Conference Director

You will run the national conference and four regional trainings for a council that represents managers at 340 non-hub commercial airports. The council's 11-person staff works out of Denver, and this role owns the meetings calendar end to end, from site selection through the post-event survey.

The council represents managers at 340 non-hub commercial airports across the country. Its Denver headquarters runs an 11-person staff serving members who handle everything from FAA compliance to snow-removal budgets at airports too small for a hub carrier's attention.

• Own the annual conference: site selection, contract negotiation, program design and on-site management for roughly 900 attendees

• Plan and run four regional training sessions a year, each drawing 40–80 airport managers

• Manage a conference budget of approximately $1.1M, including sponsor revenue targets

• Recruit and brief session speakers, including FAA and TSA regional officials

• Negotiate hotel room blocks and audiovisual contracts

• Coordinate with the council's sponsorship team to fulfill sponsor deliverables at each event

• Run the post-conference survey and report results to the board

• 5+ years managing conferences of 500+ attendees, ideally in aviation, transportation or another regulated industry

• Experience negotiating hotel and venue contracts

• Comfort working with government speakers and their scheduling constraints

• Budget management experience, including sponsor revenue tracking

• Willingness to travel to four regional training sites a year plus the annual conference

• Health, dental and vision coverage

• 401(k) with 4% match

• 20 days paid time off plus federal holidays

• Professional development stipend for meetings-industry certification

Submit a resume and a short writing sample (a past event recap or program guide) to the council's Denver office. Include your availability for travel across the 2027 regional-training calendar.