Rutland Herald
By Lola Duffort
Staff Writer | March 31,2016
Staff Writer | March 31,2016
KILLINGTON — A former airport executive will take over in Killington beginning April 18.
The Select Board voted unanimously during a special meeting Tuesday to hire Deborah H. Schwartz as Killington’s next town manager, said Dick Horner, who has held the post on an interim basis since former manager Seth Webb stepped down in December.
The town has been searching for a new leader since October, shortly after Webb announced his departure. The town reported collecting 60 applications for the post.
A native of Indiana, Schwartz comes to the town from Arkansas, where she currently runs her own aviation consulting firm, Strategic Aviation Solutions. From 1994 to 2007, Schwartz was executive director at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Ark., a municipally-owned airport in Arkansas, according to her LinkedIn profile. For a year and half between 2013 and 2015, she also served as director of aviation services for MorphoTrustUSA, a supplier of background checks for airport personnel. She began her career as assistant airport manager at the William P. Hobby airport in Houston, Texas.
Schwartz is planning to relocate to Killington, Horner said.
Her salary begins at $92,000, according to Horner, and her contract runs through June 30, 2019 — the end of that fiscal year.
A Killington press release touts her “extensive background in municipal management” and states that Schwartz was “directly involved in multiple successful economic development initiatives through public and civic activities in all the communities in which she has lived and worked.” The release notes her “civic leadership” earned recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary International, an award granted to persons who donate $1,000 to the international service club, according to the Rotary website.
Schwartz has a bachelor’s degree in government from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, according to a news release, and a master’s degree in public management from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Texas.
Schwartz was not available for comment, but was quoted in the Killington statement saying she was “very excited to be joining forces with the area’s residents and businesses in support of current initiatives, and serving as an agent for continued progress as we work together to move Killington forward.”
lola.duffort@rutlandherald.com
The Select Board voted unanimously during a special meeting Tuesday to hire Deborah H. Schwartz as Killington’s next town manager, said Dick Horner, who has held the post on an interim basis since former manager Seth Webb stepped down in December.
The town has been searching for a new leader since October, shortly after Webb announced his departure. The town reported collecting 60 applications for the post.
A native of Indiana, Schwartz comes to the town from Arkansas, where she currently runs her own aviation consulting firm, Strategic Aviation Solutions. From 1994 to 2007, Schwartz was executive director at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Ark., a municipally-owned airport in Arkansas, according to her LinkedIn profile. For a year and half between 2013 and 2015, she also served as director of aviation services for MorphoTrustUSA, a supplier of background checks for airport personnel. She began her career as assistant airport manager at the William P. Hobby airport in Houston, Texas.
Schwartz is planning to relocate to Killington, Horner said.
Her salary begins at $92,000, according to Horner, and her contract runs through June 30, 2019 — the end of that fiscal year.
A Killington press release touts her “extensive background in municipal management” and states that Schwartz was “directly involved in multiple successful economic development initiatives through public and civic activities in all the communities in which she has lived and worked.” The release notes her “civic leadership” earned recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary International, an award granted to persons who donate $1,000 to the international service club, according to the Rotary website.
Schwartz has a bachelor’s degree in government from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, according to a news release, and a master’s degree in public management from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Texas.
Schwartz was not available for comment, but was quoted in the Killington statement saying she was “very excited to be joining forces with the area’s residents and businesses in support of current initiatives, and serving as an agent for continued progress as we work together to move Killington forward.”
lola.duffort@rutlandherald.com
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