Rick Cloutier, who has been the airport manager since July of 2006, manages the airport. Rick is a 20-year plus veteran of the Marine Corps, working in many aspects of aviation. He has a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from the University of Maine and is a licensed pilot. Rick is very active in the local Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council, and other associations focused on local economic development.
The Airport Board of Directors
The airport board is made of members from the cities of Auburn and Lewiston as well as a member of the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments and the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council.
The purpose of this Board is to:
- Operate and maintain the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport. Conduct strategic planning and implement projects and improvements necessary to maintain and improve the infrastructure of the airport.
- Provide for continued access by the cities of Auburn and Lewiston, as well as, the surrounding communities to the national airspace system.
- Encourage the economic growth of the airport by attracting new businesses to the airport and surrounding airpark(s).
- Develop policies that encourage the economic self-sufficiency of the airport.
- Stimulate aeronautical development and expansion at the airport, as appropriate to users’ needs and the needs of Auburn, Lewiston and the surrounding communities.
- Define and set into motion: policies, projects, and programs that will increase airport viability and result in increased airport and community growth.
- Manage the existing Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, and its primary property situated on the Hotel and Lewiston Junction Roads, Auburn, which consist of land, buildings, easements, fixtures, equipment and tools.
- Manage all other property both real and personal, which are part of, or used at the existing airport facility, together with all leases, bank accounts, accounts receivable, and all other intangible property.
Our Current Board of Directors
as of July 12, 2010
Edouard Plourde - Chair
Lewiston Representative
Stephen C. Lunt - Vice Chair
Auburn Representative
Heather Hunter - Treasurer
Lewiston Finance Director
Glenn Aho
Auburn City Manager
Stephen Morgan
Lewiston City Councilor |
Albert Sargent
Chamber Representative
Michael Farrell
Auburn City Councilor
Robert Thompson
Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments
George Dycio
Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council |
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