Rosecrans Memorial Airport has a new general manager.

Abe Forney comes our way from Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport, where he served for more than six years as assistant airport manager.

His former duties include working with the airport budget and preparing items for the city council and other boards. He was the direct supervisor over airport employees.

Prior to Lee’s Summit, Forney served at Lambert St. Louis International as the airfield operations supervisor, where he managed the work quality of the airfield maintenance team, conducted airfield and terminal safety inspections, and taught classes on radio procedures, airfield familiarization, and airfield safety. As airfield operations supervisor, he worked jointly with the airport’s control tower to ensure safe operations of the airport facility. Previous to St. Louis, he worked at the Kansas City International Airport.

Mr. Forney has been a Certified Flight Instructor since 2001 and has his commercial pilot’s license. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Management from Central Missouri State University and also is a member of the Missouri Airport Manager’s Association. He and his wife have two daughters and one son.

Mr. Forney’s duties will begin on Monday, January 28, 2013.

Forney replaces Mike Hurst, who resigned in August.