{"id":221855,"date":"2026-03-26T19:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/221855\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:10:13","slug":"fort-worths-paslay-group-and-chicagos-unison-consulting-join-forces-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/221855\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth’s Paslay Group and Chicago’s Unison Consulting Join Forces \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LAX Airport is one of Unison Consulting’s clients. In 2025, the LAX board approved $1 billion in additional funding for the final phase of construction of the airport’s airfield and terminal modernization program roadway improvement project. [Photo courtesy of Los Angeles World Airports]<\/p>\n

Fort Worth-based Paslay Management Group\u2014a provider Executive Program Management for complex capital development programs, organizational analysis, and enterprise-level business advisory strategies\u2014has announced its merger with Chicago-based Unison Consulting. The merger will create \u201ca stronger, more comprehensive aviation consultancy with a deeper bench of airport business advisory and development experts,\u201d Paslay Group said.<\/p>\n

The brings together two of the most trusted aviation consulting firms in the U.S. to offer aviation clients a more robust suite of enterprise-level services that \u201ccloses the performance gap\u201d between a capital program\u2019s financial strategy and its operational execution, Paslay Group said.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1989, Unison has served more than 100 airport clients across several hundred engagements. The firm has worked with 17 of the 25 busiest U.S. airports, and brings to the merger its financial, concessions, economics, market research, and data analytics services. The firm\u2019s current clients include some of the nation\u2019s busiest hubs, including Chicago O\u2019Hare (ORD) and Los Angeles (LAX) international airports.<\/p>\n

Paslay Group Founder and CEO R. Clay Paslay said his firm \u201chas long respected Unison\u2019s reputation for excellence in the airport consulting world and the firm the Drake family has built over the past 37 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday,\u201d he added in a statement, \u201cour two firms are choosing collaboration over competition and evolving into a larger firm that provides a more comprehensive enterprise-level service offering for our clients. Our combined team doubles down on our ability to develop custom solutions tailored to fit airport owners\u2019 objectives, constraints, and capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paslay Group marks its 20th anniversary this month<\/p>\n

Paslay Group is marking its 20th anniversary this month. The firm reports serving 50 U.S. airports and managing $51.7 billion in programs since 2006. Paslay created his patented small-team Executive Program Management model for complex capital programs, introducing it to the airport industry in 2007 during Sacramento International Airport\u2019s $1.2 billion Big Build Terminal Modernization Program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the past three years, Paslay Group says it has assisted airport owners in opening billion-dollar-plus terminal development programs at Kansas City (MCI), Nashville (BNA), and Pittsburgh (PIT) international airports<\/p>\n

Yovette Drake, Unison President and sister of founder and Senior EVP Anthony Drake, said the partnership reflects \u201ca strategic alignment of values, capabilities, and long-term vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy joining the Paslay Group team, we will immediately be able to integrate financial strategy, operational execution, and program leadership for clients across the nation,\u201d she added. \u201cWe\u2019re choosing to bring together our strengths to better serve airports and advance the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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