The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners (BOAC) last week elected Commissioner Beatrice Hsu to be its new president, replacing Sean Burton, who had served in the role since 2013.
The seven BOAC members governs Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), operator of Los Angeles International (LAX) and Van Nuys Airport (VNY), and is responsible for the formulation of airport policy.
“Thanks to the leadership and vision of Sean Burton, no airport in the country is doing more to reinvent and reimagine the traveler experience than LAX,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “LAWA has soared to new heights under Sean, and I know that Beatrice Hsu is the right leader at the right moment to carry forward the work of making LAX and VNY the world’s premier airports.”
BOAC Vice President Valeria Velasco, the longest serving commissioner in BOAC, will continue in her current position. Burton, who will continue on as a commissioner, put forth a motion to nominate Hsu and Velasco as president and vice president the motion was unanimously approved.
“I am honored to be receiving the baton to continue on the ambitious path that Mayor Garcetti, President Burton and my fellow commissioners and I have laid out for Los Angeles World Airports over the past eight years,” said Hsu. “The transformation underway isn’t just structural – it is one that points us toward an inclusive, sustainable future for our airports and the people of Los Angeles and I am proud to lead our Board in these efforts.”
