Gene Conrad Brings Decades of Sport Aviation, Lakeland Airport Management Experience to Aerospace Center for Excellence
Last December, John 'Lites' Leenhouts, soon-to-be former president and CEO of The Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo and its governing organization, the Aerospace Center for Excellence, told Aero-News the search was on for his eventual replacement. Running the ACE is a demanding job, requiring equal measures of business experience, management ability, leadership talent, - and most importantly - passion for all things aviation. The search is over, with the incoming head, Gene Conrad, set to take the wheel on April 11, 2022. As the industry digested the early bird news, we've had a chance to dig a little deeper and see where the future capt