Deputy Director of Aviation
Aviation Department - City of Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, MO, United States
Deputy Director – Planning, Engineering, and Environmental Division
City of Kansas City, Aviation Department, Kansas City, Missouri
Jade Liska has worked for the City of Kansas City, MO since 2005, serving in a variety of management roles, and in 2018 was promoted and well positioned to be the Deputy Director of Planning and Engineering for the Aviation Department.
Jade is familiar with all aspects of the Kansas City International airport’s nearly 11,000 acres, as well as, the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport nearly 700 acres, when it comes to the capital infrastructure and construction projects and completes over 30 million dollars of capital projects annually between Kansas City International airport and the Downtown Airport.
Jade has been instrumental in the keeping the aviation department focused on capital projects necessary to sustain the existing airport operations, as well as, he served as the Lead-Project Manager on building the new 1.5 Billion dollar single terminal and infrastructure project for Kansas City. The new terminal project was on-budget and on-time and and opened on Feb. 28th, 2023. As well as the new terminal build, Jade was instrumental in advocating and completing the 40 million dollar construction rehabilitation of the oldest runway, 1L-19R (Primary runway), and completing it all, prior to the opening of the new terminal.
In Jade’s almost 30-year career, he has spent 12 years in the private sector and the last 18 years in the public sector.
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New Single Terminal at Kansas City International Airport - Lessons Learned
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM MT