Leach Takes RAA Helm for ‘09

The Regional Airline Association elected Trans States Holdings President & CEO Richard Leach as the 2009 Chair of the association succeeding outgoing chair Republic Airways Holdings CEO Bryan Bedford.
Other officers elected at the association’s fall membership meeting held this week in Washington, DC were Vice-Chair Russell “Chip” Childs, SkyWest; Treasurer James Rankin, Air Wisconsin; and Secretary Daniel Wolf, Cape Air. ExpressJet’s Jim Ream was elected to the RAA Board to fill a vacant slot, joining Joe Randell, Air Canada Jazz; Peter Bowler, American Eagle; Doug Voss, Great Lakes; Steve Farrow, Piedmont; and re-elected directors Bryan Bedford, Republic; Tim Komberec, Empire and Dave Hackett, Gulfstream International.
Karla Cadden, Account Director, Commercial Airline Sales/Aviation Solutions at Arinc, and Barry MacKinnon, Marketing Regional VP, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft were elected chair and vice-chair respectively of RAA’s Associate Member Council (AMC) representing nearly 300 leading suppliers of products and services to the regional airline industry. Most recent past chair Rick Townsend, V.P. Sales Marketing & Customer Support for AAR Aircraft Services remains on the AMC.