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Age: 31
Employer: Dallas Fort
Worth International
Airport (DFW)
Hometown:
Jupiter, FL
Alma Mater: US Air
Force Academy
Dillon Pettyjohn,
Assistant Vice President, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
Dillon Pettyjohn joined Dallas Fort Worth International
Airport in 2018. In a short four-year period since joining
DFW Airport's Planning department, Pettyjohn has
advanced in his career from senior airport planner to
assistant vice president of planning for the second busiest
airport in the world.
Prior to joining DFW Airport, Pettyjohn was director of
airfield operations for the US Air Force for five years,
where he managed airport operations and airport
planning at various US Air Force airfields around the
globe. In his current role, he leads long-term research
and development including strategic and tactical efforts,
enabling appropriate airport growth needs, while
meeting the airfield operations' capacity requirements.
He directs a team of employees and consultants that
perform airport master planning, technical analysis,
project development in support of the $2.5 Billion Infrastructure
Capital Program. He also leads the Urban Air
Mobility initiative for DFW's planning department and
Looking to the future, he said he'd like to see " Continued
research into all sides of airport business models that
allow for right-size investments and developments while
innovating new ways to better the airport experience. "
Additionally, Pettyjohn manages airspace and surface
optimization to ensure operational effectiveness, capacity
utilization, to include phasing and growth for the airport,
working directly with the FAA, airline partners, and internal
stakeholders.
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plays an active role in developing various aspects of DFW
Airport's Future Terminal Development Program bringing
innovation and foresightedness to all planning efforts.
Pettyjohn said he enjoys the opportunity to positively
influence airport operations and development to allow
for more efficient enjoyable travel into the future.
Dominique N. Ranieri, Esq., C.M.,
Airport Director & CEO, West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW)
In 2015 at the age of 24, Dominique Ranieri represented
the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority in
litigation following a 2015 slope failure. Ranieri then joined
the West Virginia International Yeager Airport (CRW) in
2017 and worked with the team to rebuild the runway
safety area EMAS bed, a $13.5M project.
Age: 30
Employer: West
Virginia International
Yeager Airport (CRW)
Hometown:
West Palm Beach, FL
Alma Mater: Florida
Atlantic University;
Appalachian School
of Law
She got to work as the director of marketing & air service
development (2017 - 2019) and then was promoted to
assistant airport director & chief officer (2019 - 2022).
Ranieri became the first female director & CEO of West
Virginia International Yeager Airport in September of
2022. Most recently, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice
appointed Ranieri to the West Virginia Consolidated Public
Retirement Board, which oversees all state pensions
(including the airport) for a three-year term.
" I was very fortunate to grow up around aviation, " she
said. " My mother was a Delta flight
attendant before starting a family. My
father, a police officer, had his pilot
license. My older sister attended Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University and
works in the aerospace industry, as
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If you have a passion, there is a
way to make a career carrying
out that passion in aviation.
does her husband, who is currently an air traffic controller
at DCA. My younger sister also has a passion for flight and
enjoys nothing more than an afternoon spent watching
airplanes at whatever airport she has access to (or a
memorable trip to an air show)! Although I started my
career practicing law, it was only a matter of time until I
made my way into aviation. "
Looking to the future, she hopes to inspire future generations
to get involved in the aviation industry.
" There are so many different avenues to do so. Pilots,
flight crew members, air traffic controllers, and aircraft
maintainers are just a few of the in-demand careers in
aviation, but there are so many more, " said Ranieri. " If you
have a passion, there is a way to make a career carrying
out that passion in the aviation space. "
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