The Vertical Flight Society is pleased to announce the election results for its Board of Directors. The next Board meeting will be held during the world’s largest vertical flight conference — its 75th Annual Forum & Technology Display — May 13–16, 2019 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia: http://www.vtol.org/forum.
The following members were elected to the Board’s Executive Committee for the one-year term of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020:
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- Chair: Glenn Isbell, Jr, VP Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Innovation, Bell (previously the Board President)
- President: Edward Hoskin, VP Engineering, Pratt & Whitney Canada (previously the Board Secretary/Treasurer)
- Secretary/Treasurer: Dan Schultz, President, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company (new to the Board)*
Vertical Flight Society members in half of its ten regions elected or re-elected Regional Directors and Vice-Presidents for the two-year term of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021. Those new to the Board are marked with an asterisk.
Asia-Australia Region (includes all members in Asia and Oceania)
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- Vice President: Prof. Sejong Oh, Pusan National University*
- Regional Director: Samgeeth Rajan, Textron India
Europe-Africa Region (all countries with capitals in Europe and Africa)
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- Vice President: Dr. Jürgen Rauleder, Technical University of Munich
- Regional Director: Arnaud LePape, ONERA*
U.S. Midwest Region (all members in ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, MI, OH, KY & WV)
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- Vice President: Charles Svoboda, The Boeing Company*
- Regional Director: Prof. Dave Peters, Washington University in St. Louis
U.S. Northeast Region (all members in ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY & northeast NJ)
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- Vice President: Mike Ambrose, Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company
- Regional Director: Usman Asif, Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company
U.S. Southern Region (all members in AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, SC, GA & FL)
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- Vice President: Mark Jeude, Iron Mountain Solutions, Inc.*
- Regional Director: Prof. Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology
The following are currently appointed Directors of the Board:
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- Technical Director: Andy Keith, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company
- VP Membership: Jon Tatro, consultant
- VP Washington, DC: David Wildes, DAJ, Inc.
- Appointed Director: Robert LaBelle, XTI Aircraft Co.
- Appointed Director: Thomas Laux, Northrop Grumman
- Appointed Director: Harry Nahatis, GE Aviation
Non-voting advisors:
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- Environment & Infrastructure: John Leverton, Leverton Associates International
- Civil Helicopter Operations: Gene Munson, The Boeing Company (Ret.)
- Army Aviation: Randy Robinson, US Army
- Vertical Flight Foundation: Edwin P. Birtwell, Birtwell Consulting Services
Other members of the Board of Directors, who will continue to serve until June 30, 2020, are as follows:
Americas Region (Canada, Central America and South America)
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- Vice President: Michael Nault, Bell
- Regional Director: Kenneth Swartz, Aeromedia Communications
U.S. Mideast Region (including the Philadelphia and Erie Chapters, and surrounding areas)
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- Vice President: Dr. Stanley Orr, The Boeing Company
- Regional Director: Bill Hunt, Leonardo Helicopters (AgustaWestland Philadelphia Co.)
U.S. Southeast Region (including the Aberdeen, Federal City, Patuxent River, Hampton Roads and Cherry Point Chapters, and surrounding areas)
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- Vice President: Dr. Inderjit Chopra, University of Maryland
- Regional Director: Susan Gorton, NASA
U.S. Southwest Region (including the Southwest Chapter and all surrounding areas)
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- Vice President: Aaron Brieger, Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company
- Regional Director: Mike Shaw, Bell
U.S. Western Region (including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Arizona Chapters, and surrounding areas)
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- Vice President: Dr. Ram D. JanakiRam, The Boeing Company
- Regional Director: Dr. Colin Theodore, NASA Ames
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