Kim Kenville, professor and graduate program director for the John D. Odegard School
of Aerospace Sciences has been appointed to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission,
effective Sept. 1 through June 30, 2016.
Kenville began teaching at UND in the fall of 1999. She develops, implements, and
directs the Airport Management degree program at UND, and places those students
in internships and employment opportunities. Since 2008, Kenville has been the director
of the graduate program (MS degree) for the department of Aviation at UND. Kenville
is responsible for teaching two undergraduate airport management courses, and courses
in the master’s degree program, as well as the faculty advisor for the student chapter
of the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) at UND.
Kenville is a member of AAAE and sits on several committees in the organization
on the national and regional level in the Great Lakes chapter of AAAE. Kenville
is UND's representative to the Transportation Research Board (TRB) a part of the
National Academies. She recently opened her own aviation consulting business, Kim
Kenville Consulting and is registered in the states of North Dakota, South Dakota,
and Minnesota as a disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE).
Upon graduation, Kenville spent 5 years working for the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne
County Airport (DTW) in Detroit, Michigan. After leaving DTW, Kenville went to work
for Milwaukee County at General Mitchell International Airport as an Airport Control
Center Operator. She spent just short of a year at General Mitchell until returning
to North Dakota.