{"id":38858,"date":"2025-09-11T08:51:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airportscouncil.org\/?p=38858"},"modified":"2025-09-11T08:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:53:01","slug":"2025-reclaiming-the-sky-resiliency-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airportscouncil.org\/2025\/09\/11\/2025-reclaiming-the-sky-resiliency-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 \u201cReclaiming the Sky\u201d Resiliency Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Young aviation managers \u2013 tomorrow\u2019s leaders \u2013 continue to show they can extract lessons from the stories of 9\/11\u2019s aviation heroes and apply them to meet challenges in their personal and professional lives.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Resiliency Institute at Fordham University, Airports Council International \u2013 North America and sponsor SSP America partnered in 2025 to expand the \u201cReclaiming the Sky\u201d Resiliency Program to build on gains from the first two years of the program and help aviation\u2019s future leaders hone their resiliency skills.<\/p>\n<p>Young Professionals, those under forty years of age who work in middle management jobs at airports and airport service companies across the US and Canada, were invited to read the stories of aviation heroes profiled in the book, \u201cReclaiming the Sky,\u201d by Tom Murphy, and participate in a workshop with aviation mentors to explore the lessons of resiliency.<\/p>\n<p>As a follow up, they were offered a chance to compete in an essay competition to express what they learned. Three winners were announced this week and will be presented with their awards of $1000, $500 and $250 at the 2025 ACI-NA &amp; ACI World Annual General Assembly, Conference and Exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The winners selected by a panel of aviation leaders are First Place: Tori Carroll, Security and Badging Special at Syracuse Regional Airport Authority; Second Place: Matthew Hall, Procurement Manager at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District; and Third Place, Allison Gilbert, HR Business Partner, Metropolitan Airports Commission, St Paul, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Their winning stories can be read at <a href=\"http:\/\/ReclaimingTheSky.com\">ReclaimingTheSky.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Young Professionals were given free Ebook copies of \u201cReclaiming the Sky\u201d and a chance to read the stories of airport and airline employees who came to work in New York, Boston and Washington, DC on the morning of 9\/11 expecting a normal day, only to find that \u201cjust doing my job\u201d was to become the creed of heroes. The stories tell how the front-line aviation employees responded with courage, selflessness and resiliency that day and in the weeks and months that followed to rebuild their lives and reclaim hope \u2013 while helping to get the country moving again.<\/p>\n<p>The top award, the \u201cSusan M. Baer Award,\u201d is named for Susan Baer who was General Manager of Newark Liberty Int\u2019l Airport on 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to cash prizes, first, second and third place essay winners have earned free registration to ACI-NA\u2019s annual conference in Toronto in October to meet with today\u2019s leaders and build their network of aviation contacts.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which supports the development of the next generation of aviation leaders, is planned for expansion in 2026 as part of commemorating the 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>The program included 25 young professionals who spent time reading and writing about the events of September 11<sup>th<\/sup> and the resiliency by leaders in the years since.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the judges Cedrick Fulton, Virginia Buckingham, Erin Humphreys, Jennifer Juul, Debbie Roland, and Toni Knisley who worked tirelessly to judge the essay contest.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit ReclaimingTheSky.com. 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