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Bio page for AAAE 2025

Meet our consultants attending the conference

AAAE’s Annual Conference and Exposition

We look forward to continuing our conversations or catching up after the conference.

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Michael Boland

Vice President

Michael Boland has more than 20 years of aviation industry experience. He joined Ricondo in 2020 and offers strategic consulting and advisory services across a broad set of airport issues.

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Christen Hemphill

Director

Christen Hemphill has nearly 20 years of experience in aviation planning, with a focus on managing as-needed services contracts and leading multidisciplinary planning projects. Her expertise spans terminal, landside, airfield, environmental, and sustainability studies.

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Jim Jarvis

Associate Vice President

With more than 35 years of aviation industry experience, Jim Jarvis is Ricondo’s accomplished authority on all issues related to surface transportation systems.

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Steve Ryan

Vice President

Steven Ryan has over 25 years of experience in airport planning and development, with expertise in master planning, terminal planning, benefit-cost analysis, and strategic advisory services.

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Michael Scott

Vice President

Michael Scott has over 25 years of aviation experience. His background includes airport planning, capital program development, performing rates and charges modeling, preparing bond feasibility studies, and developing and administering FAA Airport Improvement (AIP) and Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Programs.

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Steve Smith

Vice President

Stephen C. Smith has nearly 30 years of aviation industry experience in a wide range of areas, including airport planning, project and program management, strategic planning, environmental planning, and coordination with airport operators and stakeholders.

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Doug Trezise

President

Over the past 30 years, Doug Trezise has been a trusted consultant for numerous US airports—serving major metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas Fort Worth, Houston, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Tampa. 

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