{"id":32719,"date":"2025-09-07T13:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=32719"},"modified":"2025-09-07T13:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:29:13","slug":"mcfarland-johnson-welcomes-gavin-fahnestock-as-regional-planning-manager-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/mcfarland-johnson-welcomes-gavin-fahnestock-as-regional-planning-manager-aviation\/%20","title":{"rendered":"McFarland Johnson Welcomes Gavin Fahnestock as Regional Planning Manager \u2013 Aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>McFarland Johnson (MJ) has announced that Gavin Fahnestock has joined McFarland Johnson as Regional Planning Manager in its Aviation Division. Mr. Fahnestock is based in Melbourne, Florida and will focus on MJ\u2019s growing airport and aviation consulting practice in the Southeastern United States.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gavin-Fahnestock-edit-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32721\" style=\"width:199px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gavin-Fahnestock-edit-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gavin-Fahnestock-edit-1-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Gavin Fahnestock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As a Regional Planning Manager, Mr. Fahnestock will lead a diverse team of airport planners, as well as coordinate with airport stakeholders and local, state, and federal agencies, to ensure airport planning and development projects are completed efficiently and effectively. With over 19 years of experience in aviation planning, he has managed airport-specific projects across the country. His experience includes airport master plans and updates, on-call planning and design services, runway relocations, airfield development programs, and terminal capacity expansion and improvement programs. In addition to his consulting experience, Mr. Fahnestock served in lead and management roles with the Federal Aviation Administration. There he was responsible for the Airport Improvement Program Budget, funds oversight, policy development and guidance, and quality control processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am passionate about aviation and enjoy the challenges of the industry,\u201d said Fahnestock. \u201cI look forward to this opportunity at McFarland Johnson to contribute to the firm\u2019s strategic growth and success in the Aviation industry. In collaboration with McFarland Johnson\u2019s diverse team of professionals, we can bring innovative solutions that can be applied to a broad range of airports across the United States,\u201d added Fahnestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to have Gavin join MJ\u2019s growing Aviation team. His diverse public and private sector experience, strategic thinking, and leadership skills will benefit our new and existing clients in the region,\u201d said John Mafera, Vice President and Director of Aviation. &#8220;Please join me in welcoming Gavin Fahnestock to McFarland Johnson!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McFarland Johnson (MJ) has announced that Gavin Fahnestock has joined McFarland Johnson as Regional Planning Manager in its Aviation Division. Mr. Fahnestock is based in Melbourne, Florida and will focus on MJ\u2019s growing airport and aviation consulting practice in the Southeastern United States. As a Regional Planning Manager, Mr. Fahnestock will lead a diverse team [&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":[30,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32719","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=32719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32722,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32719\/revisions\/32722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}