Pangborn Memorial (KEAT), Wenatchee, Washington: New airport director could be chosen today

EAST WENATCHEE — Pangborn Memorial Airport could get a new director today.

Members of the airport’s governing board are interviewing three candidates this morning and could offer one of the them the job this afternoon.

The finalists, chosen from a field of 17 applicants, are:

• Richard McConnell, who most recently was airport director at Boise Airport in Idaho
• Trent Moyers, airport director at Elko Regional Airport, in Nevada.
• Bryant Walker, assistant security manager at Sacramento County International Airport in California.

Photos and descriptions of each candidate are at the airport’s website at pangbornairport.com

Interviews are taking place in a closed-door session at the Port of Chelan County office in Olds Station.

The airport has been without a director since late 2011, when former director Greg Phillips resigned to take a job at an airport in Vail, Colorado.

Operations Manager Ron Russ is the interim director.

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