Leadership

Augustus “Gus” Hudson

Airport Deputy General Manager, Sr., Operations

Augustus “Gus” Hudson is the senior deputy general manager of Operations at Hartsfield-Jackson. He leads the divisions that ensure the safety and security of travelers, employees and guests including Airport operations, public safety and security, law enforcement, fire and medical personnel, emergency management, maintenance, transportation and traffic enforcement. Mr. Hudson is also responsible for operation mitigation plans and security considerations for the Airport’s multibillion-dollar capital improvement program, ATLNext.

With more than 25 years of leadership in public safety, security, and emergency management, Mr. Hudson began his career in the U.S. Air Force, where his passion for aviation developed. He joined Hartsfield-Jackson in 2005 to serve as a security manager.  In 2007, he accepted a position to lead a project that would bring integrated daily operations and emergency operations under one roof: the Centralized Command and Control Center, also known as C4.   He rose through the ranks to Assistant General Manager, offering strategic direction for the Airport Operations Center and the Emergency Operations Center. Mr. Hudson was responsible for ATL’s emergency management program, including planning, training, testing and coordinating emergency response operations.

Before arriving at ATL, Hudson served in communications and security and security information systems roles at Memphis International Airport (MEM), coordinating with airline partners, law enforcement and federal agencies in writing and enforcing security policy and procedures.

Through the years, he has served on over 15 Airport Cooperative Research Program project panels and served on committees for the American Association of Airport Executives and the International Association of Emergency Management committees. The Memphis native has quickly become a subject matter expert in airport security, airport emergency management and airport operations.

Mr. Hudson holds a Master of Science degree in information systems from Nova Southeastern University, a dual Master of Science in Emergency Disaster Management and Homeland Security from American Public University and professional certifications from AAE, ACI, PMI, IAEM, and FEMA. He is also a doctoral candidate at Liberty University seeking a PhD in Organizational Development and Leadership.