Governance & Staff

BOARD OF TRUSTEES



PRESIDENT 
Ryan Leick, PhD
Utah Valley University
1185 Mike Jense Pkwy

Provo, UT 8460



EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dawn Vinson
University Aviation Association

5050 Poplar Avenue, Suite 1503

Memphis, TN 38157



OFFICERS

VICE PRESIDENT 
Ryan Wallace, EdD
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

1 Aerospace Boulevard
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

TREASURER
Matthew Johnston
California Aeronautical University
1450 Boughton Drive 
Bakersfield, CA 93308

SECRETARY
Tyler Tenbrink
Piedmont Airlines
5443 Airport Terminal Road
Salisbury, MD 21804

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

Murfreesboro, TN 37132


TRUSTEES

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 Street S

Brookings, SD 570

Tony Foster, PhD
University of Dubuque
2000 University Avenue
Dubuque, IA 52001

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

Yi Gao, PhD 
Purdue University
1630Aviation Drive

West Lafayette, IN 47906 

Michael Hales

United Aviate Academy

1658 S Litchfield Rd #104
Goodyear, AZ 85338

Amy Parish
UFA, Inc
80 Blanchard Road Suite 200
Burlington, MA 01803

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

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

Patrice Stanley
CAE USA
5004 Air Cargo Road
Tampa, FL 33614

Scott Vlasek
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68182

Andreas “Baron” Wesemann
Utah State University
Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322




 

COMMITTEES

Aircraft Dispatch
Laura Laster - Chair
Baron Wesemann - Board Liaison
ATC Education
Jennah Perry - Chair
Amy Parish - Board Liaison
Aviation Maintenance
Dr. Michael Berry - Chair
Michael Hales - Board Liaison
Aviation Management & Policy 
Tina Wu - Chair
Martin Rottler - Board Liaison
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Samantha Bowyer - Chair
Dristin Rose - Board Liaison
Flight Education
Mark Taylor - Chair

John Blum - Board Liaison

Mental Health
Dr. Irene Miller - Co-Chair
Harley Waters - Co-Chair
Publications
Dr. Victor Hwang - Chair
Scott Vlasek - 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