Daily News | Greater Philly Chamber of Commerce names PHL Airport’s Chellie Cameron as its new president
. Keith Brune, the airport’s chief operating officer, will become Acting CEO of the airports, Mayor Kenney announced Thursday.Cameron joined PHL in 2011, serving first as deputy director of aviation, finance, and administration, and then as chief operating officer.
“My background is finance, it’s numbers, and so this was a new part of thinking about airport management,” said the MBA and CPA-holding Cameron. “It’s about telling the story.” She took on a new role as the travel industry struggled with the financial fallout from the pandemic.Cameron helped secure $17 billion in additional relief for commercial airports nationwide, PHL among them.
During her leadership, PHL notched record passenger volume in 2019, with just over 33 million passengers coming and going through the airport.