Leadership
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Officers
Kristen Chmielewski
Foundation Chair - Until March 2027
Partner
GC Aero Law, LLP
Chicago, IL, USA
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Joey Johnsen
Foundation Vice Chair - Until March 2027
Internship & Mentorship Committee Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Zeevo Group LLC
Seattle, WA, USA
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Mamoun Kuzbari
Treasurer - Until March 2028
Finance Committee Chair
Chief Operations Officer
Novus Aviation Capital
Dubai, UAE
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Position Holders
Gerry Laderman
ISTAT President - Until March 2027
ISTAT Immediate Past President - March 2027 - March 2029
Chief Financial Officer (retired)
Houston, TX, USA
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Mary Prettyman
ISTAT Immediate Past President - Until March 2027
Governance & Nominating Committee Chair
Head of Marketing
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford, CT, USA
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ISTAT Foundation Trustees
Steven Boecker
Until March 2027
Development Committee Chair
Senior Sales Executive - MRO Services
Delta TechOps
Atlanta, GA, USA
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Eamonn Cronin
Until March 2028
Dublin Golf Committee Chair
Managing Director
Pepper Aviation Ltd.
Dublin, Ireland
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Bruce Dankberg
Until March 2028
Scholarships Committee Chair
Director, Marketing
Altavair
Issaquah, WA, USA
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Mohamed El-Boraï
Until March 2028
President
Reliance Aerospace Solutions
Blagnac, Occitanie, France
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Norm C.T. Liu
Until March 2029
President & CEO, Nordic Aviation Capital
Former GECAS CEO
Adjunct Professor, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Boca Raton, FL, USA
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Tracey O'Brien
Until March 2028
Educational Grants Committee Chair
Head of Global Fleet Management
Amazon
Seattle, WA, USA
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Paul O'Driscoll
Until March 2027
Humanitarian Aid Grants Committee Chair
Vice President Strategic Consulting
mba Aviation
Arlington, Virginia
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Asad Shaikh
Until March 2029
Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance & Treasurer
Allegiant Air
Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Linn Shaw
Until March 2027
South Florida Golf Committee Chair
Chicago Golf Committee Chair
Chief Executive Officer
KP Aviation
Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Mark Streeter
Until March 2028
Managing Director
Head of Aviation, Transportation, and REIT Credit Research
J.P. Morgan
New York, NY, USA
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Joël Wagner
Until March 2028
Promotion & Communication Committee Chair
Analysis and Marketing
Skytech-AIC
Winchfield, England
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Rebecca Yue
Until March 2028
Assistant Vice President of Marketing
Jackson Square Aviation
Dublin, Ireland
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ISTAT Foundation Chair History
1995-1999 Charles N. Seidlitz
1999-2001 Stephen J. Fortune
2001-2003 Roland H. Moore
2003-2005 Thomas Hiniker
2005-2007 Robert Brown
2007-2009 Stephen T Rimmer
2009-2011 David P. Sutton
2011-2013 Warren Willits
2013-2015 Todd Freeman
2015-2017 Damon D'Agostino
2017-2020 Jep Thornton
2020-2023 Peter Huijbers
2023-2025 Sigthor Einarsson