NBAA Announces Recipients of 2025 Schedulers & Dispatchers Training Scholarships

Contact: Dan Hubbard, 202-431-5970, dhubbard@nbaa.org

New Orleans, LA, March 25, 2025 – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and its Schedulers & Dispatchers (S&D) Committee today announced the recipients of the 2025 Schedulers & Dispatchers Training Scholarship. These individuals will be recognized during the 2025 NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC2025), taking place March 25-27, in New Orleans.

The training awards, given in conjunction with annual sponsors, promote the career development of current and aspiring schedulers and dispatchers. The 2025 donors include:  

• Academy College
• Advanced Aircrew Academy
• Aircare
• Avianis, A Portside Company
• Baldwin Safety & Compliance (Portside)
• BART, A Portside Company
• FlightSafety International
• Jeppesen
• King Schools
• LD Aviation/Business Aviation Collective
• Medaire, Inc.
• NBAA
• North American Flight Control
• Portside, Inc.
• Professional Flight Management, A Portside Company
• Sajet Solutions, Inc.
• Scott International, LLC.
• ServiceElements International, Inc.
• TAS – FAA Dispatch & Flight Academy
• Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.

The following are the recipients of 2025 NBAA S&D Training Scholarships:

• Chelsea Candis
• Jolessa Moore
• Christian Rodney
• Krystle Stasik
• Daniel Vargas
• Max Berger
• Emily Blankenberg
• Sabrina Arruda de Abreu
• Nadia Hussein
• Alorha Welch
• Noah Lehman
• Ryan Leake
• Wasaviano Woolford
• Amy Boeser
• Jennifer Keithley
• Meg Fittro
• Tristan Thomas
• Trisica Young
• Mandy Lugo
• Erin Riley

NBAA’s S&D Committee offers scholarships through two separate but related programs that specifically promote professional and career development for business aviation schedulers and dispatchers.

Through the S&D Scholarship Program, the committee offers cash grants, which can be used for a variety of professional development initiatives. Since 1997, more than $850,000 has been awarded through this program.

A separate S&D Training Scholarship Program, launched in 2004, offers opportunities for scholarship recipients to gain access to hands-on teaching initiatives.

NBAA offers several scholarships to promote professional development and business aviation careers. For more information about NBAA scholarships, contact NBAA Manager, Educational Development LaKisha Dillingham at scholarships@nbaa.org or visit www.nbaa.org/scholarships.

For information about the NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Committee, contact NBAA Senior Director, Events and Credentialing Tyler Austin at taustin@nbaa.org.

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