2019 Business Aviation Top 40 Under 40 Award Recipients

The future of business aviation is here. Across the globe, young people are grabbing the reins of the industry and pushing it to ever-greater heights. NBAA’s Young Professionals in Business Aviation (YoPro) program is once again privileged to shine a light on their efforts.

This is NBAA’s 2019 Business Aviation Top 40 Under 40, and these are their stories.

CREIGHTON ANDERSON
Flight Technician/Engineer
AbbVie Pharmaceutical

JACOB BERG
Aircraft Technician
Marathon Petroleum Company

LOGAN BROWN
Sales & Business Development
Innotech-Execaire Aviation

JILL CASE
National Director of Sales
Wing Aviation

REID COLUMBIA, CAM
Pilot
Genuine Parts Company

LYNDSE COSTABILE
President & CEO
FunD Av Consulting

BEN CRISPELL, CAM
Assistant Chief Pilot
Cox Enterprises, Inc.

JENNIFER EVANS
CFO
Compressed Gas Systems, LLC

DEREK FITZGERALD, CAM
Manager, Flight Operations
Boston Scientific

KATE FRASER
Head of Safety
Joby Aviation

MIGUEL GALLARDO
Regional Sales Manager
Stevens Aerospace and
Defense Systems, LLC

NIKKI GEROME
Contract Flight Attendant

NICOLE GRECZYN
Manager, Systems Engineering
Gogo Business Aviation

MATTHIEU GROSSETETE
Product Design Authority
Thales Avionics, Inc.

SCOTT HELMS
General Manager
Kenmore Aero Services, LLC

BARRINGTON IRVING
Founder
Experience Aviation

DAVE JENSEN
Senior Vice President, Aircraft Maintenance
ACI Jet

STAN KULIAVAS
Vice President, Sales & Business Development
Levaero Aviation

NICK LATHER
Chief Pilot
Ohio University
Air Transportation Service

BRAD LINDOW, CAM
Captain
Solairus Aviation

IAN LUMPP
Publisher
Heartland Aviation Group

MICHAEL MAHONEY
Director of Aviation
AIG

JEAN DENIS MARCELLIN
Pilot
Chartright Air Group

JESSICA MCCLINTOCK
VP Global Account Management
FuelerLinx

CASEY MILLER
President, Owner
Latitude 33

BRETT MINTURN, CAM
Captain
The Kroger Co.

MICHAL PAZOUREK
Director of Ground Operations
ABS Jets

TRISTAN PUNNETT
Director of Sales

JULIUS RAMOS
Director of Vendor Relations
Volanteus

JEREMY RANGEL
Manager of Airframe Services
Duncan Aviation

ANDREA RIEMER
Pilot

CATHERINE ROST
Senior Director Global Marketing
Satcom Direct

MIKE SMITH
Vice President, Commercial Lender
Scope Aircraft Finance

VICTORIA TATARCHENKO
Senior Aviation Scheduler
MI Aviation Holdings

RYAN TOLLINI
AVP, Head of Aviation
Lincoln Financial Group

JOHN T. VAN GEFFEN
Partner
Avialex Law Group, LLP

SEAN WHITE
VP & General Manager
First Wing Jet Center

BEN WILLIAMSON
Sales Director
Comlux Aviation

JAMIE WILSON
Engine Service Sales Representative
Duncan Aviation

CAT WREN
Manager of Sales and Marketing
Business Jet Center