NASHVILLE – The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) Board of Commissioners elected attorney Aubrey (Trey) B. Harwell III as its new chair at its May meeting. Harwell, who previously served as vice chair, succeeds Dr. A. Dexter Samuels, senior vice president for Student Affairs and executive director, Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College, who has served as chair since 2018 and as a board member since 2007.

Amanda Farnsworth was elected vice chair after previously serving as secretary, and Bill Freeman was elected secretary. These officer positions are effective July 1 and are two-year terms.