Mary Jordan to become new chair of YVR
Monday, May 17th, 2010 - 10:55 am
On May 13th Vancouver Airport Authority (VAA) named Mary Jordan, a former airline executive and director of the Airport Authority since 2004, as chair of its board of directors, effective June 10. She replaces Graham Clarke who has been chair since 1997 and who will remain on the Airport Authority’s board.
Clarke made the announcement at YVR’s (YVR is the airport’s ICAO identification code) annual public meeting.
Jordan has more than 20 years experience in the airline industry, holding executive positions with American Airlines, Canadian Airlines and Air Canada. She has also served as the executive director of the BC Centre for Disease Control and, most recently, was executive vice president of human resources for Laidlaw International. She is a former director of The Vancouver Board of Trade and is a director of Coast Capital Savings.
YVR’s 10-member Board of Directors is variously appointed by a number of stakeholders.
The not-for-profit VAA managed a $39 million surplus of revenue over expenditures for 2009, down 43% from 2008. Passenger traffic fell 1.7% from the previous year; revenue was off 14.7% while expenditures increased by 20.4%. YVR’s 2009 Annual Report and financial statements are now available here. (Source: YVR press release)
