Pasadena Councilmember Tyron Hampton Elected President of Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority

Pasadena City Councilmember Tyron Hampton was elected president of the BGPAA (BGPAA) at the Authority’s meeting on Monday, July 20. He will serve a one-year term.

The election places a Pasadena official at the head of the agency that owns and operates Hollywood Burbank Airport. Pasadena is one of three cities — with Burbank and Glendale — that jointly govern the airport through the BGPAA, a joint powers agency formed in 1977. The Authority is run by a nine-member commission, with each city appointing three commissioners to four-year terms.

Hampton was appointed to the Airport Authority in 2021 and has served on the Pasadena City Council for the past 11 years, including a term as vice mayor, the airport said.

Hampton had served as the commission’s vice president and treasurer in the outgoing term. He succeeds Burbank Commissioner Jess Talamantes, who was elected president in July 2025.

The commission elects its officers each July. Along with Hampton, the press release said the commission elected Glendale Commissioner Frank Quintero as vice president, Burbank Commissioner Robert “Bud” Ovrom as secretary, Burbank Commissioner Jess Talamantes as treasurer, and Glendale Commissioner Elen Asatryan as auditor. The remaining commissioners are Emily Gabel-Luddy of Burbank, Dan Brotman of Glendale, and Andy Wilson and Jason Lyon of Pasadena. With Hampton as president and Wilson and Lyon serving as commissioners, all three of Pasadena’s seats on the Authority are currently filled.

The Authority also announced that the City of Glendale has appointed City Councilmember Dan Brotman to the commission.

The Authority said the commission’s most significant current project is construction of the Elevate BUR replacement passenger terminal, scheduled to open in October 2026. The roughly $1.3 billion, 355,000-square-foot terminal will have 14 gates and is being built on a separate site from the current building. Construction began in January 2024 after Burbank voters approved the project in 2016. The existing terminal is to be demolished after the replacement opens.

The leadership change comes as the airport approaches that opening, a project the incoming president and commission will oversee through completion.