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Todd Steps Down at Air Methods
Airline Veteran Steve Gorman New CEO

The man who built Air Methods into the nation’s largest helicopter air ambulance company and was a driving force in the industry during a period of rapid and record growth has retired. Aaron Todd left the company on August 18 following a tenure that began in 1995 when he joined it as CFO. In 2003, Todd became CEO, succeeding George Belsey. Todd’s departure was not unexpected following Air Methods' transformation from a publicly traded to a privately held company in 2017 as a result of its acquisition by American Securities LLC in a $2.5 billion deal. That transaction provided key company investors and executives, including Todd, with multimillion-dollar stock payouts and other substantial compensation.