Ontario Councilman Alan Wapner and eleven others connected with Ontario International Airport will be traveling to the Far East for a period of more than week in September.
A degree of secrecy attends the trip, as the Ontario International Airport Authority, the entity that governs the airport, has not publicly disclosed why the group is traveling to China and what its itinerary will be upon arriving. The Sentinel was informed that the eleven will touch down in Hong Kong, but as to where they will go thereafter was not available.
The Sentinel today emailed the airport’s public spokesman, Steve Lambert, seeking from him the purpose of the trip, a confirmation of the identities of those accompanying Wapner, whom they are to meet with and what specifics are to be discussed in the course of those meetings. Lambert did not respond by press time.
The Sentinel is told that participating in the trip will be Wapner, who in addition to being a member of the city council has been the President of the Ontario International Airport Authority since its 2011 inception will be Andrew Han, Annie Lin-Ahn, Atif Elkadi, Emily Paredez, Eren Cello, Joy Chuang, Martha Preciado, Paul Haney, Quinn Annelin and Stephanie King.
Andrew Han is an air service development analyst with the airport. He formerly worked as a market and sales development specialist with Korean Air Lines.
Lin-Ahn is the airport authority’s airline affairs and properties manager.
Atif Elkadi is the airport authority’s executive director.
Paredez is the airport’s community engagement specialist.
Cello is the airport’s senior vice president of communications & marketing.
Chuang doubles as the airport’s marketing and communications manager and its human resources director.
Preciado is the airport and airport authority’s director of government relations.
Paul Haney since 2018 has been a consultant without portfolio to the airport authority on a $20,000 monthly retainer plus reimbursable expenses, having been paid $1,580,000.
Annelin is the airport’s director of air service development.
King is the director of community engagement at the airport.
– Mark Gutglueck