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Leadership

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Officers

Sigthor Einarsson

Sigthor Einarsson
Foundation Chair - Until March 2025
Chairman and Senior Partner
ICELEASE
Reykjavik, Iceland

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Kristen Chmielewski

Kristen Chmielewski
Foundation Vice Chair - Until March 2026
Governance Committee Chair
Development Committee Chair

Partner
GC Aero Law, LLP
Chicago, IL, USA

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Gerry Laderman
Treasurer - Until March 2025
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
United Airlines
Chicago, IL, USA

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Christine Rovelli
Vice Treasurer - Until March 2025
VP Group Treasurer and Head of M&A
Finnair Oyj
Helsinki, Finland

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Joey Johnsen
Secretary - Until March 2025
Internship and Mentorship Committee Chair
CEO and Managing Member
Zeevo Group LLC
Seattle, WA, USA

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Position Holders

Mary Prettyman

Mary Prettyman
ISTAT President - Until March 2025
Head of Marketing
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford, CT, USA

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Dean Gerber

Dean Gerber
Immediate Past ISTAT President - Until March 2025
Managing Member, Airfin Advisors & Advisor to the Board of Directors
ORIX Aviation
Chicago, IL, USA

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ISTAT Foundation Trustees

Steven Boecker

Steven Boecker
Until March 2027
Senior Sales Executive - MRO Services
Delta TechOps
Atlanta, GA, USA

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Bruce Dankberg
Until March 2025
Education Committee Chair
Director, Marketing
Altavair
Issaquah, WA USA

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Nick Fadugba
Until March 2025
Chief Executive Officer
African Aviation Services, Ltd
Colchester, England

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Ayomide Jide-Omole

Ayomide Jide-Omole
Until March 2026
Senior Associate, Aircraft Acquisition, Leasing and Legal Advisory and Head of Aircraft Brokerage Department
Copterjet International Ltd.
Lagos, Nigeria

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Andrew La Stella
Until March 2025
Scholarship Committee Chair
Principal
Aviation Capital Services LLC
Little Silver, NJ

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Tracey O'Brien
Until March 2025
Grants Committee Chair
Aircraft Sourcing and Fleet Strategy
Amazon
Seattle, WA, USA

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Linn Shaw

Linn Shaw
Until March 2027
Chief Executive Officer
KP Aviation
Phoenix, AZ, USA

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Jean B Stein
Until March 2026
Consultant
Maidstone
Hastings on Hudson, NY, USA

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Mark Streeter
Until March 2025
Managing Director
Head of Aviation, Transportation,
and REIT Credit Research
J.P. Morgan
New York, NY, USA

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Joël Wagner
Until March 2025
Promotion & Communication Committee Chair
Analysis and Marketing
Skytech-AIC
Winchfield, England

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Richard Wall
Until March 2024
Humanitarian Committee Chair
SVP Regional Manager EMEA
Chief Technical Officer
CALC Group
Dublin, Ireland

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ISTAT Foundation Chairman History

1995-1999 Charles N. Seidlitz
1999-2001 Stephen J. Fortune
2001-2003 Roland H. Moore
2003-2005 Thomas Hiniker
2005-2007 Robert Brown
2007-2009 Stephen T Rimmer
2009-2011 David P. Sutton
2011-2013 Warren Willits
2013-2015 Todd Freeman
2015-2017 Damon D'Agostino
2017-2020 Jep Thornton
2020-2023 Peter Huijbers

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