KelseyVeatch

By Howard Greninger Tribune-Star

While previously serving as a finance manager, Kelsey Veatch’s past experience in human resources and as a business office manager has brought her a new title this year as Terre Haute Regional Airport’s Human Resources and Business Relations manager.

Working at the airport provides a unique work experience, said Veatch, 31.

“The airport has definitely become a part of me,” she said. “A lot of my interests now stem not only from my job but also the airport and aviation industry. Never in my life did I think I would try to get a private pilot’s license. That is something I started a few months back.”

Veatch is learning to fly a lowwing Piper Warrior and completed her first solo flight in mid-February, which marked the mid-point of her pilot training.

“It was terrifying, but I did it,” Veatch said. “You are in there all by yourself … so if you have any questions there is nobody to ask, you just figure it out on your own, which is OK,” she said. “It was nerve-racking, but exciting,” she added.

Veatch started at the airport in