Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has announced the December 31 departure of Chief Executive Officer Deborah Flint, who has accepted a position as the President and CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, which operates Toronto Pearson Airport.
The Board of Airport Commissioners will consider at its December 19 meeting the appointment of LAWA Chief Operating Officer Justin Erbacci as Interim CEO while BOAC conducts a search. Erbacci joined LAWA in October 2016 as the Chief Innovation and Technology Officer and Deputy Executive Director, expanded his role to Chief Innovation and Commercial Strategy Officer in January 2018, and was named Chief Operating Officer in June 2019. As COO, he has overseen implementation and delivery of LAWA’s ongoing modernization program and leads the integration of the capital development, guest experience, innovation, commercial strategy, information technology, environment and sustainability and operations and facility management functions at both LAX and Van Nuys airports.
Flint leaves LAWA with an incredible legacy, having successfully spearheaded the approval and start of construction on more than $14 billion in projects including the Automated People Mover train, Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility, Intermodal Transportation Facility – West, a new Airport Police Facility and bringing the Midfield Satellite Concourse almost to completion. Flint also helped usher in a new focus on technology and innovation, sustainability and improving the guest experience, which will continue to be a focus of LAWA.
