Current source roster
Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust
Chair
Official roster checked October 6, 2026
Exact chair election and term dates not established; do not substitute trustee appointment dates.
People / Government & civic life
Mary Smith Crofts
Airport trust chair
Three chairmanships connect airport operations, development financing and a major airline maintenance site.
Mary Smith Crofts is listed as chair of the Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust, Tulsa International Airport Development Trust and Tulsa Municipal Airport Trust. These are separate public bodies with different responsibilities, even though their leadership overlaps.
Career & public service
- Fiscal year ending June 30, 2026
Trustee in budget roster
The budget book identifies Crofts as a trustee and community volunteer.
- September 10, 2026
Annual meetings scheduled
Development and municipal trust agendas include officer elections; the agendas are not election results.
- October 6, 2026 verification
Three current chair listings
The airport website lists her as chair of three trusts.
People, institutions and the relationships between them
Following the connections
Each step below represents a documented relationship. Dates and roles belong to the individual links; a path can span different periods.
personMary Smith Crofts
public trustTulsa Airports Improvement Trust
Current listed chair; exact chair term dates remain unverified.
personMary Smith Crofts
public authorityTulsa International Airport Development Trust
Current listed chair; exact chair term dates remain unverified.
personMary Smith Crofts
public trustTulsa Municipal Airport Trust
Current listed chair; exact chair term dates remain unverified.
Documented relationships
3 documented relationships · Historical and current roles remain distinct.
Current source roster
Tulsa International Airport Development Trust
Chair
Official roster checked October 6, 2026
Exact chair election and term dates not established; do not substitute trustee appointment dates.
Current source roster
Tulsa Municipal Airport Trust
Chair
Official roster checked October 6, 2026
Exact chair election and term dates not established; do not substitute trustee appointment dates.
What the meeting record establishes
The September 10, 2026 annual agendas scheduled officer elections at the development and municipal trusts. The development agenda also placed a financing agreement with Park Aerospace and several payment requests before trustees. Those documents identify business presented for collective consideration. They do not establish how Crofts voted, which proposals passed or when money was paid. The current roster establishes her listed chair roles; it does not supply the dates she first became chair.
Development financing and public facilities
The development trust’s September agenda proposed support for an airport observation area through a fund administered by Tulsa Community Foundation. It described the completed improvements as property to be owned and maintained by the airport operations trust. It also included a payment to Tulsa Public Schools under a developer financing agreement. This illustrates why the trusts, the foundation-administered fund, the developer and the school district must remain separate entities when tracing a proposed transaction. The agenda alone establishes neither a completed grant nor a personal financial interest for Crofts.
Reading older rosters in context
The airport’s budget book for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 identifies Crofts as a trustee and community volunteer. It names Kent Harrell as chair. That is a historical snapshot; the current airport roster lists Crofts as chair. Neither source supports assigning the chairmanship retroactively throughout her trustee service.
Check the record
Sources & corrections
Research checked 2026-10-06. Roles and financial figures retain their source dates. Sections appear only when supported material is available; an omitted section is not a finding that no such relationship exists.
- Tulsa Airports — current board rosters ↗
primary · Checked 2026-10-06
TAIT, TIADT and TMAT roster and purpose sections
- Tulsa Airports — About Us ↗
primary · Checked 2026-10-06
Operating responsibilities
- Tulsa Airports FY2026 Budget Book ↗
primary · Checked 2026-10-06
PDF page 3: historical trustee roster; fiscal year ending June 30, 2026
- TIADT annual meeting agenda, September 10, 2026 ↗
primary · Source date 2026-09-04 · Checked 2026-10-06
Pages 1–2, items 3, 5, 8–11; filed September 4, 2026; proposals, not minutes
- TMAT annual meeting agenda, September 10, 2026 ↗
primary · Source date 2026-09-04 · Checked 2026-10-06
Page 1, items 2–4; agenda does not establish votes