Chief Financial Officer
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Kathleen Sharman is the Chief Financial Officer for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, operator of Orlando International Airport, the busiest airport in the state of Florida, and Orlando Executive Airport. Orlando International Airport served nearly 49 million passengers in fiscal year 2022, making it one of the busiest airports in the United States. As Chief Financial Officer, she is responsible for managing the over $680 million dollar annual operating budget and a $4.3 billion capital program. She has more than 30 years of accounting and finance experience across multiple transportation modes, as well as solid waste and real estate industries in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining the Aviation Authority, Ms. Sharman served as the CFO and Treasurer of the New Jersey Transit Corporation, one of the nation’s largest providers of bus, rail, and light rail transit with over 11,000 employees and an operating budget of over $2 billion. Her experience also includes CFO and Treasurer positions at Georgia’s State Road and Tollway Authority and the South Jersey Transportation Authority, operator of the Atlantic City Expressway and the Atlantic City International Airport. Ms. Sharman began her career at Arthur Andersen & Company, one of the country’s “Big 8” accounting firms at the time, and has held corporate Controller positions for several private sector companies in the solid waste and real estate industries. She holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from George Washington University and is a Certified Public Accountant. She was recognized by The Bond Buyer newspaper as one of the 2018 Trailblazing Women in Public Finance and in November 2021 she was named Airport Council International’s Finance Professional of the year (Large Airports) as well as one of Orlando Business Journal’s Women who mean business for 2022. Ms. Sharman also served as Chair of Airports Council International’s finance steering committee for 2022 and is serving on the AAAE Audit Committee and ACI Board Finance Committee of 2023.