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
Tyler Tenbrink
Cotulla Education 
4455 South Blvd., Suite 250 
Virginia Beach, VA 23452 

SECRETARY
Dristin Rose
United Airlines
233 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

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

Murfreesboro, TN 37132


TRUSTEES

Amanda Briggs

Parkland College

1 Airport Road

Savoy, IL 61874

Jeremy Brown

Frasca International

906 Airport Road

Urbana, IL 61874

Brandon Carroll

University of Memphis 

3720 Alumni Avenue

Memphis, TN 38152

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

Andy La Susa 
American Airlines
1 Skyview Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76155

Yi Gao, PhD 
Kent State University
1400 Lefton Esplanade 

Kent, OH 44242

Michael Hales

United Aviate Academy

1658 S Litchfield Rd #104
Goodyear, AZ 85338

Jens Hennig
GAMA
1400 K Street NW, Suite 801
Washington, DC 20005

Matthew Johnston

California Aeronautical University
1450 Boughton Drive 
Bakersfield, CA 93308

Laura Laster

LeTourneau University
200 Airpark Drive 
Longview, TX 75603

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

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

Mark Taylor
US Aviation Academy
4850 Spartan Drive
Denton, TX 76207

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

Board Liaison to Committees

Ryan Wallace, EdD - Chair
ERAU - DB

Aviation Maintenance
Michael Berry, PhD - Co-Chair
California Aeronautical University
&
Fatiha Boukouyen, PhD - Co-Chair
IUT of Limousin

Aviation Policy 
Tina Wu - Chair
News/Media Alliance 

Flight Education
Cody Christensen EdD - Chair
South Dakota State University

Publications
Victor Huang, PhD - Chair
University of Nebraska Omaha

Victor Huang, PhD - Editor in Chief
University of Nebraska Omaha

Safety
Stephanie Brown - Chair
Purdue University