{"id":8121,"date":"2016-10-18T09:55:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T09:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=8121"},"modified":"2017-02-18T02:56:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T02:56:51","slug":"nasao-selects-kimberling-as-president-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/news\/nasao-selects-kimberling-as-president-ceo\/%20","title":{"rendered":"NASAO Selects Kimberling as President &amp; CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-Kimberling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8123\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-Kimberling.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Kimberling\" width=\"190\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) announced today that Mark Kimberling has been named the new President and CEO of the 85-year-old organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate Mark on his selection as the next President\/CEO of NASAO. Mark has the talent and the vision to lead this organization and continue to keep NASAO visible and valuable in Washington,\u201d said Brad Brandt, NASAO Chair and Aviation Director for the Louisiana Department of Transportation &amp; Development. \u201cI look forward to our many opportunities to support our member states and increase the value of NASAO to our Business Partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before joining NASAO to manage the association\u2019s advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures, Kimberling served as the National Director of State Government Affairs at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), where he successfully spearheaded several significant pro-aviation state tax reform and funding initiatives across the country and received the Presidents Award &#8211; the organization\u2019s highest honor for an employee. Kimberling also worked as an international aviation and airport analyst, authoring a comprehensive assessment report on the development of Brazil\u2019s national system of airports and infrastructure. Prior, he worked on transportation, aviation, and other policy issues in Congress on the staff of Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-19). Kimberling is also a commercial rated pilot and certified flight instructor (CFI) with international flight experience as a former First Officer for American Eagle Airlines based in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to lead this important and historic association,\u201d said Kimberling. \u201cOur state aviation directors \u2013 and their staffs \u2013 across the country are an extremely talented group of professionals who play a vital, yet often overlooked, role in the ongoing success of our nation\u2019s aviation system. It will be a privilege to serve as their chief advocate as the next President and CEO of NASAO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimberling will succeed Greg Principato. \u201cGreg played an important role in refocusing the strategic direction for NASAO, and could not have put me in a better position to succeed with all of the guidance and tutelage he has given to me during his tenure,\u201d added Kimberling.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberling resides in Ellicott City, MD with his wife, and is a proud graduate of Boston College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) announced today that Mark Kimberling has been named the new President and CEO of the 85-year-old organization. \u201cI congratulate Mark on his selection as the next President\/CEO of NASAO. Mark has the talent and the vision to lead this organization and continue to keep NASAO visible and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8124,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121\/revisions\/8124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}