f1a brings a wealth of expertise to the RS&amp;H team, having successfully overseen numerous multi-million-dollar airport projects worldwide. His experience covers terminal design, project management, business development and strategy, equipping him with the leadership and vision to drive successful aviation initiatives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dennis Iskra, AIA, LEED AP, Vice President and Senior Principal Architect at RS&amp;H, shared his enthusiasm for Benda\u00f1a\u2019s addition to the team, \u201cWe are excited to welcome Fabio to RS&amp;H. His profound understanding of aviation architecture and his innovative vision will be a great addition to our team and our ability to deliver forward-looking projects to our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benda\u00f1a\u2019s career is defined by a global perspective and cultural fluency, having lived and worked on five continents, including Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and North America. His visionary approach is further enriched by his experience with airport systems of all sizes, from large-hub commercial service facilities to compact general aviation airports, \u201cI\u2019m excited to join RS&amp;H and collaborate with such an experienced team on impactful projects. I look forward to taking on new challenges and contributing to RS&amp;H\u2019s success while continuing to grow in my career,\u201d said Benda\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benda\u00f1a earned a master\u2019s in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University before furthering his education with a master\u2019s in architecture from Florida International University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national employee-owned architecture, engineering and consulting firm RS&amp;H has announced that Fabio Benda\u00f1a has joined the company as an Associate Vice President for the firm\u2019s aviation market services. With a distinguished career spanning over two decades in aviation architecture, Benda\u00f1a\u2019s journey marks a step forward in RS&amp;H\u2019s mission to deliver innovative and impactful projects [&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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31988","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\/31988","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=31988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31990,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31988\/revisions\/31990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}