MANCHESTER — Robert E. Dastin, a shareholder with the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA, was appointed chairman of the Manchester/Boston Regional Airport Authority.

The seven-member volunteer advisory board assists the airport with meeting the air transportation needs of the region while continuing to strike a balance between the development of the airport and quality of life issues that are important to citizens.

Dastin is a retired brigadier general of the New Hampshire Air National Guard.