Information and Administration
Lincoln Airport Authority
Board of Directors
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JOHN HOPPE, JR., Chairman First appointed to the Board by Mayor Mike Johanns to fill an unexpired position in February of 1998. He was subsequently elected to the Board in May of 1999, and re-elected in May 2003, which term will expire May, 2015. John is the owner of Hoppe, Inc., a real estate development firm in Lincoln. |
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WALT ZINK, Assistant Chair Elected to the Board for a six-year term in May of 2009, which will expire May, 2015. Walt is a senior partner with the law firm of Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit and Witt and is a retired Major General in the Nebraska Army National Guard having served on active duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from 2003 through 2004. |
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RICHARD NUERNBERGER, Secretary Elected to the Board for a six-year term in May of 2011, which will expire May, 2017. Richard retired after 32 years of service as Lancaster County Treasurer from 1979 to 2011. He has lived in Lincoln since 1961, graduating from Lincoln Southeast High School and UNL. He served in the U.S. Navy for four years. |
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ANNA WISHART, Assistant Secretary Elected to the Board for a six-year term in May, 2011, which will expire May, 2017. Anna comes from a family of pilots with her grandfather, an uncle and cousin working in the field. She has been an aide to Senator Ken Haar in the Nebraska State Legislature, District 21, for the past two years and is also his campaign manager for the 2012 Legislative election. |
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ED RAINES, Board Member First elected to the Board in May of 1995 for a six-year term, re-elected for a six-year term in May 2001 and again in May, 2007, which expires May, 2013. Dr. Raines has been involved in aviation for the past 25 years and is an instrument rated pilot who flies his own Beech Duke. Dr. Raines is a cardiologist associated with the BryanLGH Heart Institute. |
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JOHN WOOD, Executive Director for the Lincoln Airport Authority John has been involved with aviation for the past 38 years. He is a commercial instrument rated pilot with more than 2,000 hours. He left the U.S. Marine Corp. in 1978 after serving eight years as a pilot. Since that time he has managed airports in Winslow, Arizona; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Omaha, Nebraska, until his current appointment in Lincoln in September 1996. |
