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Board of Directors

The Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) Board of Directors consists of at least seven but not more than 11 people elected from the authority’s active membership, which is comprised of up to 60 women and men residing within the service areas of the authority’s two airports, Tucson International Airport (TUS) and Ryan Airfield (RYN).

Board members are elected to terms of up to three years and can be re-elected to successive terms serving up to a maximum of ten consecutive years. The immediate past chair remains a board director for one additional year, which can be a seventh year. Board member terms are staggered to preserve experience and institutional knowledge. Members of the TAA do not receive salaries or compensation for their roles.

2024 TAA Board of Directors

  • Keri Silvyn Chair
    Partner
    Lazarus & Silvyn, P.C.
  • Mike Hammond Vice Chair
    Founder/Principal
    Cushman & Wakefield/ PICOR Commercial Real Estate Services
  • Phil Swaim Secretary
    President
    Swaim Associates Ltd.
  • Vance Falbaum Treasurer
    Managing Director and Financial Advisor
    Falbaum Crowley Investment Group
    RBC Wealth Management
  • Judy Rich Director
    President and CEO
    TMC HealthCare
  • Todd Jackson Director
    Partner
    Jackson & Oden, P.C.
  • Calline Sanchez Director
    Vice President, TSS Global Logo
    Offerings & Service Planning
    IBM
  • Fran Katz Director
    Chief Development Officer
    Tucson Jewish Community Center
  • Rhonda Piña Director
    Deputy Director
    Pima County Workforce Development
  • Ellen Wheeler, J.D. Director
    Retired Attorney and Assistant County Administrator, Pima County

2023 TAA Membership List

Tucson Airport Authority Past Board Chairs*

  • Monte Mansfield (1948-1952)
  • Lambert P. Hermes (1952-1955)
  • Fred R. Stofft (1956-1958)
  • Edward O. Earl (1959-1960)
  • Henry E. Dahlberg (1961-1962)
  • Robert W. Heyer (1963)
  • Gordon D. Paris (1964)
  • J. Luther Davis (1965)
  • R. B. "Buck" O'Rielly (1966)
  • Jack B. O'Dowd (1967)
  • Harold "Hal" D. Adamson, Jr. (1968)
  • A. V. Grossetta (1968)
  • Samuel C. McMillan (1969)
  • David M. Lovitt, Sr. (1970)
  • Harold Ashton (1971)
  • Duane B. Anderson (1972)
  • Clayton E. Niles (1973)
  • Hamilton R. Catlin (1974)
  • Robert J. Brooks (1975)
  • Fred T. Boice (1976)
  • Thomas R. Brown, Jr. (1977)
  • Harry B. Chambers (1978)
  • James M. Murphy (1979)
  • William E. Page (1980)
  • Katie Dusenberry (1981)
  • H. Wilson Sundt (1982)
  • George H. Amos (1983)
  • Joseph B. Wilcox (1984)
  • Edgar C. Butterbaugh (1985)
  • Laura Almquist (1986)
  • John L. Carter (1987)
  • Hal W. Ashton (1988)
  • Ernesto V. Portillo (1989)
  • Jacob "Jake" F. Struble (1990)
  • Gary M. Munsinger (1991)
  • Lowell E. Rothschild (1992)
  • Ted S. Sitterley, Jr. (1993)
  • Arnold Elias (1994)
  • Donald Shropshire (1995)
  • Karl Ronstadt (1996)
  • Jim Cowan (1997)
  • Larry Adamson (1998)
  • James P. Wojciehowski (1999)
  • Elizabeth "Liz" Bilby (2000)
  • Susan G. Boswell (2001)
  • William G. Valenzuela (2002)
  • Charles "Chuck" Jackson (2003)
  • James M. Sakrison (2004)
  • Michael J. Harris (2005)
  • Robert A. Elliott (2006)
  • Richard F. Imwalle (2007)
  • Darryl B. Dobras (2008)
  • Timothy J. Prouty (2009)
  • Christopher Sheafe (2010)
  • Rubin J. Salter (2011)
  • Thomas A. Zlaket (2012)
  • Lisa H. Israel (2013)
  • Edwin L. Biggers (2014)
  • Steven R. Cole (2015)
  • Tony Finley (2016-2017)
  • Lisa Lovallo (2018-2019)
  • Taunya Villicaña (2020)
  • Bruce L. Dusenberry (2021-2023)
  • Keri Silvyn (2023- )

* Title was President prior to 1998

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