Leadership

Dean Gerber
Until March 2023
ISTAT President
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Valkyrie BTO Aviation
Dublin, Ireland

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Gerry Butler
Until March 2023
Immediate Past ISTAT President
Chief Marketing Officer
Merx Aviation Finance
Dublin, Ireland

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Gerry Laderman
Until March 2023
Treasurer
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
United Airlines
Chicago, IL, USA

Kristen Chmielewski
Until March 2023
Partner
GC Aero Law, LLP
Chicago, IL, USA

Bruce Dankberg
Until March 2022
Director, Marketing
Altavair
Issaquah, WA USA

Sigthor Einarsson
Until March 2022
Grants Program Chair
Partner
ICELEASE
Reykjavik, Iceland

Richard Goodhead
Until March 2023
Senior Vice President
Rolls-Royce
United Kingdom

Joey Johnsen
Until March 2025
CEO and Managing Member
Zeevo Group LLC
Seattle, WA, USA

Andrew La Stella
Until March 2022
Scholarship Program Chair Principal
Aviation Capital Services LLC
Little Silver, NJ

Christine Rovelli
Until March 2022
VP Group Treasurer and Head of M&A
Finnair Oyj
Helsinki, Finland

Murrae Ross-Eskell
Until March 2022
Internship Program Chair
Managing Director
Horizon Executive Search International Ltd
Holmbush Farm, Faygate, England

Betsy Snyder
Until March 2023
Director
Standard & Poor's
New York, NY, USA

Jean B Stein
Until March 2023
Consultant
Maidstone
Hastings on Hudson, NY, USA

Mark Streeter
Until March 2022
Managing Director
Head of Aviation, Transportation,
and REIT Credit Research
J.P. Morgan
New York, NY, USA

Richard Wall
Until March 2025
SVP Regional Manager EMEA,
Technical Asset Management
SMBC Aviation Capital
Dublin, Ireland

Eddo Weijer
Until March 2022
Vice President Engine Transactions
GA Telesis, LLC
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA