November 2014 airportbusiness 21
UNDER
Megan Delk Barnes says she grew up in the business. She explains her father was the owner/
president of Valley Oil Co., which later became AirBP/EPIC. She
worked holidays/summers at her dad's office as the "grunt girl"
doing everything from filing to office assistant to account research
and collections. Not only that, but her father was a private pilot who
gave her a taste for general aviation and the joy and convenience
that goes along with it. Barnes received her Bachelor of Science in
Business Management and Psychology from San Diego State Uni-
versity. Since then, she has worked for both independent FBOs as
well as chains ranging from a small few up to over 30 locations. Her
responsibilities ranged from acquiring information to setup systems,
combining marketing efforts, creating training manuals, managing
pricing, training all FBO personnel, to implementing processes and
procedures. She has extensive experience working
directly with the FBO management team as well as
the front line personnel to assist in process efficien-
cy, improved service levels and network consistency
implementation.
DID
YOU
KNOW?
DELK
received her
pilot's license
the summer
before college.
Megan Delk Barnes:
Grew up in the business and made it her career
Executive Vice President
Paragon Aviation Group
Age: 35
Years in Aviation: 20