SAMANTHA BRICKER APPOINTED LAWA DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION
(Los Angeles, California – July 29, 2016) Samantha Bricker has been appointed Deputy Executive Director – Project Development and Coordination for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). Announcement of Bricker’s appointment was made by LAWA Chief Executive Officer Deborah Flint. In this position, Bricker will focus on coordinating with external agencies and stakeholders on the Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP) that will build a world-class transportation system for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). LAMP is considered one of the largest construction programs in Los Angeles City history.
LAMP consists of four primary components: an Automated People Mover (APM), a Consolidated Rent-A-Car (ConRAC) facility, two Intermodal Transportation Facilities (east and west), as well as roadway improvements to enhance access to the proposed facilities. LAMP is designed to relieve traffic congestion within the LAX Central Terminal Area and on surrounding streets, improve access options and the overall airport guest experience for travelers, and connect via a station to Metro’s light-rail system.
Prior to joining LAWA, Bricker was Chief Operating Officer of the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority. She directed the start-up of the Authority through design and construction of the Metro Expo Line, including creation of policies, financial management, and organizational structure. She managed the $2.5-billion Expo Line Project, including oversight of procurement, development of the life-of-project budget and annual budgets, community and government relations, contract compliance and agency coordination. She also directed the environmental planning process for Phase 2 of the project.
Before she joined the Expo Authority, she served as a legislative deputy to Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky from 1994 to 2006, where she worked on transportation projects such as the subway to Hollywood and North Hollywood and the Orange Line busway.
“Samantha’s knowledge in implementing major transit projects and experience with external agencies and stakeholders will prove valuable as LAWA initiates LAMP,” said LAWA CEO Flint. “Serving on the LAMP management team, she will play a vital role supporting development of the components of LAMP, initially with the 2.5-mile Automated People Mover and the Consolidated Rental Car facility.”
Bricker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Northwestern University in Chicago and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from UCLA.
Los Angeles World Airports is a department of the City of Los Angeles that owns and operates three airports – Los Angeles International, LA/Ontario International, and Van Nuys general aviation – and aviation-related property in Palmdale. LAWA’s three airports served a combined total of 79.5 million travelers in 2015. More than 60,000 Southern Californians work at LAWA’s facilities, including more than 3,500 for the City of Los Angeles. As a proprietary agency, LAWA receives no monies from the City of Los Angeles general fund.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the seventh busiest airport in the world and third in the United States. LAX served more than 74.9 million passengers in 2015. LAX offers 742 daily nonstop flights to 101 cities in the U.S. and 1,273 weekly nonstop flights to 76 cities in 41 countries on 64 commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 2.1 million tons of air cargo valued at over $101.4 billion. LAX handled 655,564 operations (landings and takeoffs) in 2015.
An economic study based on 2014 operations reported LAX generated 620,610 jobs in Southern California with labor income of $37.3 billion and economic output (business revenues) of more than $126.6 billion. This activity added $6.2 billion to local and state revenues and $8.7 billion in federal tax revenues. The study also reported that LAX’s ongoing capital-improvement program creates an additional 121,640 annual jobs with labor income of $7.6 billion and economic output of $20.3 billion, $966 million in state and local taxes, and $1.6 billion in federal tax revenues.
LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund.
For more information about LAX, please visit www.lawa.aero/lax or follow on Twitter @flyLAXAirport, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LAInternationalAirport, and on YouTube at www.YouTube.com/laxairport1. Information about LAX’s ongoing multi-billion-dollar LAX Modernization Program, as well as tips and shortcuts to help navigate LAX during construction, are available at www.LAXisHappening.com.
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