MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL—Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) Executive Director/CEO Jeff Hamiel today named Roy Fuhrmann to the post of vice president-management and operations.
In that capacity, Fuhrmann will supervise Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s (MSP’s) director of operations and oversee the MAC’s Management and Operations Division, including the Landside Operations, Maintenance and Airside Operations, Facilities, Trades, Police, and Fire departments. The division also includes the Reliever Airports Department, which manages operation of six general aviation airports in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area: Anoka County-Blaine, Airlake (in Lakeville, MN), Crystal, Flying Cloud (in Eden Prairie, MN), Lake Elmo, and St. Paul Downtown.
“Roy’s work as director of environment has helped establish Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport as a leader in the field of environmental sustainability,” Hamiel said. “For more than a decade, Roy has overseen one of the most extensive airport noise mitigation programs in the nation. He has directed studies of environmental impacts of airport expansion and ensured that improvement plans and subsequent operations met strict regulatory standards. Roy also helped develop the MAC’s Stewards of Tomorrow’s Airport Resources program, designed to ensure MAC decisions and actions are sustainable not only from an environmental standpoint, but also from a fiscal, operational and social perspective. I know Roy will bring that same commitment to excellence to his new role as vice president-management and operations.”
As director of the MAC’s Environment Department, Fuhrmann oversaw the MAC’s efforts to protect water, soil and air quality and to reduce and mitigate aircraft noise impacts. He developed environmental assessments, impact statements and other documentation related to potential environmental issues arising from airport development and operations. He also was responsible for maintaining compliance with all applicable environmental regulations. Once the current residential sound insulation program is complete, the MAC will have spent nearly a half billion dollars mitigating noise around MSP.
Fuhrmann also served as an Army National Guard aviation officer for more than two decades, with deployments to Guatemala in 1995, Bosnia in 2003 and Iraq in 2008 before retiring from military service in 2009. Over the course of his military service, Fuhrmann commanded three separate aviation company units including a self-deploying Medevac unit. As battalion intelligence officer, he developed strategic plans and conducted security risk analyses. In Iraq, he managed a major international theater passenger terminal, including oversight of all scheduling, passenger security processing, check-in and gate control. There, he also implemented an aviation security plan to protect passengers, employees, aircraft, and facilities and flew multiple combat helicopter missions. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service.
Fuhrmann began his career at the MAC in 1994 as an aviation noise/geographic information systems specialist, becoming supervisor-aviation noise and satellite programs shortly thereafter. He joined the Reliever Airports Department in June 1996 to serve as assistant manager of tenant relationships. He also was responsible for all day-to-day operations at Crystal Airport. He later returned to the Environment Department as manager of aviation noise and satellite programs and became director of the department in August 2001.
Before coming to the MAC, Fuhrmann served as information specialist at the Center for Energy and Environment.
“I am extremely honored to be selected by Mr. Hamiel to serve the MAC in this important role,” Fuhrmann said. “It is a privilege to join an executive management team that has a longstanding reputation of outstanding safety and operational performance at MSP. I will do my best to continue this service excellence as part of my new responsibilities.”
Fuhrmann holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration from the University of North Dakota. He serves as chairman of Airports Council International-North America’s Environmental Affairs Committee. A commercial instrument pilot and aircraft owner, he is also a member of the American Association of Airport Executives and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
Fuhrmann resides in Webster, MN.
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