Business Over Breakfast with Columbia Metropolitan Airport

300 W Main St.,Lexington SC 29072

12 July, 2022

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MUST RSVP TO ATTEND | LIMITED CAPACITY You're Invited to Business Over Breakfast on Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30 a.m. at RADIUS Church. Admission:$15 for Chamber Shareholders | $25 for Non-ShareholdersPre-registrations are appreciated by Friday, July 8.This month's Business Over Breakfast, we will hear from Mike Gula and Kim Jamieson Crafton from the Columbia Metropolitan Airport speak about Mid-Year State of the Air Travel & CAE’s Focus on the Future. About our speakers: Mike Gula, Executive Director, Columbia Metropolitan Airport In 2018, Mike Gula was promoted to the position of Executive Director of the Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) after a national recruitment initiative. Mr. Gula previously served as Director of Operations, Planning & Facilities at CAE. He is responsible for the overall business operations, administration, human resources, financing, marketing, community relations, air service development, maintenance, safety, security and planning and development of the Richland-Lexington Airport District and the related airport facilities. Mr. Gula has gained significant knowledge and airport administrative experience while serving four different commercial service airports over 16 years. He previously served as the Director of Operations at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport; Operations Manager at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington (KY); and as the Manager of Operations and Cargo Development at Toledo Express Airport (OH). Mr. Gula maintains an Accredited Airport Executive (A.A.E.) certification from the American Association of Airport Executives, and in 2016 was named by Airport Business News a top 40 under 40 recipients. He received his Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management and Operations from Bowling Green State University. Kim Jamieson Crafton, Director of Marketing & Air Service Development, Columbia Metropolitan Airport Kim Jamieson Crafton is the Director of Marketing and Air Service Development at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. In this role, Crafton will be tasked with setting, managing, and executing the overall strategic marketing direction for the airport, while also working to proactively increase air service to the airport. Crafton was most recently the Public Relations Manager at the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (Discover South Carolina). While in that role, she oversaw both domestic and international media relations, managed the award-winning South Carolina Chef Ambassador program and spearheaded numerous events for statewide tourism partners. A Greenville native, Crafton attended the University of South Carolina, where she earned a B.A. in public relations and a master’s in mass communications with a concentration in Integrated Marketing Communications. She currently serves as the President of the Board of Trustees for Historic Columbia, an organization she has been involved with for the last seven years. A graduate of Leadership Columbia (class of 2014) and Leadership South Carolina (class of 2015), Crafton was also named a 2020 Women of Influence by the Columbia Regional Business Report, named to the list of “20 Under 40” by The State Newspaper in 2020 and named an “Outstanding Young Alumni” by the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications in 2016. Sponsored By: United Community BankAbout The Lexington Chamber and Visitors CenterA 4-Star Accredited Chamber, the Lexington Chamber and Visitors Center has been creating a community that grows business for more than 60 years. While our organization now hosts over 700 businesses, we make a welcoming environment for owners and employees to grow relationships with other local professionals. We’ve witnessed shareholders save money while supporting each other, use our resources to learn and advance their businesses and work with elected officials to create change for a better business setting in our area. When your business joins us, a blend of work and personal experiences will follow that will grow your knowledge and your network. Invest in your business today at http://www.lexingtonsc.org/. Connect with the Lexington Chamber and Visitors Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexingtonscchamber/ Instagram: http://bit.ly/lexscinsta Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexingtonsccoc COVID-19The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact. Infection may result in serious illness, injury, permanent disability, death, or property damage. As a result, governments and health agencies recommend social distancing and have, in many locations, prohibited the congregation of groups of people. While the Lexington Chamber and Visitors Center has implemented preventative measures designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19, it cannot guarantee that eventgoers will not become infected, and attending this event may increase the risk of contracting COVID-19. EVERYONE ATTENDING THIS EVENT IN ANY CAPACITY ASSUMES ALL THE FOREGOING RISKS.