SIOR - Houston - Speaker

Rick Vacar is Director of the City of Houston Department of Aviation. He is responsible for the overall management of the Houston Airport System's three aviation facilities -- George Bush Intercontinental Airport, William P. Hobby Airport, and Ellington Field - and its 1,200 employees.

Prior to his early 1998 appointment, Mr. Vacar served three months as acting director of the Houston Airport System, after nearly two and a half years as the department's deputy director of aviation/chief operating officer responsible for the operation of the city's three aviation facilities.

He has served as executive director of Florida's Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, and as deputy director of operations and noise program/environmental manager of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority.

Mr. Vacar is an accredited executive of the American Association of Airport Executives, a licensed attorney admitted to practice in California and several federal courts, an Air Force veteran, and a licensed pilot. The former commuter airline and corporate pilot has previously worked in several positions with the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Richard "Rick" Vacar
(c) Houston Airport System

Mr. Vacar holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Marymount University, and Master's of Business Administration and Bachelor's of Science degrees from California State University, Northridge.

In the airport business industry, Mr. Vacar is active in airport organizations and works on various committees. He is on the World ACI (Airports Council International) Board of Directors; immediate past-chair of executive committee 2003 for ACI-NA (Airports Council International - North America); and member, ACI-NA Legal Committee Steering Group.