David Bird, AGTA President (Operator) WHC Worldwide/zShuttle

David (Dave) Bird is currently a partner in WHC Worldwide/zShuttle.  Previously Dave held management positions with SuperShuttle International and ExecuCar, at the time the largest airport shared-ride ground transportation company in the U.S.  He worked at SuperShuttle for over 25 years before leaving the company as President in 2019. Prior to SuperShuttle International Dave held various positions in the hospitality business with ITT Sheraton.  Dave is a graduate of Roanoke College in Virginia with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in American History. 

A current Life Member of the Fiesta Bowl Committee, current President and Board member of the Airport Ground Transportation Association (AGTA), current board member of The Transportation Alliance and Chairman of the Luxury Transportation Committee, past President and Board member of the Support Sky Harbor Coalition, past Board member of Mothers Awareness on School Age Kids.

AGTA President-Elect - Vacant

Allen Fugate, AGTA Chairman (Operator) Janesville, WI

Allen is currently Vice President/General Manager of Coach USA-Van Galder Bus Company, a Midwestern transportation company based in Janesville, Wisconsin.  Van Galder Bus was a privately owned business until 1999 when acquired by Coach USA.  Allen has worked in various capacities within the business since 1985.  Van Galder Bus Company operates daily scheduled bus service in the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois region, operates a large charter bus fleet, offers per-capita tours to a loyal base of travelers in the region, and has provided continuous school bus transportation to the Janesville School District for over 70 years.   

Allen was born and raised in Janesville, Wisconsin; Allen is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with a business marketing major. 

Allen has served on the Airport Ground Transportation Board of Directors since 2002 and served as President from 2009-2010.  Allen is a Director of the Wisconsin Motorcoach Association, President of the O’Hare Intercity Bus Association, serves on the Blackhawk Technical College Diesel Advisory Board, and served as Chairman of the City of Janesville Transportation Committee.   

Abubaker Azam (Airport) San Francisco International Airport

Abubaker Azam (Abu) has over thirty years of Aviation Management experience. Mr. Azam joined the City and County of San Francisco in 1992 and has had multiple managerial positions leading to his current appointed as the Sr. Manager Operation - Airport Services at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Mr. Azam is a results oriented manager of innovation with 20+ years experience implementing creative strategies in multiple businesses.

In his current capacity, Mr. Azam is responsible for the safe, secure and efficient operation of San Francisco International Airport. Mr. Azam has many years of experience in public sector budgeting, administration and management. Strategic business development expert with specialties in planning, operations, engineering, association management, emergency preparedness, business continuity and high performance teams. Mr. Azam is on the Board of Directors of the Airport Ground Transportation Association and is the Chairman of the California Airports Council – Landside Committee.

Prior to joining the City of San Francisco, Mr. Azam was in the U.S. Air Force, and was assigned to a Search and Rescue Wing. In his role with the Military, Mr. Azam has been a Weather Forecaster, an Air Traffic Controller, an Airfield Manager and a Combat Rescue Operator. Mr. Azam is a Commercial Pilot and a certified FAA Air Traffic Controller.

Billy Carter (Operator) Carter Transportation Services, Inc.

Billy Carter has been in the transportation industry for over 36 years, learning the business from the ground up first beginning as a driver, then dispatcher and shift manager. He was on a startup team opening new operations for SuperShuttle and then helped start several black car operations for ExecuCar. For the last 21 years, Billy has owned and operated Carter Transportation Austin operating as the licensed affiliate for SuperShuttle, ExecuCar and Go Shuttle. Billy was first introduced to AGTA in the 1990s and attended many conferences through the years.

General Manager, Epic Mountain Express/Colorado Mountain Express 

Nathan Drechsler is currently a Sr. Director with Vail Resorts and General Manager for Epic Mountain Express. Nathan has over 25 years of transportation and leadership experience, with specialties in public company budgeting, employee development, risk and regulatory assessment, and multi-departmental collaboration.  A strategic planning and development expert, Nathan continues to position Epic Mountain Express as the industry leader in airport ground transportation by merging current industry trends with the unique needs of the Colorado mountain resort communities 

Nathan joined Epic Mountain Express (formerly Colorado Mountain Express) in 1995 and rapidly pursued new roles to gain wide experience within the organization. Nathan assumed the responsibilities as General Manager in 2018, after previously serving as Director of Operations for eight (8) years. In this time, he has navigated the company through the Epic Mountain Express rebranding, and developed high-performing teams and systems that have strategically positioned the company for improved financial performance. Nathan has received numerous awards for financial, safety, and guest service performance, and leads the annual Fill-the-Van food drive which provides over 30,000 lbs. of food to our local communities.   

Nathan is passionate about spending time outdoors, and enjoys skiing and mountain biking to an illogical degree. Most important, however, is his time participating with youth baseball organizations, where he shares a passion for the sport with his son.

