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 
Global Medical Response
2349 East Orchard Road 
Greenwood, CO 80121

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

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

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

Aircraft Dispatch
Brian Strzempkowski - Chair
Baron Wesemann - Board Liaison
ATC Education
Jennah Perry - Chair
Amy Parish - Board Liaison
Aviation Maintenance
Dr. Michael Berry - Chair
Dr. Fatiha Boukouyen - Co-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
Dr. Cody Christensen - Chair

John Blum - Board Liaison

Mental Health
Dr. Irene Miller - Co-Chair
Harley Waters - Co-Chair
Tyler Tenbrink - Board Liaison
Publications
Dr. Victor Hwang - Chair
Scott Vlasek - Board Liaison
Dr. Victor Huang - Editor in Chief
Safety
Andrew Walton - Chair
Michael Gaffney- Board Liaison
Unmanned Aerial Systems
Dr. Jon Loffi - Chair
Amanda Briggs - Board Liaison