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New Leader for QC Airport ?

A new leader for the Quad City Airport may be chosen on Tuesday. The agenda for the Board of Commissioners includes "to consider and approve hiring of Airport Executive Director."

Last week, the airport and its search consultant announced a contract was being worked out with Ben Leischner. Currently he is Airport Operations Manager and Airline Scheduling Manager for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state. 

Thirty seven people applied for the job and four finalists visited the Quad Cities last month for interviews.
If approved, Leischner will replace Bruce Carter who's retiring after 19 years. 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.