DISTRIBUTION DATE: May 17, 2007      FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT

DAVE HAMRICK JOINS TUCSON AIRPORT AUTHORITY

      Dave Hamrick has been named Vice President of Operations for the Tucson Airport Authority. Mr. Hamrick served as the Airport Director of the Corpus Christi Airport from 2000 until the present.

      Mr. Hamrick joined the Corpus Christi International Airport in 1994 where he managed the airport’s Operations Division. Prior to joining the airport, Mr. Hamrick was a Senior Lieutenant with the El Paso Police Department. There he developed and oversaw the department’s air operations unit and its airport division. He previously served with the U.S. Army.

      Mr. Hamrick is a Certified Member (C.M.) of the American Association of Airport Executives, (AAAE), and has been awarded the Certified Public Manager (C.P.M.) designation from the American Society of Public Administration.

      Leading the Operations Division, Mr. Hamrick will oversee 200 employees in airside and landside maintenance, flight line and aircraft refueling services, custodial, landscaping, and FAA airfield inspections, at both TIA and Ryan Airfield.

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