Eight Community Leaders Elected to Join Tucson Airport Authority
Eight new active members were elected to join the Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) at its annual meeting on Jan. 24.
A unique, independent authority created by state charter, the TAA is responsible for operating Tucson’s airport system consisting of Tucson International Airport (TUS), the region’s major commercial airport, and Ryan Airfield, a general aviation reliever airport.
“We are thrilled to welcome eight local community leaders to the Tucson Airport Authority membership,” TAA President and CEO Danette Bewley said. “There was a conscious effort to diversify our membership while also bringing in leaders that can help advocate for the Tucson Airport Authority, Tucson International Airport and Ryan Airfield. We look forward to working with each of them in the coming years.”
Carol Stewart, associate vice president of the University of Arizona’s Tech Parks Arizona, a role in which she is also president of the UA’s Center for Innovation, a business incubator network with multiple locations across Southern Arizona offering expertise to leaders of science and technology startups. Previously, Stewart was Chief Executive Officer of the Association of University Research Parks, which is headquartered in Tucson though she worked from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where she had been CEO of the Canadian Association of University Research Parks from 2007-2017 and the managing director of the research park at the University of Waterloo from 2004-2017. Since coming to Tucson, Stewart has quickly integrated into the business community and serves on the boards of organizations including the Arizona Technology Council, Tucson Metro Chamber, Desert Angels, Sun Corridor, Bioindustry Organization of Southern Arizona (BIOSA) and the steering committee for the Flinn Foundation.