Nathan serves on the Boards of Directors for the Airport Ground Transportation Association (AGTA), the St. James Place Condo Association, and the Colorado I-70 Coalition. His work on the I-70 Coalition provides advocacy for improvements on the I-70 mountain corridor, including the support of funding initiatives and the development of travel demand management strategies, to ensure the sustained success of this critical mountain corridor. 

Aaron Flake (Airport) Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority

Aaron Flake serves as the Director of Parking and Ground Transportation - Business Strategy for the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA/BNA). In this role, Aaron’s responsibilities include steering BNA's future vision, conducting needs assessments, analyzing data, managing contract execution and compliance, overseeing the adoption of new technology, and enhancing operational procedures for parking, ground transportation and rental cars.

Before joining MNAA, Aaron commenced his professional career with an honorable service record in the United States Marine Corps. Subsequently, he has ventured into various industries, including telecommunications, IT, executive sales training, parking executive roles, government analysis, firefighting, as well as involvement in airport ground transportation, parking, real estate, and planning.

Aaron holds a bachelor's degree in public administration (magna cum laude) from California Baptist University and is a Certified Member (C.M.) with the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE).

John Groden (Operator) Parking Concepts, Inc.

John Groden, CPP began his career in parking working with Colonial Parking of Philadelphia in 2002. He joined Parking Concepts, Inc. (PCI) in July of 2021 and is currently Vice President of Airports. He is responsible for managing the parking & transportation of their national airport parking portfolio.

John has held the Certified Parking Professional credential through the National Parking Association (NPA) since 2004. In April of 2015, John was appointed the Chairman of the Airport Parking Network for the NPA. He also sits on the Board of Directors for the Eastern Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Transportation (EP-ACT) and is an Advisor for Women in Parking (WIP). John has spoken many times over the years at conventions, hosted webinars, and had articles published related to parking, fleet management and alternative fuel vehicles.

Rob Landry (Operator)  New England Transportation Group

Bio to be added soon.

Farouq Massoud (Operator)  Dulles Airport Taxi

Mr. Farouq Massoud, President and CEO of Dulles Airport Taxi, Inc. and M & R Taxi, has over 50 years of experience in taxicab management. 

Mr. Massoud came to this country in 1963, after having graduated from the University of Kabul Afghanistan and served two years in the Afghan army as an artillery officer. 

Mr. Massoud in 1968 formed Massoud Skinner Auto Service (operating as M & S Auto) dedicated to small and large auto repairs. Mr. Massoud quickly understood that taxicab drivers in Arlington and Alexandria were being subjected to scams from other repair shops and started offering discounts to the local cab drivers and companies.

Then in August of 1983, Mr Massoud was granted 10 taxicab certificates by Arlington County Virginia. That company became Arlington Blue Top Cabs. Blue Top Cabs quickly became known as the Senior Citizen Cab Company, as Mr. Massoud’s Blue Top was the first taxicab company in the Metropolitan Washington Area to offer seniors a discount on their fares.

Currently Blue Top Cabs operates 141 taxicabs in Arlington, making it the second largest cab company in Arlington County.

In 1989, Mr Massoud formed a company called Washington Dulles Transportation, Ltd. which ran the Washington Flyer Operations at Dulles Airport from November 1989 through June 2000. During Mr. Massoud and WDT’s tenure at Dulles Airport, the Flyer fleet won two Air Ground Transportation Association (AGTA) International Operator of the Year Awards. 

In 1995, WDT also was awarded the taxi dispatching contract at Port Columbus Airport, a contract that its sister company, DAT, then operated. In 1998, WDT’s operation at Port Columbus won recognition from AGTA for the improvements in the service provided to ground transportation passengers at Columbus Airport. DAT (Dulles Airport Taxi) managed the operations at Port Columbus Airport from 1995 through 2006.

Then in 2003, Mr. Massoud’s company DAT won the concession to operate the taxicabs at RDU Airport in Raleigh Durham NC. Since Mr. Massoud’s company took over the operation, DAT has won the AGTA Award for International Operator of the Year, the first time in AGTA history that a set of sister corporations has won this award 3 times. Given the fact that this was the 1st time in recent memory that an open taxi system was changed to a closed system, this is an amazing accomplishment. 

Mr. Massoud is currently on the AGTA Board of Directors, and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1989. In addition, Mr. Massoud was formerly on the Board of Directors for the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce, Northern Virginia Community College, Potomac Bank, and was a member of the Dulles Area Transportation Association and Ballston Virginia Civic Square Association. 

Other awards include:

• 1997 Falls Church Virginia Small Businessman of the Year 
• Falls Church United Way (IMBY) In My Back Yard Award for allowing his space to be used as a homeless shelter.
• 1998 Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, Small Businessman of the year

John McCarthy (Operator)  GO Airport Express

John C. McCarthy is president of Continental Air Transport Co., Inc.  He has been with the company for 52 years and became one of the principal owners in 1983 and president in 1987.  Continental provides varies types of passenger transportation services in Chicago.

