AIRPORTS
Eboni Wimbush
Takes the Helm of AMAC as President & CEO
Eboni Wimbush, AMAC President and CEO
The Airport Minority Advisory Council selected Eboni Wimbush as its new president and CEO after a national search during the summer and fall of 2021. Wimbush assumed her new role in October 2021 and is prepared to lead the organization forward as the country comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic and looks forward to new opportunities from the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in November 2021. In a formal statement, she said: “I am honored to be selected as AMAC’s next President & CEO at such a pivotal moment in history. The organization connects my early passion, interest and education in aviation along with my dedication to creating a positive, lasting impact for
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women and disadvantaged communities. I am ready to serve and prepared to lead and position AMAC for the future – working with the AMAC Board of Directors and National Office to be the voice at the table and to create opportunities and economic mobility for our members.”—Eboni Wimbush, President & CEO, AMAC Wimbush most recently served as the Deputy Director of the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Children & Family Success. She was responsible for advancing all the work across the agency including building and implementing the strategies and systems to operationalize the City’s $100 million eviction prevention program in response to the global pandemic as well as leading the agency’s contracting, Human Resources, grant compliance and equity strategy. Previously, Wimbush served as Chief of Staff at Baltimore City Department of Transportation, where she was responsible for the Office of Communications, the Office of Legislative Affairs and External Affairs. Additionally, she served as a key advisor to the director in overseeing the day-to-day management, operations and performance activities of the agency’s 1,250 employees and $250 million budget. Prior to joining Baltimore City and over a span of two decades, Wimbush had a distinguished private sector career with Fortune 500 companies including FedEx
Corporation, Johnson Controls and Siemens where she held leadership roles and gained a depth and breadth of knowledge and experience in developing and building energy infrastructure projects and delivering outcomes. “Eboni is no stranger to AMAC and brings a wealth of transportation and related leadership and management experience and education. I have been able to witness Eboni’s work over the last few years and am very excited to have her take the helm of AMAC. I am confident that she will bring exceptional leadership to the AMAC National Office and lead our efforts to execute AMAC’s mission. Furthermore, she will serve as a highlyrespectable and credible representative of AMAC throughout the membership and the industry.”—Ricky Smith, Chair, AMAC Board of Directors, and CEO, Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport. A Conversation with AMAC’s Eboni Wimbush
You’ve been in place for about a month now, what’s been your biggest surprise of assuming leadership of AMAC? The Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC) has such a rich history and legacy, and I had the honor and privilege to meet one of the founding members during my first business trip to Atlanta. He retold several early stories about the impetus for forming what we now know as AMAC. The sense of dedication and commitment to enhancing business opportunities for minorities and women was profound. Over the first 45 days, I’ve had a chance to meet numerous members. I’m humbled and surprised that the passion and deep commitment are still palpable today. Although the aviation industry came to a near standstill during the pandemic —having a devastating economic impact on members —the Board and committee members were hard at work developing strategic initiatives to position AMAC and its members to survive and re-emerge stronger for post-pandemic success.
