The City of St. Louis owns and operates St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The St. Louis Airport Authority is the city department that manages the daily operations. The St. Louis Airport Authority was created in 1968 by an ordinance adopted by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. The Airport Authority is made up of the Airport Commission, the Airport Director, and more than 500 full-time employees.
Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge
Airport Director
Chief Executive Officer
Jerry Beckmann
Deputy Director
Planning & Development
Ron Stella, A.A.E.
Deputy Director
Operations & Maintenance
Antonio Strong
Deputy Director
Finance & Administration
Jason Andrew Christians
Assistant Director
Engineering
Peter Davidson
Assistant Director
Finance and Accounting
Brian Kinsey
Assistant Director
Marketing and Business Development
Dave Kulinsky
Assistant Director
Operations & Maintenance
Francoise Lyles-Wiggins
Assistant Director
Business Diversity & Development
William Collins
Chief
St. Louis Airport Police
Steve Simpson
Battalion Chief
St. Louis Fire Department
Aeric Bauman
Manager
Legal Department
Reed Glasener
Manager
Information Systems
Roger Lotz
Manager
Public Information
Dana Ryan
Manager
Planning
Rob Salarano
Manager
Properties Division
Elizabeth Smart
Manager
Construction & Maintenance
Sharon Stone
Manager
Human Resources
Jon Strobel
Manager
Environmental/Health & Safety
Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge
Chairwoman
Airport Director
St. Louis Lambert International Airport
John Bales
Director of Aviation
Spirit of St. Louis Airport
Kevin Cantwell
President
Big River Communications
Hon. Shane Cohn
Ward 25 Alderman - Chair, Transportation & Commerce Committee
St. Louis Board of Aldermen
Sean R. Fitzgerald
Vice President
Property, Construction & Environmental
Enterprise Holdings
June Fowler
Senior Vice President
Communications
BJC HealthCare
Hon. Darlene Green
Comptroller
City of St. Louis
Samuel Jenkins
Owner
SPJ Consulting, LLC
Lee Kling
President
The Kling Company, LLC
Frank D. Jacobs
Business Manager IBEW, Local #1
President St. Louis Building Trades
Don G. Lents
Sr. Counsel and Chair Emeritus
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Rik Nemanick, Ph.D.
Principal Consultant
The Leadership Effect, LLC
Kathleen Osborn
President and CEO
The Regional Business Council
Hon. Lewis Reed
President
St. Louis Board of Aldermen
Richard A. Sauget
President
East County Enterprises, Inc.
John “Jack” Stelzer
Committeeman
8th Ward, City of St. Louis
Marilyn Teitelbaum
Partner
Schuchat, Cook & Werner