Distinguished Lecture Series Features CEO of DFW International Airport

Featured Speaker: Jeffrey P. Fegan, Chief Executive Officer, Dallas/ Ft. Worth International Airport

Event Details: Friday, November 6, 2009, 10:00-11:30am

Union Golden Eagle Suite

In February 1994, Jeffrey P. Fegan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board. He is the chief administrator and executive officer of the DFW Airport Board and recommends policies to the Board for planning, constructing, maintaining, operating and regulating the Airport.


In November 1993, Mr. Fegan was named Deputy Executive Director of Finance and Administration where he was responsible for Finance, Property Management, Procurement and Budget. He served in this role on an interim basis from July 1993 until November.


Mr. Fegan was named to the position of Director of Planning and Engineering in March 1989. He was responsible for the development of the Airport’s Master Plan, administration of a planning program to promote growth and development of the Airport, development of the Capital Improvement Program, development of the Airport Noise Compatibility Program and implementation of ground transportation improvements to enhance safety and capacity. He joined DFW in December 1984 as Chief Planner and was later promoted to Assistant Director.


As the Noise Abatement Officer at Westchester County Airport in New York in 1983 and 1984, Mr. Fegan was responsible for the development, implementation and management of Noise Abatement Programs for the airport. He was in the aviation consulting business from 1978 to 1983, where he served as project manager on airport master plans for air carrier and general aviation airports and was involved in all phases of Airport Noise Control Plans.


Mr. Fegan received a Master of City Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Geography from Frostburg University, Maryland. He completed the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University. Representing DFW Airport, he is past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA). He is an Accredited Airport Executive, a member of the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), and the American Institute of Certified Planners.


Mr. Fegan is married and has two daughters.


For more information contact: Julie Willems-Espinoza, Julie.Willems-Espinoza@unt.edu or 940-369-8442.

Event is in the month of November, 2009.