Airport board chooses new chairman

NAPLES — Michael Lenhard was named chairman of the Naples Airport Authority.  

The board also elected Kerry Dustin vice chair for 2020, according to a statement. Other commissioners are Ted Brousseau, Donna Messer and James Rideoutte. The board is comprised of five citizen volunteers, each appointed by the Naples City Council for a four-year term.

Appointed to the board in 2017, Lenhard served last year as vice chair. He retired from National Records Centers Inc. in Dallas, as president and CEO. He has more than two decades of experience in the records and information management industry and is a private pilot and member of the Naples Pilots Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He moved to Naples in 2015, the release states.

Dustin was also appointed to the board in 2017. He is founder and chairman of Falls River Group LLC and has more than 40 years of experience buying and selling businesses worldwide. Dustin is a 23-year Naples resident.

The Naples airport serviced 112,800 annual operations in the last fiscal year and is home to flight schools, air charter operators, car rental agencies and corporate aviation and non-aviation businesses.