He is also a founder and current president of the GO Group, LLC, a network of airport ground transportation providers serving over sixty airports throughout the U.S.

Mr. McCarthy is a past president of AGTA.  He is past board chair of Mercy Hospital and Medical Center of Chicago, St. Xavier University, Heartland Human Care Services, The Magnificent Mile Association and the Metropolitan Transportation Association.  He has served on the boards of the Chicago Convention Bureau, Chamber of Commerce and the regional metropolitan planning organization (MPO).

He is a trustee on numerous union health and pension funds. 

He has a B.S. degree from DePaul University and an MBA from Loyola University, Chicago.

Jack Santa (Allied) Jacobs Aviation Advisory Services

Jack Santa is the leader of Jacobs aviation ground transportation and parking practice area. He has over 30 years of experience in airport operations, planning (facilities, access, and circulation), and best practices. He has a diverse range of skillsets serving airport sponsors, rental car companies, airlines, hotels, higher education, medical centers, municipalities, and private developers and brings a private sector perspective on parking and commercial vehicle operation issues. Prior to joining Jacobs/LeighFisher in 2016 he was the cofounder and Partner of Integrity Parking Systems. He began his career with APCOA Inc., the pioneer of paid parking services at airports, rising to Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer. At APCOA he oversaw the firm’s national off-airport parking division and created its passenger transportation division. He has been involved with operations, management, and planning at over 40 airport facilities ranging from public parking, employee parking, inter-terminal busing, consolidated rental car busing operations, airside shuttle systems, parking access revenue control systems (PARCS), parking product branding, and ground transportation management systems (GTMS) at U.S., Canadian, and South American airports. In 2018, and working on behalf of the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), Jack was an integral part of a team tasked with standardizing nomenclature and iconography for the transportation network company (TNC) mode at airports. Jack serves on the Board of Directors of the Airport Ground Transportation Association. 

Nick Van Looy (Airport) Sacramento International Airport

Biography coming soon.

Jeff Trombly (Executive Director) University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Dr. Jeff Trombly is the Executive Director of AGTA and is a clinical assistant professor of supply chain management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business. Jeff moved into the Executive Director role in September 2023 after Ray Mundy's retirement from the position. Prior to joining the UT faculty in August 2021, Jeff was a career transportation analyst, planner, and researcher in both the public and private sectors. He earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering from UT and was an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Haslam. Trombly’s teaching interests include transportation and logistics planning and operations, supply chain network design and modeling and advanced transportation technologies.

Alex Scott (Assistant Director) University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Alex Scott is an associate professor of supply chain management and the Gerald T. Niedert Professor in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Scott’s research focuses on supply chain policy, transportation sustainability and safety, and market dynamics and governance structures in the transportation industry. His research has appeared in the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, the Journal of Business Logistics, and Transportation Science, among others, and has been covered by numerous industry publications. His work has been presented as evidence in front of a U.S. Congressional subcommittee on transportation safety. Scott regularly presents at national conferences, serves as a referee for various leading academic journals, and is an experienced expert witness.

Prior to joining academia, Scott worked for nine years in industry, including with a large transportation company, a large third-party logistics provider and an international consulting firm. He has consulted in many industries and countries, including in Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, and Saudi Arabia. He has led projects on supply chain strategy (including a multibillion-dollar merger), network design, inventory planning and optimization and transportation planning.

Ray Mundy (Advisor) Powell, OH

Dr. Mundy served as the Airport Ground Transportation Asspociation Executive Director from 1976 to 2023 and then moved into a Senior Advisor role after his 47 years of service as Executive Director. He is Professor Emeritus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Director Emeritus from the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louise. He authored several books and numerous transportation articles during his business and academic career and served on the boards of both private and public transportation companies. Dr. Mundy has been a consultant to over 40 cities, airports, and private industry in the U.S. and Canada and is frequently called upon as an industry speaker and expert witness in cases before the industry.

Under his leadership, the AGTA became the only industry trade group comprised of both service providers of airport ground transportation and their airport landside managers, as well as the suppliers of goods and services to the industry.

Sandra Mundy (Treasurer) Powell, OH

Sandra Mundy (Sandy) served as the Administrator/Treasurer/Meeting Planner for AGTA from September 1976 until September 2023, when she retired from her AGTA administrative and planning roles. She continues as AGTA Treasurer and publications assistant. Sandy joined AGTA in 1976 with her husband, Ray Mundy, as he took over the role of Executive Director that year. Prior to affiliation with AGTA, Sandy earned a BS in Education from Bowling Green State University and a M.Ed. from Penn State University and taught at the elementary and middle school levels for several years. She and Ray have three grown children and five active grandchildren, ranging in age from 9 - 21.