April 2025 Conservative Cocktails

Chris joined the Naples Airport Authority in 2016.  As Executive Director, he oversees a dynamic community asset that generates an annual economic impact of $781 million and serves more than 200,000 passengers annually.  Chris is active in state and national associations and was named Aviation Professional of the Year by the Florida Department of Transportation (2012 and 2023).  Chris is an alumnus of The Ohio State University. In 2023 and 2024, the NAA was named a Best Place to Work by Gulfshore Business Magazine, and in 2024 became the first U.S. fixed-base operator to receive the ARGUS Base Operations certification acknowledging exemplary safety standards. For 19 consecutive years, the NAA has earned the the Government Finance Officers Association’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, and the airport has twice (2015 and 2022) received the Florida Airports Council’s J. Bryan…