Jay Evans – CAM Fellow

Joe “Jay” Evans, CAM, served as professional staff member at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) for 23 years, retiring in 2019.

Since joining NBAA in 1995, Evans worked with countless dedicated volunteers from the association’s membership in leading nearly all of the organization’s most valued educational and training initiatives. He oversaw the launch of the Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) credential, NBAA’s Professional Development Program (PDP) and the association’s scholarship offerings.

Evans was instrumental in the development of the CAM credential from its conception, to the first CAM exam in 2003, to the program’s accreditation in 2013, to today, with more than 400 CAMs working in the industry.

During his tenure with NBAA, Evans established NBAA’s Flight Attendants Committee, worked extensively with the organization’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Committee, and served as staff liaison to the Business Aviation Management Committee. In these roles, he helped to grow NBAA’s Leadership and Schedulers & Dispatchers Conferences, and to develop a suite of workforce initiatives to promote scholarships and mentoring across the country. At NBAA, he expanded the organization’s scholarship program from one $5,000 award to more than $100,000 in dozens of awards offered every year.

Evans joined NBAA after retiring from a 22-year career in the U.S. Air Force, where he flew more than 200 operational reconnaissance missions. With postings from Okinawa to Fairbanks, AK to the Pentagon, he left the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University and a master’s degree in public administration from Auburn University.

Holding an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license, Evans is a certified flight instructor, and has flown more than two dozen aspiring aviators with the Young Eagles. With more than 5,000 flight hours on his record, his retirement from NBAA culminates a 45-year career in aviation.