TERRI MESTAS
Chief Development Officer
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
Terri Mestas is the chief development officer for Los Angeles World Airports. LAX, the fifth-busiest airport in the world in 2021 with 48 million passengers, is in the midst of a $15-billion capital improvement program that will touch on all nine passenger terminals and build new facilities, including an Automated People Mover train, Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility and the West Gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal under Mestas’ oversight.
Mestas previously held the position of senior director for capital projects, modernization, planning, design and construction at the California Institute of Technology. She oversaw complex projects across 124 acres and other satellite locations. Mestas also held several positions for AECOM, including vice president, federal market sector leader, principal in charge and program manager for two NASA centers and program manager for the Los Angeles Community College District bond program, the largest community college district in the country.
