Brian Wynne Named NAFI Executive Director

The National Association of Flight Instructors has named Brian Wynne as its Executive Director. Wynne will also assume the role of President of the Board of Directors.

Wynne is a seasoned association leader who has participated on numerous FAA Aviation Rulemaking Committees as well as the Administrator’s Management Advisory Council. He recently completed a nine-year tenure as President and CEO of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) where he collaborated extensively with other aviation associations and testified before Congress more than 10 times.

An instrument-rated commercial pilot, Wynne has marked more than 30 years of general aviation flying. He is an instrument ground instructor (IGI) and will take his instrument flight instructor (CFII) check ride in the near future. Wynne is the proud owner of a Socata TB-20 Trinidad and loves to fly missions for Mercy Medical Angels. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area.

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.