Advisory Board


Advisory Board Charter and By-Laws

KUAE Advisory Board Charter

KUAE Advisory Board By-Laws

Honorary Advisory Board Members

Maj. Gen. Joe Engle

Technical Consultant

US Air Force (Retired)

Houston, TX

Alan R. Mulally

Former CEO

Ford Motor Co.

Dearborn, MI

Advisory Board Members

Dr. Marco Villa, Chair (*2026)

Terran Orbital Corporation

Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer

Dallas, TX

Michael Altenhofen (*2026)

Sr. Director, Human Spaceflight Products

SpaceX

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

Marcus Dunavan (*2026)

Manager, Vehicle Simulation and Performance

Archer Aviation

Steve Ericson (*2025)

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 (*2023)

Insitu (Retired) - Senior Vice President & CTO

White Salmon, WA

Steven Hagerott (*2026)

eVTOL Principal Engineer

Textron eAviation

Dr. Bruce Holmes (*2024)

Principal

Holmes Consulting LLC

NASA (Retired)

Williamsburg, VA

Dr. Vicki Johnson (*2025)

Project Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Systems (Retired)

Spirit AeroSystems

Fountain Hills, AZ

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 (*2025)

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

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 (*2025)

Senior Vice President, Business Operations

Sierra Nevada Corporation

Centennial, CO

Aaron Tobias (*2025)

Manager/Chief Pilot

Engineering Flight Test

Textron Aviation

Wichita, KS

Grant Wittenborn (*2025)

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