The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is governed by a 17-member Board of Directors. The Board establishes policy and provides direction to management, and its authority is plenary. Members of the Board are appointed by the Governors of Virginia and Maryland, the Mayor of Washington, D.C., and the President of the United States as follows:
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Morse is the founder of Morse Strategies consulting firm. Morse has extensive political and government experience, having served as deputy assistant to the President and deputy director of presidential personnel, where he worked closely with the administration to recruit more than 3,000 staffers.
Thorn Pozen is a partner in the law firm of GMP, LLP in Washington, D.C., where, among other topics, he advises government and private sector clients on local government, administrative law, and local and federal government ethics issues. Mr. Pozen previously served as a Partner at Stinson Morrison Hecker, and was the D.C.
A. Bradley Mims has served as a transportation professional in government and the private sector for over 40 years. As a government relations specialist with a multi-modal transportation background, Mr.
On June 7, 1987, Washington Dulles International and Washington National Airports were transferred to the Airports Authority under a 50-year lease authorized by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986, Title VI of Public Law 99-500. All property was transferred to the Airports Authority, and the Federal government holds title to the lease. Prior to the transfer, the airports were owned and operated by the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation.