Governance & Staff

BOARD OF TRUSTEES



PRESIDENT 
Chaminda Prelis, PhD
Middle Tennessee State University
University 1301 E. Main St. Box 67
Murfreesboro, TN 37132


EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dawn Vinson
University Aviation Association

5050 Poplar Avenue, Suite 1503

Memphis, TN 38157



OFFICERS

VICE PRESIDENT 
Jeremy Brown
Frasca International, Inc 
906 Airport Road

Urbana, IL 618

TREASURER
Ryan Wallace, EdD
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
1 Aerospace Blvd
Daytona Beach

SECRETARY
Tyler Tenbrink
Piedmont Airlines
5443 Airport Terminal Road
Salisbury, MD 218

PAST PRESIDENT 
Mary E. Johnson, PhD
Purdue University
1630 Aviation Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47906


TRUSTEES

James Birdsong, PhD

Auburn University

2150 Bent Creek Road Suite 1

Alburn, AL 36830

John Blum

Lone Star College - Montgomery

3200 College Park Drive

Conroe, TX 77384

Amanda Briggs

Parkland College

1 Airport Road

Savoy, IL 61874

Cody Christensen, EdD

South Dakota State University

201 W Second St. S

Brookings, SD 570

Michael Gaffney 
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
425 University Blvd.
Durant, OK 74701

Yi Gao, PhD 
Purdue University
1630Aviation Drive

West Lafayette, IN 47906 

William Kwong 

Boeing Global Services

55 Inverness Drive East

Englewood, CO 80112

Ryan Leick, PhD

Utah Valley University

1185 Mike Jense Pkwy

Provo, UT 8460

Amy Parish
UFA, Inc
80 Blanchard Road Suite 200
Burlington, MA 01803
Carla Pinto
Broward College
7200 Pines Boulevard Bldg 99
Pembroke Pines, FL 33024

Matt Romero
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale 
635 Flightline Rd.
Carbondale, IL 62901

Dristin Rose

Envoy Air
4301 Regent Blvd. 
Irving, TX 75603

Martin Rottler
Delta Air Lines
1032 Delta Blvd.
Atlanta, GA 30320

Jonathan Velazquez, PhD
Inter American University of Puerto Rico
500 Dr. John Will Harris Street
Bayamon, PR 00959

Megan Sollender 
Republic Airways 
8909 Purdue Road Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46268

Douglas Williams, PhD 
Community College of
Baltimore County
7200 Sollers Point Road
Baltimore, MD 21222



 

COMMITTEES

Aircraft Dispatch
Laura Laster - Chair
Doug Williams - Board Liaison
ATC Education
Jennah Perry - Chair
Amy Parish - Board Liaison
Aviation Maintenance
Tracy Yother - Chair
Dr. James Birdsong - Board Liaison
Aviation Management & Policy Committee
Tina Wu - Chair
Dr. Ryan Leick - Board Co-Liaison
Martin Rottler - Board Co-Liaison
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Samantha Bowyer - Chair
Dristin Rose - Board Liaison
Flight Education
Athina Holmes - Chair
John Blum - Board Liaison
Publications
Dr. Victor Hwang - Chair
Dristin Rose - Board Liaison
Dr. Victor Hwang - Editor in Chief
Safety
Andrew Walton - Chair
Michael Gaffey- Board Liaison
Unmanned Aerial Systems
Dr. Jon Loffi - Chair
Amanda Briggs - Board Liaison