Mente Group Names Neil Kunycky as Managing Director – East Coast

Neil Kunycky
Neil Kunycky

Mente Group has appointed business aircraft sales expert Neil Kunycky as Managing Director – East Coast. Kunycky brings more than 30 years of experience selling aircraft, and national aviation services sales experience, to his new role with the leading business aviation and flight department advisory company.

“During his career, Neil Kunycky has earned the respect and repeat business from customers and clients around the country and especially on the East Coast, where he will be based for Mente Group,” said company founder and President Brian Proctor. “His proven experience marketing aircraft and aviation services to corporations, C-suite executives and high net worth individuals was just what we were looking for to establish another east coast office to meet growing market activity.”

Kunycky’s career includes selling aircraft for OEM’s including Beech, Hawker and Bombardier and as National Sales Director for FlightSafety International. For Bombardier he was Sales Director of the Northeast Region and Mid-Atlantic Region. For Textron Aviation and its predecessor companies he was Sales Director Northeast U.S. and Eastern Canada, District Sales Manager and Sales Representative.

Kunycky will be based at Hanscom Field, near Boston. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Southern Illinois University, where he was a member of the National Championship winning precision flight team. Kunycky is a Commercial/Instrument pilot with more than 2,500 flight hours.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.