{"id":21598,"date":"2022-04-05T13:20:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=21598"},"modified":"2022-04-05T13:20:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:20:25","slug":"gama-announces-staff-additions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/district-of-columbia\/gama-announces-staff-additions\/%20","title":{"rendered":"GAMA Announces Staff Additions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)\nannounced two additions to its staff: Joan Serra as Regulatory Affairs Manager\n\u2013 Europe, and Megan Brien as Manager of Meetings and Member Engagement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to welcome both Joan and Megan to the GAMA\nteam. They are both filling newly created positions to help us better serve our\nmembership and promote the interests of the industry. With the growth of our\nglobal membership, Joan will strengthen our presence in Europe and provide\nvaluable support navigating European regulatory affairs. Megan will help in\nraising the level of GAMA activities and events and bolster membership\nengagement in these activities. They have both hit the ground running and have\nbeen valuable additions to our incredible team,\u2019 said Pete Bunce, GAMA\nPresident and CEO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"156\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joan-Serra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21599\"\/><figcaption><em>Joan Serra<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Serra joins the GAMA Brussels office after spending several\nyears at Evelop Airlines, where he managed regulatory affairs and flight\nstandards. He also spent some time at the European Aviation Safety Agency\n(EASA) as an International Cooperation Graduate Trainee, as well as at the\nInternational Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as an Economic Regulatory\nFramework (Air Transport Bureau) Intern. His educational background includes a\nMS of Air Transport Management, a MSc of Economic Policy and Public Economy, a\nBachelor of Laws, and a Bachelor of Business Administration.&nbsp; As the Regulatory Affairs Manager \u2013 Europe,\nSerra will manage GAMA&#8217;s activities related to regulatory requirements and\npolicies in Europe governing the design, certification, operation, training and\nmaintenance of general aviation aircraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Megan-Brien.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21600\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Megan-Brien.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Megan-Brien-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Megan-Brien-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><figcaption><em>Megan Brien<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Brien joins the GAMA Washington D.C. office after spending\nseveral years at the Association of Government Accountants, where she managed\nprograms, events and communications. She also spent time at a manufacturing\nfacility as a customer service manager. Her educational background includes a\nMA of Contemporary Communication and a Bachelor of English. As the Manager of\nMeetings and Member Engagement, Brien will manage GAMA projects and events and\nfurther cultivate membership engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced two additions to its staff: Joan Serra as Regulatory Affairs Manager \u2013 Europe, and Megan Brien as Manager of Meetings and Member Engagement. \u201cWe are proud to welcome both Joan and Megan to the GAMA team. They are both filling newly created positions to help us better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-of-columbia","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21601,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21598\/revisions\/21601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}