Title: Consultant
Company: Selena Birk
Location: Playa Vista, CA United States
Selena Birk has 26 years of experience in Project management, emergency management and airport operations. She was the deputy executive director of operations and emergency management for the Los Angeles World Airports until she left to start her own consulting business, Selena Birk, where she uses her experience to offer airport operations and systems and emergency management services.
Ms. Birk describes her first airport management position at Van Nuys Airport as the highlight of her career. She also worked on the software for LAX to be prepared for the year 2000. She has been determined not to let any barriers stop her in her career, and she does not accept no as an answer. She knows that women are certainly a minority in aviation, but she attributes her success to good mentors, both male and female.
