Leadership

Adrienne Ayers

Airport Assistant General Manager, Planning and Development

 

Adrienne Ayers is an assistant general manager for Planning and Development. In this role, she oversees the Central Passenger Terminal Complex, Aviation Information Systems (AIS) Network and Infrastructure teams to ensure facilities meet the expectations of the traveling public. Ayers leads a team of planners, asset/facility managers, project managers, and construction managers to determine facility requirements and deliver them in a timely, cost-effective, environmentally sustainable, and responsible manner.

Ayers joined Hartsfield-Jackson in 2022 as the director of Central Passenger Terminal Complex/Aviation Information Systems and Infrastructure. She was responsible for managing a portfolio of projects estimated at $2.8 billion under the Department of Aviation’s capital improvement program, ATLNext. In this role, she implemented terminal and concourse development projects from planning through facility commissioning.

The construction leader has held numerous positions in aviation planning, maintenance, operations and management of aviation assets and services where she successfully engaged in increasing areas of responsibility. Previously, Ayers served as Southeast Airport Lead for McCarthy Improvement Company, where she sourced aviation construction opportunities and served as an FAA liaison and director of engineering for Augusta Regional Airport (AGS). She also served as the deputy general manager of Estate Planning and Business Development for the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, overseeing capital projects and engineering and structural facility management at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

A graduate of Temple University with a Bachelor of Science in architecture, Ayers also holds the designation as an International Airport Professional (IAP) and is affiliated with Airports Council International’s Airport Management Professional Accreditation Program (AMPAP).