Advisory Board

Advisory Board Charter and By-Laws

KUAE Advisory Board Charter
KUAE Advisory Board By-Laws

Honorary Advisory Board Members

Alan R. Mulally
Former CEO
Ford Motor Co.
Dearborn, MI

Advisory Board Members

Bill Donovan, Chair (*2028)
Director of Engineering
Aerovironment Midwest Innovation Center

Michael Altenhofen (*2026)
Sr. Director, Human Spaceflight Products
SpaceX

Marcus Dunavan (*2026)
Manager, Vehicle Simulation and Performance
Archer Aviation

Steve Ericson (*2028)
AIRXSON Consulting, Principal 
Anduril, Lead Architect (Retired)
Virgin Galactic, Director Advanced Design (Retired)
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Senior Manager (Retired)

Dr. Elizabeth Gregory (*2026)
Research Engineer
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA

Charlie Guthrie (*2027)
Insitu (Retired) - Senior Vice President & CTO
White Salmon, WA

Steven Hagerott (*2026)
eVTOL Principal Engineer
Textron eAviation

Dr. Bruce Holmes (*2027)
Principal
Holmes Consulting LLC
NASA (Retired)
Williamsburg, VA

Scot Kowalchuk (*2026)
R&D Science & Engineering Manager
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM

Sarah Elizabeth McCandless (*2026)
Navigation Engineer
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA

Dr. Mike Myers (*2028)
Senior Systems Engineer
Voyager Space
Denver, CO

Marv Nuss (*2026)
NuSS Sustainment Solutions
FAA (Retired)
Shawnee, KS

Wes Ryan (*2026)
Technical Fellow 
Airworthiness of Autonomy and AI
Northrop Grumman Aeronautic Systems

Rikki Schreiber (*2027)

Senior manager program leader

Defense and space advanced programs development

Spirit AeroSystems 

Dr. Bob Stuever (*2024)
Program Manager
Military Certification Branch
FAA
Wichita, KS

Charlie Svoboda (*2026)
Chief Engineer
Boeing Phantom Works Autonomous Systems
St Louis, MO

Luke Thompson (*2028)
Senior Vice President, Business Operations
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Centennial, CO

Aaron Tobias (*2025)
Manager/Chief Pilot
Engineering Flight Test
Textron Aviation
Wichita, KS

Dr. Marco Villa, (*2026)
Terran Orbital Corporation
Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Dallas, TX

Grant Wittenborn (*2028)
Team Lead- Flight Test
Experimental Test Pilot, Garmin International
Olathe, KS

*Terms expire by the end of the year indicated

Emeritus Advisory Board Members

Jerry Jenks (Emeritus)
Supplier Program Manager, Weapons Systems
Boeing Co. (Retired)
Lawrence, KS

Dr. Leland Johnson (Emeritus)
Chief Scientist (Retired)
Hawker-Beechcraft
Wichita, KS

Richard Kovich (Emeritus)
Retired
Learjet
Wichita, KS