CONFERENCE AGENDA
MISSISSIPPI AIRPORTS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Wednesday, September 17 – Friday, September 19, 2025
Lake Terrace Convention Center
Hattiesburg, MS
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 17
9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Exhibitors set up – Conference Center – Exhibitors Room
12:00 pm: Golf and Lunch – Shadow Ridge Golf Club
1:30 pm: Sporting Clays, Riverbend
5:30 pm: Opening Reception – Conference Center
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 18
6:30 – 7:45 am: Breakfast – Exhibitors Room
8:00 – 8:05 am: “Welcome & Introductions,” Wes Kirkpatrick, President, Mississippi Airports Association
8:05 – 8:20 am: Mayor Toby Barker, City of Hattiesburg
8:20 – 8:30 am: Sponsor Presentation
8:30 – 9:10 am: Speaker TBA
9:10 – 9:50 am: “Incident Response,” Scott Lynn, FAASTeam Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration
9:50 – 10:00 am: Sponsor Presentation
10:00 – 10:25 am: Break – Exhibitors Room
10:00 am: Spouses/Guests depart for Laurel Home Town Tour and Lunch
10:25 – 11:05 am: “The State of Aviation in Mississippi,” Brad White, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Transportation
11:05 – 11:15 am: Sponsor Presentation
11:15 – 11:55 am: Airport Government Relations Tammra Cascio, Principal, Cascio Sanford Government Law
Group PLLC and Clay Williams, Executive Director, Gulfport Biloxi International Airport
12:00 – 1:30 pm: Lunch – Tommy Duff
1:35 – 1:37 pm: Sponsor Presentation
1:37 – 1:57 pm: “FAA Report,” Rans Black, Jackson Airports District Office Manager, FAA
1:57 – 2:17 pm: “TSA Report,” Kim Jackson, Federal Security Director of Mississippi, Transportation Security Administration
2:17 – 2:37 pm: “MDOT Report,” Josh Stubbs, Director of Aeronautics and Rails, Mississippi Department of Transportation
2:37 – 2:57 pm: “Legislative Report,” Jeff Wagner, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz. P.C.
2:57 – 2:59 pm: Sponsor Presentation
2:59 – 3:30 pm: Break
3:30 – 4:45 pm: Board Meeting
5:30 – 9:00 pm: Safari Party (Dress for the occasion!)
Friday, SEPTEMBER 19
6:30 – 7:45 am: Breakfast – Exhibitors Room
8:00 – 8:30 am: General Membership Meeting
8:30 – 9:10 am: Jon Coleman, Denver Air, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy/Airline Pilot
9:10 – 9:12 am: Sponsor Presentation
9:12 – 9:52 am: “State of the Industry,” Mike Mooney, Senior Consultant, Air Service Development, Volaire Aviation Consulting
9:52 – 10:32 am: Sara Doss, Executive Director, Aerospace and Defense Alliance of Mississippi
10:32 am: Door prize winners announcement
10:35 – 10:40 am: Closing remarks