Airport Management

The Eastern Iowa Airport is owned by the City of Cedar Rapids and operated by the Cedar Rapids Airport Commission.

Five Commissioners are appointed to three-year terms by the Mayor and approved by the City Council. The Commission is a policy-making body and oversees Airport management. Commissioners serve on a volunteer basis. Regular Commission meetings are held on the fourth Monday of each month in the board room of the Airport Administration building, 2515 Arthur Collins Parkway SW.

Airport operations are administered by the Airport Director, Tim Bradshaw. Bradshaw has been the director since June 2010. There are 36 Airport employees who work in the following areas: administration, terminal maintenance, field maintenance, and public safety officers.

Cedar Rapids Airport Commission

Dan Thies : Commission Chair

Principal, OPN Architects

Carroll J. Reasoner: Commission Vice-chair

Interim VP for Legal Affairs and General Counsel, University of Iowa

Dr. Dee Baird : Commission Secretary

Executive VP Continuing Education and Training Services, Kirkwood Community College

Tom Hobson : Commission Acting Secretary

Senior Mgr., Government and Public Affairs, Rockwell Collins

Joshua Schamberger : Commission Member

President/CEO, Iowa City/Coralville Convention & Visitors Bureau

Airport Administration

Tim Bradshaw, A.A.E. :  Airport Director

Donald D. Swanson : Director of Finance & Administration

Sara Mau, A.A.E. : Director of Operations

Pam Hjnman : Director of Marketing & Communications

Kathy Bell : Deputy Director of Finance & Administration