Advisory Board

Advisory Board Charter and By-Laws

Maj. Gen. Joe Engle
Technical Consultant
US Air Force (Retired)
Houston, TX

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

Perry N. Rea -Board Chair (*2024)
Chief Engineer, New Airplane Studies
Boeing
Seattle, WA

Dr. Willem Anemaat (*2023)
President
DARcorporation
Lawrence, KS

Dr. Sam Bruner (*2025)
Director, Engineering
Northrop Grumman
Melbourne, Florida

Ed DiGirolamo (*2025)
Mechanical Engineer, Senior Staff
Advanced Development Programs (Skunk Works)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Bill Donovan (*2025)
Director of Engineering
Aerovironment Midwest Innovation Center

Steve Ericson (*2025)
Lead Architect
Anduril
Costa Mesa, CA

Dr. Elizabeth Gregory (*2023)
Research Engineer
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA

Charlie Guthrie (*2023)
Insitu (Retired) - Senior Vice President & CTO
White Salmon, WA

Steven Hagerott (*2025)
Technical Fellow, Flight Sciences & Control
Textron eAviation

Dr. Bruce Holmes (*2024)
Principal
Holmes Consulting LLC
NASA (Retired)
Williamsburg, VA

Tavis Jacobs (*2023)
787 Senior Engineering Manager
Spirit AeroSystems
Wichita, KS

Jerry Jenks (Emeritus, *2022)
Supplier Program Manager, Weapons Systems
Boeing Co. (Retired)
Lawrence, KS

Dr. Leland Johnson (Emeritus, *2022)
Chief Scientist (Retired)
Hawker-Beechcraft
Wichita, KS

Dr. Vicki Johnson (*2025)
Project Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Systems (Retired)
Spirit AeroSystems
Fountain Hills, AZ

Richard Kovich (Emeritus, *2022)
Retired
Learjet
Wichita, KS

Sarah Elizabeth McCandless (*2023),
Navigation Engineer
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA

Dr. Mike Myers (*2025)
Senior Systems Modeling and Simulation Engineer
Axiom Space
Houston, TX

Marv Nuss (*2023)
NuSS Sustainment Solutions
FAA (Retired)
Shawnee, KS

John Pilla (*2023)
Senior Technical Advisor
SemperIntegritas, LLC
Chief Technology Officer (Retired)
Spirit Aerosystems
Wichita, KS

Wes Ryan (*2023)
Program Manager
NASA Aeronautics Research Institute

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

Luke Thompson (*2025)
Senior Vice President, Business Operations
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Centennial, CO

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

Christian Vila (*2022)
Director of Special Mission Sales
Butler National Corporation, Avcon Industries, Inc.
Mission, KS

Dr. Marco Villa (*2023)
Terran Orbital Corporation
Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Dallas, TX

Grant Wittenborn (*2025)
Team Lead- Flight Test
Experimental Test Pilot, Garmin International
Olathe, KS

*Terms expire by the end of the year indicated