NASAO and UAA Partner to Strengthen Aviation Education Initiative

Washington, DC, January 7, 2010 – The National Association of State Aviation Officials welcomed six members of the University Aviation Association to its Washington, D,C. headquarters Wednesday afternoon to discuss how aviation policy is developed. The meeting was a joint effort between the organizations to foster and strengthen aviation education.
 
NASAO President Henry Ogrodzinski reviewed NASAO’s current Legislative Agenda with the students and shared the organization’s strategy for developing and implementing policy that is beneficial to all states represented by the organization. The six students visiting with NASAO represented Westminster College, University of Central Missouri, Utah Valley, and University of Dubuque. They were part of a larger conference which included students representing nine universities across the country.
 
During the week-long conference, each student group was assigned a research topic and met with officers of various aviation organizations to gather insight that would assist them as they pursue careers in the industry.
 
Ogrodzinski said, "It was a pleasure to meet with these talented, young aviation professionals.  The entire aviation community is fortunate to have such dedicated and engaged students preparing for careers in our industry".
 

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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.