Study Committee Biographical Information
James C. DeLong, Chair, is Manager of Aviation for Louisville International Airport. From 1993 to 1998, he was Director of Aviation at Denver International Airport. He was previously Director of Aviation at Philadelphia International Airport, Deputy Director of Aviation for the Houston Intercontinental Airport System, and Manager of Houston Intercontinental and Hobby Airports. He began his career in airport administration as General Manager of Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. He has served as Chairman of the Airports Council International–North America and on the Board of Directors of ACI-World. He is a past president of the American Association of Airport Executives’ Northeast and South Central chapters. He was a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau. He earned a B.A. from Colgate University and an M.A. from the University of Southern California. He was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and is type-rated in a number of turbojet aircraft.
Marlin Beckwith retired in 2000 as Manager of the Aeronautics Program in the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). He began his career with Caltrans in 1964 and held a series of administrative and management positions of increasing responsibility. As manager of the aeronautics program, he oversaw the state’s airport grant and loan program and supervised the permitting and inspection of helicopter facilities and public-use airports. He also worked with local governments concerned about airport noise and was responsible for ensuring the integration of state and national aviation system plans. He earned a B.A. from the University of Idaho and was an officer in the U.S. Army before joining Caltrans.
James M. Crites is Executive Vice President of the Operations Division of Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport. In this capacity, he oversees the activities of Airport Operations, Airport Maintenance, Department of Public Safety and Environmental Affairs. He was previously the airport’s Director of Planning and Marketing Research. Before his service at Dallas–Fort Worth, he worked for American Airlines in several management positions, including Managing Director for Airport Services and Managing Director for Financial Planning. He is Chairman of TRB’s Committee on Airspace–Airfield Capacity and Delay. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
Barry J. Dempsey is Professor and Director of the Center of Excellence for Airport Pavement Research at the University of Illinois. He joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1969 and became Professor of Civil Engineering in 1979. He specializes in airport facilities design, pavement design and materials, transportation soils engineering, and geotextile materials. He has published extensively in technical journals and is well known for his research on pavement subdrainage and the use of geosynthetic materials in pavement design and construction. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Edward L. Gervais is a Technical Fellow in the Boeing Airport Technology Group. He began his career with Boeing in 1966 and has been involved in production, engineering, or support of all Boeing commercial airplanes currently being produced. He has specialized in pavement design and evaluation and is responsible for evaluating airport compatibility requirements for Boeing commercial aircraft. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Airfield Pavement Committee, TRB’s Committee on Aircraft/Airport Compatibility, and the Airports Subcommittee of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee. He earned a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington.
Angela Gittens is Director of the Miami–Dade Aviation Department. In this position, she is responsible for the operations and management of Miami International Airport and five general aviation airports. Before joining the Miami–Dade Aviation Department, Ms. Gittens was Vice President of TBI Airport Management, a company that manages airport facilities under contract. Prior to that, she directed Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. She began her aviation career as Deputy Director for Business and Finance at San Francisco International Airport. She was previously Deputy Administrator at San Francisco General Hospital and Assistant Vice President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. She has served on the Federal Aviation Administration’s Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee. Ms. Gittens earned a bachelor’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Adib Kanafani is Edward G. and John R. Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering and Chairman of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineer-
ing at the University of California at Berkeley. Since joining the faculty at Berkeley in 1970, he has taught and conducted research on transportation systems, transportation engineering, airport planning and design, and air transportation economics. He has contributed to air transportation in the areas of demand analysis, airport capacity analysis methods, and airline network analysis. In 1997 he was founding Co-Director of the National Center of Excellence in Aviation Operations Research (NEXTOR), a university/ industry partnership funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and headquartered at Berkeley. He served as Director of Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies from 1983 to 1998. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including ASCE’s Walter Huber Research Prize in 1982, the Horonjeff Award in 1988, and the James Laurie Prize in 2000. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2002. Professor Kanafani earned his Ph.D. in transportation engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
Carolyn S. Motz is Manager at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland. The airport offers scheduled regional airline service and is heavily used by general aviation. She joined the airport in 1984 as a Commission Member. Before being promoted to Airport Manager in 1995, she served as Manager of Operations and Security Coordinator. Security is a major concern for Hagerstown Airport, which is the largest commercial-service airport in the vicinity of Camp David. She is a private pilot, a member of the American Association of Airport Executives, and Charter President of the Maryland Airport Managers Association.
George P. Vittas is Senior Vice President, DMJM Aviation, Inc. He has 35 years of experience in the planning, engineering, and administration of air transportation infrastructure and facilities projects. His prior experience includes 18 years with American Airlines, where, as chief airport–aircraft compatibility engineer, he was responsible for systemwide planning, design, and construction of airport and aviation facilities. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic University and a master’s degree in transportation planning from Polytechnic University of New York.
Daniel T. Wormhoudt is Vice President of Environmental Science Associates (ESA) and Director of its Airports and Ports Facilities Business Group. Before
joining ESA, he was president of MAP, Inc. Both firms specialize in environmental, land use, and transportation and energy facility siting issues. He has led numerous studies of the noise and other environmental impacts associated with both large and small airports. He is Chair of TRB’s Task Force on the Environmental Impacts of Aviation and is active in many airport-related organizations, including the Airport Consultants Council. He earned a master’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
