Mayor Sylvester Turner was elected Mayor of Houston on December 12, 2015, to serve a four year term beginning January 4, 2016.
Sylvester Turner was born and raised in the Acres Homes community in northwest Houston. His parents moved to Acres Homes in 1954, the year Sylvester was born.
Sylvester's mother worked as a maid in the old Rice Hotel in Houston. His father worked as a painter for Continental Ensco and cut yards with his sons on the weekends to make extra money. The Turners r...
Diaz is responsible for the overall management of the Houston Airport System’s three aviation facilities: George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) and Ellington Airport (EFD). He is one of the industry’s leading authorities in the study of future developments in commercial aviation.
Since his arrival in Houston in 2010, Diaz led efforts along three broad strategic fronts: establish Bush Airport as the region’s long-haul, full service inte...
Jesus H. Saenz Jr., IAP, is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Houston Airport System (HAS). As the COO, Saenz oversees strategic and business plan development, business process re-engineering, implementing of technologically complex projects and airport operations.
Previously, Mr. Saenz was the General Manager for William P. Hobby Airport and was responsible for leading Hobby to earning a Skytrax 4-star international rating in 2016. While at Hobby, he was also responsible...
As Deputy Director of the Houston Airport System, Saba manages the External Affairs division for Global Industry Relations, Government Affairs and Corporate Communications. She leads a variety of Business Development initiatives that together, provide a vital support network for new and expanded air service in Houston. This means a greater level of connectivity for millions of Houstonians, fueling economic growth.
Saba also serves as Executive Officer for the Mayor of Houston in foreign af...
Tanya oversees the strategic planning and operational activities for a variety of technology systems and applications at Bush Intercontinental, William P. Hobby, and Ellington Airports.
Her role is to lead a dynamic team that plays a key role in ensuring the successful execution of HAS’ mission through innovative and enabling technology. Key areas of focus will highlight technologies delivering way finding, passenger flow/tracking, a stronger cyber security posture and a renewed comm...
Harleen Hines Smith is the Chief Human Resources Officer for the Houston Airport System (HAS). She leads human resource functions for all three airports impacting over 1,200 employees.
With more than 15 years of human resources experience in the private sector, Smith is working to make Houston Airport System an employer of choice. She manages the Human Capital Management department, and her areas of responsibility include human resources business partnerships, client relations, payroll, be...
Ian Wadsworth is the Chief Commercial Officer of the Houston Airport System (HAS), overseeing the commercial activities at HAS’ three airports, including air service development, airline affairs, concessions, parking, real estate, and marketing.
He joined the Houston Airport System in November 2008 as Deputy Director, Finance and Administration. Prior to joining the Houston Airport System, Mr. Wadsworth served in various finance, planning, and marketing roles over 15 years at A...
J’Maine Chubb is responsible for the overall financial health of the Houston Airport System (HAS). As part of the Executive Team, the CFO provides financial leadership by working with the Executive Management Team to establish long-range financial goals, strategies and plans while also ensuring that short-term funding needs are met. Mr. Chubb plays a leading role in driving HAS' "Build the Platforms for Future Success" strategic priority, as he helps HAS maintain fiscal di...
Kelly Woodward is the Interim General Manager (GM) for George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). She brings 24 years of professional aviation experience with 16 years directly related to airport operations.
Ms. Woodward is responsible for the daily operations of Houston's largest airport and the development and implementation of its policies and procedures.
For the last 16 years, Ms. Woodward served in multiple leadership roles at IAH. As IAH’s DM, Custodial Services, Ms. Wo...
Liliana Rambo, CAPP, is the General Manager (GM) for William P. Hobby Airport (HOU).
She is responsible for directing the day-to-day management of HOU, as well as establishing policies, procedures, guidelines and project schedules for HOU. She is also responsible for developing the collaborative relationships with our air carriers, tenants and team members to excel at providing a customer-friendly, safe, secure and efficient operation at HOU to the travelling public. In addition, she...
Arturo Machuca is the General Manager of the Houston Airport System’s Ellington Airport. Machuca oversees the daily operations and the development and implementation of policies and procedures at Ellington Airport. He is also the lead on the Houston Spaceport project.
With over 30 years of sales and marketing experience in the aviation industry, Arturo joined the Houston Airport System in 2009. His prior responsibilities included economic development, industry affairs and business re...
Robert “Bob” Barker is the Chief Development Officer of the Infrastructure Division for the Houston Airport System (HAS). Barker is responsible for the effective planning to guide the long term capital development of Houston’s three airports, overseeing the administration of planning, design and construction contracts in support of the long term and short term capital projects, analyzing operations and implementing best practice policies and procedures at HAS. He’s als...