ACC AVIATION AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Past Recipients
2019 Woodie Woodward, Woodward & Associates
President
2018 Oris Dunham, Dunham Group LLC
Managing Partner
2017 Representative John Mica
Former Congressman
2016 Jeffrey Hamiel, Metropolitan Airports Commission
Executive Director/CEO
2015 John L. Martin, San Francisco International Airport
Director
2014 Thella F. Bowens, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
President/CEO
2013 Randall (Randy) H. Walker
Former Clark County Aviation Department Director
2012 Angela Gittens, ACI World
Director General
2011 Catherine (Kate) M. Lang, Federal Aviation Administration
Deputy Associate Administrator for Airports
2010 Benjamin R. DeCosta, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Former Department of Aviation general manager
2009 Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley, Transportation Security Administration
Former Administrator
2008 Gina Marie Lindsay, Los Angeles World Airports
Executive Director
2007 James “Jim” E. Bennett, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
President and CEO
2006 Frederick W. Smith, FedEx Corporation
Chairman, President and CEO
2005 Jeffrey P. Fegan, Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport
CEO
2004 James C. DeLong, A.A.E., Louisville Airport Authority
Former Director of Aviation
2003 Lydia Kennard, Los Angeles World Airports
Executive Director
2002 Norman Y. Mineta, U.S. Department of Transportation
Secretary
2001 Bombardier Aerospace
Manufacturer of the CRJ Series Regional Jet
2000 Shuster, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Chairman
2000 L. Oberstar, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Ranking Democratic Member
1999 Donald D. Engen, National Air and Space Museum
Director
1998 Bethune, Continental Airlines
Chairman and CEO
1997 Aviation Week Group
Publishers of Aviation Daily & Airports
1996 Herbert D. Kelleher, Southwest Airlines
President, Chairman of the Board and CEO
1993 Leonard L. Griggs, Federal Aviation Administration
Assistant Administrator for Airports
1992 Federico F. Pena, City of Denver
Former Mayor
1991 Samuel K. Skinner, U.S. Department of Transportation
Secretary
1990 Clifton A. Moore, Los Angeles Department of Airports
Executive Director
*Firms and titles listed are relevant to the time the award was presented.
**No award was given in 1994 or 1995.