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Todd Anderson, Chief Operating Officer of Sheltair, has been\nelected as the new Board Chair. Todd\u2019s home base is in Orlando, Florida. Todd\nwill take the helm from Clive Lowe, Executive Vice President at Atlantic\nAviation, who will continue to serve as Immediate Past Chair on NATA\u2019s\nExecutive Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would like to recognize Clive Lowe as he completes his\nsecond term as Board Chairman. As Immediate Past Chair, Clive will continue to\nbe a driving force for NATA initiatives that build connections between aviation\nbusinesses and diverse talent in preparing us for a bright future,\u201d stated NATA\nPresident and CEO Curt Castagna. \u201cWe appreciate Clive\u2019s steady hand in guiding\nthe Association through a period of change and support of the investment in the\nmodernization of the look, feel, and function of NATA programs and services.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder Todd Anderson\u2019s leadership, the team looks forward to\ncontinued development and growth of NATA\u2019s initiatives, as well as the\nintroduction of innovative programs,\u201d added Castagna. \u201cTodd\u2019s enthusiasm for\nelevating the employee and customer experience, ability to view the industry\nthrough a different lens, and skill at fostering community will be central to\nenriching our strategic focus and building upon our success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Renewing for additional 3-year terms are Josh Hochberg,\nPresident\/Owner of Sonoma Jet Center, and Larry Wade, Partner\/President of\nGolden Aisles Aviation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Travis Grimsley, Vice President of Aircraft Services at the\nDuncan Aviation in Battle Creek, Michigan; Cristine Kirk , President and CEO of\nMalone AirCharter in Jacksonville, Florida; Mary Miller, Vice President\nIndustry and Government Affairs for Signature Aviation in Washington, DC;\nKathryn Purwin, CEO and Owner of Helinet Aviation Services in Van Nuys,\nCalifornia; and Craig Teasdale, Vice President of Operations for Ferrovial\nVertiports in Irving, TX, were elected to serve at-large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe NATA Board and team are thrilled to welcome these bold\nand dedicated idea innovators to the Board of Directors \u2013 each representing an\nestablished or emerging membership segment of the Association. As the industry\nexplores new ways to recruit new talent, foster diversity, conduct business,\nand advance safety and sustainability, Mary, Cristine, Kathryn, Craig, and\nTravis will add increased depth to the wealth of perspectives leading the\nAssociation and its members to higher levels of excellence and achievement,\u201d\nstated NATA President and CEO Curt Castagna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Travis Grimsley is Vice President of Aircraft Services at\nthe Duncan Aviation facility in Battle Creek. In 2005, Travis joined the Duncan\nAviation team as a Line Services Representative, transitioning to Manager of\nCustomer Service in 2016. Before being promoted to his current role, Grimsley\nwas named Director of Maintenance for Airframe Services in 2019. The common\nthread in all his positions at Duncan Aviation has been his genuine desire to\nprovide a positive environment for customers and team members. Travis earned\nhis pilot\u2019s license when he was 21 years old, and he earned a bachelor\u2019s degree\nin business from Western Michigan University in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cristine Kirk, President and CEO of Malone AirCharter, has\nbeen part of the Malone AirCharter staff since 2010, most recently serving as\nthe Chief Financial Officer. Inspired early on by the culture at Malone\nAirCharter, Kirk acquired all stock in the company and stepped into the role of\nPresident and CEO on April 27, 2021. Today, Kirk and her team are carrying on\nMalone AirCharter\u2019s more than 20-year reputation of safety and excellent customer\nservice. With an eye on safety and growth, Kirk led the company\u2019s move to\nJacksonville International Airport in late 2021\u2013 an opportunity to add larger\naircraft to their fleet, facilitate new international travel, and take\nadvantage of additional safety measures, including longer runways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Mary\nMiller is Vice President Industry and Government Affairs for Signature\nAviation. Miller began her aviation career at Butler Aviation in 1981 as a\nCustomer Service Manager at Washington National Airport (DCA). She was promoted\nin 1987 to Director of Customer Service for the Butler Aviation network and\nlater to Director of Sales and Customer relations. When Butler and Page Avjet\nmerged to form Signature Flight Support, Miller was promoted to Vice President\nof Customer Relations. In 2010, Miller was promoted to Vice President Industry\nand Government Affairs for both Signature Flight Support and parent company BBA\nAviation. Miller has played a pivotal role in the Transportation Safety\nAdministration\u2019s DASSP – DCA Access Standard Safety Protocol program for\nWashington Reagan National Airport, assisting business and general aviation\noperators to utilize the 48 authorized daily operations at the airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Kathryn Purwin, CEO and Owner of Helinet Aviation Services\nhas been involved in the aviation community for over 30 years and has flown\nboth private jets and helicopters professionally. Kathryn is active in the Los\nAngeles and Van Nuys aviation community and serves on the Van Nuys Airport\nAssociation\u2019s (VNAA) Board of Directors. She also serves on the Board of\nTrustees at Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), an organization with which\nshe has a long history as Helinet has transported more than 11,000 critically\nill children for CHLA. Purwin recently partnered with Urban Movement Labs to\nexplore integrating emerging eVTOL technology into Helinet\u2019s operations,\nworking toward more sustainable and accessible air transportation in Los\nAngeles. Kathryn graduated with Honors from UCLA with a double major in History\nand Political Science. Her flight ratings and certificates include Commercial\nMulti-Engine, Instrument Airplane, and Rotorcraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Craig\nTeasdale is Vice President of Operations for Ferrovial Vertiports, a division\nof Ferrovial Airports. In this role, Teasdale is responsible for planning all\noperational activities within the network of vertiports that the company is\ndeveloping to support the introduction of zero-carbon urban and regional air\nmobility services. Teasdale has more than 20 years of experience in aviation with\nleadership and operational roles in the Fixed-Based Operation (FBO) sector. For\nmost of his career, Teasdale has worked at Signature Flight Support\nCorporation, where he was Operations Director and, prior to that, General\nManager. Teasdale also helped build a new FBO start-up, Propeller Aero\nServices, where he was responsible for establishing all aspects of the\noperations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) announces Board of Directors leadership changes and the election of five new members. Todd Anderson, Chief Operating Officer of Sheltair, has been elected as the new Board Chair. Todd\u2019s home base is in Orlando, Florida. Todd will take the helm from Clive Lowe, Executive Vice President at Atlantic Aviation, […]<\/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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25999","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=25999"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26009,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25999\/revisions\/26009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}