{"id":974,"date":"2012-07-10T21:08:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T21:08:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-10T21:08:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T21:08:22","slug":"aopa-names-katie-pribyl-vice-president-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/maryland\/aopa-names-katie-pribyl-vice-president-communications\/%20","title":{"rendered":"AOPA Names Katie Pribyl Vice President of Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) announced today that they have appointed Katie Pribyl to serve as vice president of communications. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Pribyl has extensive experience in both commercial and general aviation. She comes to AOPA from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), where she served as director of communications. &nbsp;During her tenure at GAMA, Pribyl was responsible for developing and implementing the association&rsquo;s communications and public affairs agenda on issues affecting more than 75 general aviation manufacturers from around the world.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>AOPA President Craig Fuller said they are delighted to add Pribyl to their team. Fuller said that Pribyl has a strong background in general aviation and has demonstrated professionalism in communications that will help AOPA continue its efforts in getting its key messages out on industry issues.<\/div>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Prior to GAMA, Pribyl was a line pilot on the Canadair Regional Jet 200 (CRJ200) with Atlantic Coast Airlines and Independence Air. She also worked at the Federal Aviation Administration&rsquo;s National Aviation Safety Data Analysis Center conducting studies and analysis of aviation safety data. Pribyl holds a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is a certified flight instructor.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Pribyl proudly serves the aviation industry as a board member of the Lindbergh Foundation, the Board of Senior Advisors to the National Intercollegiate Flying Association, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Alumni Advisory Council and the Board of Visitors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_attachment\">\n<div><b>Attachment:<\/b><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) announced today that they have appointed Katie Pribyl to serve as vice president of communications. &nbsp; Pribyl has extensive experience in both commercial and general aviation. She comes to AOPA from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), where she served as director of communications. &nbsp;During her tenure at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maryland","category-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","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=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}