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Leadership
Officers
Mary Prettyman
President - Until March 2025
Head of Marketing
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford, CT, USA
Marilyn Gan
Vice President - Until March 2025
Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific
Vmo Aircraft Leasing
Singapore
Gerry Laderman
Treasurer - Until March 2025
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
United Airlines
Chicago, IL, USA
Peter Blakeney
Secretary - Until March 2025
Managing Director
Arena Aviation Capital
Dublin, Ireland
Position Holders
Dean Gerber
Immediate Past President - Until March 2025
Managing Member
Airfin Advisors
Chicago, IL, USA
Sigthor Einarsson
ISTAT Foundation Chair - Until March 2025
Chairman & Senior Partner
ICELEASE
Reykjavik, Iceland
Bryson Monteleone
Chair, ISTAT Appraisers Program Board of Governors
Until January 2024
Senior Advisor, Aviation Finance Advisory Services
PwC Ireland
Dunn Long, VA, USA
Directors
Sarah Aoun
Until March 2024
Head of Capital Markets
Airbus
Herndon, VA, USA
Julian Balaam
Until March 2025
Director
Skytech-AIC
Winchfield, United Kingdom
Marine Benoit
Until March 2027
Vice President - Aircraft Leasing and Marketing
Aviation Capital Group
Madrid, Spain
Sarah Conway
Until March 2027
Head of Lessor Origination, Pricing & Structuring
Deucalion Aviation Limited
London, United Kingdom
Mamoun Kuzbari
Until March 2025
Chief Commercial Officer
Novus Aviation Capital
London, United Kingdom
Michael Littleton
Until March 2027
Head of Aircraft Trading
SMBC Aviation Capital
Dublin, Ireland
Peter Negline
Until March 2024
CEO & Founder
Macrolytics Pty Ltd
Brighton, VIC, Australia
Paul O'Dwyer
Until March 2027
Chief Commercial Officer
ORIX Aviation
Dubai, UAE
Adam Pilarski
Until March 2025
Senior Vice President, Consulting
AVITAS Inc.
Chantilly, VA, USA
Paraic Quinn
Until March 2027
Head of Capital Markets & Trading
Avolon
Dublin, Ireland
Wolfgang Schmid
Until March 2026
Vice President Sales & Marketing
EFW - Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH
Dresden, Germany
Mylène Scholnick
Until March 2025
Head of Fleet Transactions and Management
Amazon Air
Seattle, WA, USA
Past Presidents
George Dutton – 1983 - 1985
Ronald K. Anderson – 1985 - 1987
Richard L. Spaulding – 1987 - 1989
Anders Folkedal – 1989 - 1991
Stephen J. Fortune – 1991 - 1993
A. Oakley Brooks – 1993 - 1995
Johannes Einarsson – 1995 - 1997
Allen M. Oliver – 1997 - 1999
James E. McMillen – 1999 – 2001
Bill Cumberlidge – 2001 – 2003
Michael A. Metcalf – 2003 – 2005
Thomas W. Heimsoth – 2005 – 2007
Michael Platt – 2007 – 2009
John Vitale – 2009 – 2011
Joseph Ozimek – 2011 – 2013
Jep Thornton – 2013 – 2015
Marc S. Allinson – 2015 – 2017
Douglas W. Runte – 2017 – 2019
Gerry Butler – 2019 – 2021
Dean Gerber – 2021 – 2023