Padgett picks airport director

CRESTVIEW, Fla. -- Okaloosa County Administrator Ernie Padgett has recommended hiring Tallahassee aviation director Sunil Harman as the county’s next airports director. Padgett will present the recommendation to county commissioners Tuesday. Harman, who has worked as Tallahassee's aviation director since 2011, was selected from an original pool of more than 100 applicants. Harman has spent more than 26 years in the industry. (Source: Northwest Florida Daily News, 06/28/13) The position has been vacant since Greg Donovan left to become director of Pensacola International Airport.