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Metro Nashville Airport Authority leader Doug Kreulen to headline Feb. 27 Nashville Business Breakfast

Lacey Klotz | 

Doug E. Kreulen, president and CEO of Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, will be the featured speaker at the Nashville Business Breakfast at 7 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27, in Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena.

DougKreulen_LARGEPresented by Lipscomb University and the Nashville Business Journal, the cost of the breakfast is $40 in advance and $50 at the door. Registration is available here or by calling 615.966.6609.

Kreulen joined the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority in 2012 and was named president and chief executive officer in December 2017. He previously served as chief operating officer, where he oversaw operations, facilities maintenance, public safety and development and engineering departments for both Nashville International and John C. Tune airports. Before joining MNAA, Kreulen served four years as director of operations for Huntsville International Airport, during which time the airport received the highly regarded FAA Southern Region Airport Mark of Distinction Award and FAA Air Carrier Airport Safety Award.

Prior to beginning his career in the commercial aviation sector, Kreulen served in the United States Air Force for 27 years, earning the rank of colonel. During his service, he held prominent command and staff leadership positions including: chief of staff for the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.; vice commander of the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base in Japan, with responsibility for 11,000 civilian and military personnel involved with operations, support, maintenance and medical; commander of the 314th Operations Group at Little Rock Air Force Base, with responsibilities for 2,000 military personnel and a fleet of 50 C-130s; chief of the readiness division for the joint chiefs of staff in Washington, D.C., charged with evaluating the armed services ability to carry out the National Military Strategy; and Commander of the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Kreulen is a decorated veteran, earning the Bronze Star (Kosovo), Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service Medal (National Military Strategy and Service on Joint Staff Crisis Action Team following events of Sept. 11, 2001); Air Medal and Meritorious Service Medal (Bosnia-Herzegovina). An Accredited Airport Executive (AAE), Kreulen is a graduate of National War College with a Master of Science in National Security Strategy, Troy University with a Master of Science in Personnel Management and Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in Laboratory Technology.

The Nashville Business Breakfast is a quarterly networking event, presented by Lipscomb University and the Nashville Business Journal, with a news-conference style format, featuring business leaders with local economic impact. The event is sponsored by PNC Bank and Crowe Horwath.

Register for the Feb. 27 Nashville Business Breakfast.