TSA names David Wray federal security director for Charlotte

Sept. 1, 2009
Wray to also serve as security director for Ashville Regional Airport

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has named David Wray as the federal security director for Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Wray joined TSA in April 2008 as federal security director for McGhee Tyson, Chattanooga Metropolitan and Tri-Cities Regional airports in Tennessee.

"David is an experienced leader whose work as the federal security director at East Tennessee's airports prepared him to effectively lead TSA's operations in Charlotte," said Lee Kair, TSA's assistant administrator for Security Operations."

Prior to joining TSA, Wray spent 25 years with the Greensboro, N.C., police department, serving as its assistant chief of police for five years and chief for three years.

Wray holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Public Affairs degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Wray also will serve as federal security director for Asheville Regional Airport.

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