About The Airport  ::  Board Members

Suzanne K. Hall is Chairperson of the Wayne County Airport Authority Board. Hall is a private consultant specializing in public administration. Hall retired from Wayne County in 2009 after 23 years of service during which time she held various executive level positions including Director of Administration for the Sheriff’s Office, Assistant County Executive for Administration and Deputy Director for the Department of Health and Community Services. For 18 years, hall was an elected official for the City of Southgate – four years as Mayor and 14 years as a Councilwoman. Hall holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in Local Government Administration from Central Michigan University. She is also a graduate of Leadership Michigan and Leadership Detroit. Hall is a resident of Southgate and was appointed to a six-year term by Governor Jennifer Granholm. Her term on the Wayne County Airport Authority Board expires October 1, 2016.

Alfred R. Glancy III is Vice Chairperson of the Wayne County Airport Authority Board. Glancy is Executive Chairman of Unico Investment Company and Unico Investment Group, LLC and retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MCN Energy Group, Inc. MCN Energy Group, including its principal subsidiary Michigan Consolidated Co. (MichCon), was an integrated energy company with nearly $5 billion in assets and $2.8 billion in annual revenues that merged with DTE Energy Co. in 2001. Glancy joined MichCon in 1962 and served in a number of roles before advancing to become Chairman, President and CEO in 1984. He served as CEO until Sept. 1992 and as Chairman until the merger with DTE Energy. Following the merger, Glancy served on the Board of DTE Energy until his retirement in April 2009. Glancy is Chairman Emeritus and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and past chairman of Detroit Renaissance, Inc., Detroit Medical Center, New Detroit, Detroit Economic Growth Corp. and MLX Corp. Additionally, Glancy serves on the boards of several Metro Detroit community organizations including Citizens Research Council of Michigan, Business Leaders for Michigan and the University of Michigan Visiting Committee for the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics. Glancy is a graduate, cum laude, of Princeton University and earned a MBA from Harvard Business School. He was appointed by Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano to complete the remainder of a term ending October 1, 2014.

Michael J. Jackson, Sr. is Secretary of the Wayne County Airport Authority Board. Jackson is Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights. In this role, he serves as chief operating officer for the organization representing more than 20,000 carpenters, millwrights, resilient floor layers and pile drivers in public and private workplaces through ten locals across Michigan. Prior to his election to the union’s highest state office in 2009, he served as the Council’s Political Director. Jackson began his career as a Journeyman Field Carpenter in 1989, and has since held a number of progressively responsible positions within the organization from organizer and business agent to office manager. Throughout his career, Jackson has become a nationally recognized labor and civic leader. He has been honored with the Spirit of Detroit Award by Detroit City Council in recognition of outstanding achievement and service to the City. He served as president of a Central Labor Council of the AFL-CIO, and on the boards of the Robert Ficano Hope Foundation and Wayne County Business Development Corporation. Jackson was also appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to serve on his Economic Development Transition Team and as a board member of the Michigan Economic Growth Authority. He is a resident of Dearborn and appointed to a six-year WCAA Board term by Wayne County Executive Robert A. Ficano expiring October 1, 2017.

Kevin M. McNamara was appointed to the Airport Authority Board by the Wayne County Commission in September 2012. As a Wayne County Commissioner representing the 11th District, McNamara focuses on roads, parks, youth services, and senior programs as chair of the Committee on Public Services. He serves on the Board of Head Start, overseeing preschool programs for 3,700 children, and serves as Finance Chair for the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG). Both Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Willow Run Airport are located in the Commissioner’s district. Prior to his election to the County Commission in 2006, McNamara worked as a sales executive for a major infrastructure development company and served as a trustee of Schoolcraft College. McNamara is the son of the late, former Wayne County Executive Edward H. McNamara, who transformed Detroit Metropolitan Airport into one of the finest facilities and airfields in the world during his term of office from 1987-2002 and for whom the Airport’s award-winning McNamara Terminal is named. Commissioner McNamara’s term on the Wayne County Airport Authority Board expires October 1, 2018.

Samuel A. Nouhan is an attorney in private practice. Previously, he was a partner in the national law firm of Bowman and Brooke LLP’s Detroit office, where his practice areas included product liability, commercial and municipal litigation. Prior to entering private practice, Nouhan served in the office of the Wayne County Corporation Counsel and as a clerk to two federal judges. Nouhan is a graduate of the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law and previously served on the Grosse Pointe Park City Council. Nouhan is a resident of Dearborn Heights and was appointed to a six-year term by Wayne County Executive Robert A. Ficano. His term on the Wayne County Airport Authority Board expires October 1, 2014.

Reginald M. Turner was appointed to the Airport Authority Board by Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano in January 2013. Turner is a highly skilled litigator with Clark Hill, where he serves on the firm’s Executive Committee, Government Policy Group and Labor and Employment Group. Reginald is named in such peer review guides as The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers®, and Crain’s Detroit Power Lawyers. He is a past president of both the National Bar Association and the State Bar of Michigan, and a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation--an honor reserved to less than 1 percent of lawyers in each state. Turner’s practice also includes counsel and advocacy on behalf of clients on matters of public policy, with governmental experience at the federal, state and local levels. Turner completed a White House Fellowship in Washington, D.C., managing a Presidential Task Force and working as an aide to two U.S. Cabinet secretaries. He also served on Gov. John Engler's Blue Ribbon Commission on Michigan Gaming, the City of Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Advisory Committee and the City of Detroit Board of Ethics. Turner now serves as vice chairman of the Detroit Public Safety Foundation. He is a director of Comerica, Inc., the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, and serves on the executive committee for United Way for Southeastern Michigan. Turner is a graduate of Wayne State University and the University of Michigan Law School. His term on the Airport Authority Board expires October 1, 2019.

Mary L. Zuckerman is Vice President, Financial Planning and Operational Analytics for St. John Providence Health System. Prior to that she worked for the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) for nine years in various positions including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Before joining the DMC in January 2004, she spent ten years with Wayne County. During her tenure, Zuckerman held various executive level positions, including Deputy County Executive. Additionally, Zuckerman served as Wayne County’s project manager for the Tigers and Lions stadium development teams and oversaw the opening of the McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metro Airport. Zuckerman earned her master’s degree in Public Administration from Northern Illinois University and a bachelor’s degree from Winona State University. Zuckerman is a resident of Livonia and was appointed to a six-year term by Governor Jennifer Granholm. Her term on the Wayne County Airport Authority Board expires October 1, 2014.