Title: Director
Office: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Practice Area/Specialization: Management strategy development
and implementation, airline lease negotiations and utilization issues.
Spencer Ballard has 28 years of experience in transportation business and financial
planning, capital program implementation planning, and business management, including
10 years in airport consulting and 15 years in senior urban transit and large-hub
airport management positions. He specializes in overcoming complex airport management
challenges and development of strategies for change. Spence has worked closely
with airport executive teams in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Miami, and elsewhere on
a wide variety of projects including airline lease negotiations, terminal management,
control, and utilization studies, comparative cost studies, capital program affordability
and implementation strategies, and rates and charges issues.
Representative Projects:
Client/Airport |
Projects |
City of Phoenix
Sky Harbor International Airport |
Capital improvement program strategic business planning |
Los Angeles World Airports
Los Angeles International Airport, Van Nuys Airport, Ontario International Airport,
Palmdale Regional Airport |
Interim business executive
Airline negotiations
Terminal concessions and consolidated rental car facility planning
Terminal utilization, management, and shared use studies
Leasing policy development
General aviation strategic business plan |
Miami-Dade County
Miami International Airport |
Comparative airports costs study
Multi-party negotiations support for consolidated rental car facility
Feasibility study assistance |
Prior Experience
Spence most recently served for 10 years as Managing Director of a nationally
recognized airport management consulting firm. Previously, he was assistant aviation
director in charge of business and financial affairs for San Francisco International
Airport and Miami International Airport, as well as assistant transit director
with similar responsibilities for Miami-Dade Transit.
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