Harry P. Wolfe has been a Adjunct Professor for Southern Illinois University since January 1981. He has taught more than 100 courses at off-campus locations throughout the United States. He typically teaches the aviation regulations and the airport planning classes. He has also taught graduate classes in aviation management for Arizona State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Mr. Wolfe holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish from Tulane University and a Master of Arts Degree in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 1975 he has been involved in airport planning and research.

From 1975 to 1978, Mr. Wolfe was an aviation planner for the Illinois Department of Transportation in Springfield Illinois. He was responsible for assembling the aviation component of a long-range transportation plan as well as the annual and five year airport construction program for the State. He also conducted research on airline deregulation, airport/land use compatibility, establishing airport priorities, and a variety of other subjects.

In 1978 Mr. Wolfe became the Airport and Rail Planning Manager for the Arizona Department of Transportation in Phoenix Arizona. He managed the preparation of the State Aviation System Plan, a Statewide airport needs study, and the update of the State Rail System Plan.

In 1980 Mr. Wolfe initiated an independent consulting business. For the next three years he provided consulting services and performed studies for state and local governments. One of his projects involved the preparation of the State Rail Plan for the State of Oklahoma. He also prepared a method for evaluating the benefits of airport improvements using a return on investment approach.

Since 1983 Mr. Wolfe has served as the Aviation Program Manager for the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG). MAG is the regional planning agency for the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. with responsibility for coordinating transportation, human services, demographic and environmental planning for the region. To date Mr. Wolfe has managed the preparation of two updates to the Regional Aviation System Plan, a heliport study, an airspace study, and several land use compatibility studies.

In addition to serving as Aviation Program Manager with MAG, Mr. Wolfe is responsible for managing the socioeconomic program. He oversees the development of long-range population, housing and employment projections for the cities and towns in Maricopa County. These projections are used as input into transportation models for forecasting future traffic levels and as input into the air quality models which are used to gauge compliance with federal air quality standards.