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
Director of Airports
Chief Executive Officer
Ron Stella
Deputy Director
Operations & Maintenance
Antonio Strong
Deputy Director
Finance & Administration
Jerry Beckmann
Deputy Director
Planning & Development
Joel Klein
Assistant Director
Finance & Administration
Brian Kinsey
Assistant Director
Air Service and Business Development
Angel Ramos
Assistant Director
Engineering
Amber Gooding
Assistant Director
Business Diversity Development
Dave Kulinsky
Assistant Director
Operations & Maintenance
William Collins
Chief
St. Louis Airport Police
Steve Simpson
Battalion Chief
St. Louis Fire Department
Reed Glasener
Manager
Information Systems
Steve Jacox
Manager
Construction & Maintenance
Jeff Lea
Manager
Public Information
Mario Pandolfo
Manager
Legal Services
Dana Ryan
Manager
Planning
Rob Salarano
Manager
Properties Division
Elizabeth Smart
Safety Management System
Sharon Stone
Manager
Human Resources
Jon Strobel
Manager
Environmental/Health & Safety
Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge
Chairwoman
Director of Airports
St. Louis Lambert International Airport
John Bales
Director of Aviation
Spirit of St. Louis Airport
Kevin Cantwell
President
Big River Communications
Marlene Davis
19th Ward Alderwoman
St. Louis City Board of Aldermen
Sean R. Fitzgerald
Vice President
Property, Construction & Environmental
Enterprise Holdings
June Fowler
Senior Vice President
Communications
BJC HealthCare
John Gaal
Director of Training and Workforce Development
STL/KC Carpenters Regional Council
Hon. Darlene Green
Comptroller
City of St. Louis
Samuel Jenkins
Owner
SPJ Consulting, LLC
Lee Kling
President
The Kling Company, LLC
Benjamin A. Lipman
Member
Lewis Rice LLC
Rik Nemanick
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