Gerald McDowell

Executive Director, Aerotropolis CIDs Gerald started as the Executive Director of the Airport West CID, which joined Airport South CID in January 2016 to become the Aerotropolis Atlanta CIDs. Under Gerald's leadership, the Aerotropolis CIDs have received more than $50 million in grants and project funding. Gerald served previously as the Lilburn CID's first Executive Director and prior to that, worked with the Gwinnett Village CID and Gwinnett Village Community Alliance. He spent more than 18 years in the IT industry, managing projects in more than 40 states and 12 countries, and was also a small business owner for nearly five years. Gerald was a member of the inaugural USDOT Leadership Academy conducted by U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. He is a graduate of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development and the Gwinnett Neighborhood Leadership Institute.