Charles Mangum

Airport director, Marana Regional Airport

Age: 37

Community involvement: Increased grant funding for MRA to $3.8 million; Metropolitan Pima Alliance Common Ground Award for Infrastructure Development

Book on your bedside table: NUTS! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe of Business and Personal Success

Mentor/whom you admire: Everyone! I believe that every person I meet can teach me something about something.

Proudest professional accomplishement: Being selected the 2005-2006 Arizona airport executive of the year by the Arizona Airports Association. I am the youngest person ever to receive this award, and I was honored to accept it.

A word from the nominator: "Quoting Mike Reuwsaat, Marana town manager, in a February 2006 article: 'Airport Manager Charles Mangum has generated over $10 million in grants and funding for the airport through the relationship he has built and by his hard work. This doesnŐt come by staying home; it comes by becoming active, both regionally and nationally, on behalf of our citizens.'" - Jessica Mullen, principal engineer, Z&H Engineering