Leadership
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Officers
Peter Huijbers
Foundation Chair - Until March 2023
Director
PH Aviation Asia Ltd.
Hong Kong
Email
Sigthor Einarsson
Foundation Vice Chair - Until March 2023
Partner
ICELEASE
Reykjavik, Iceland
Email
Gerry Laderman
Treasurer - Until March 2023
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
United Airlines
Chicago, IL, USA
Email
Christine Rovelli
Vice Treasurer - Until March 2025
VP Group Treasurer and Head of M&A
Finnair Oyj
Helsinki, Finland
Email
Jep Thornton
Immediate Past Chair - Until March 2023
Partner
Aerolease Aviation, LLC
Miami, FL, USA
Email
Position Holders
Dean Gerber
ISTAT President - Until March 2023
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Valkyrie BTO Aviation
Dublin, Ireland
Email
Gerry Butler
Immediate Past ISTAT President - Until March 2023
Chief Marketing Officer
Merx Aviation Finance
Dublin, Ireland
Email
ISTAT Foundation Trustees
Kristen Chmielewski
Until March 2023
Partner
GC Aero Law, LLP
Chicago, IL, USA
Email
Bruce Dankberg
Until March 2025
Director, Marketing
Altavair
Issaquah, WA USA
Email
Nick Fadugba
Until March 2026
Chief Executive Officer
African Aviation Services, Ltd
Colchester, England
Email
Richard Goodhead
Until March 2023
Founder
Talisman Energy International Ltd
United Kingdom
Email
Joey Johnsen
Until March 2025
CEO and Managing Member
Zeevo Group LLC
Seattle, WA, USA
Email
Andrew La Stella
Until March 2025
Scholarship Program Chair Principal
Aviation Capital Services LLC
Little Silver, NJ
Email
Tracey O'Brien
Until March 2026
Aircraft Sourcing and Fleet Strategy
Amazon
Seattle, WA
Email
Betsy Snyder
Until March 2023
Director
Standard & Poor's
New York, NY, USA
Email
Jean B Stein
Until March 2023
Consultant
Maidstone
Hastings on Hudson, NY, USA
Email
Mark Streeter
Until March 2025
Managing Director
Head of Aviation, Transportation,
and REIT Credit Research
J.P. Morgan
New York, NY, USA
Email
Joël Wagner
Until March 2026
Analysis and Marketing
Skytech-AIC
Winchfield, England
Email
Richard Wall
Until March 2025
SVP Regional Manager EMEA,
Technical Asset Management
SMBC Aviation Capital
Dublin, Ireland
Email
ISTAT Foundation Chairman 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