FAA Announces New Members to the Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee

The US Trans­porta­tion Depart­ment today announced 12 new appoint­ments to the Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (FAA) Advanced Avi­a­tion Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tee (AAAC) to pro­vide advice on key drone and Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty issues.

Mem­bers are exec­u­tives and stake­hold­ers who rep­re­sent a vari­ety of drone and AAM inter­ests, includ­ing indus­try, research, acad­e­mia, retail, tech­nol­o­gy and state and local gov­ern­ment.

In addi­tion, for the first time, the AAAC will include mem­bers able to raise aware­ness of poten­tial impacts to com­mu­ni­ties, and advise on approach­es that advance emerg­ing avi­a­tion mod­els while respect­ing neigh­bor­ing com­mu­ni­ties.

The new mem­bers are:

Edward Bolen, Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer, Nation­al Busi­ness Avi­a­tion Asso­ci­a­tion
Jef­frey Kei­th Anto­nio Brown, Avi­a­tion Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer, Port of Seat­tle
Kevin Cox, Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer, Fer­rovial Ver­ti­ports
Karthik Duraisamy, Pro­fes­sor of Aero­space Engi­neer­ing, Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan & Founder and Chief Sci­en­tist, Geminus.AI
Amit Gan­joo, Founder and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer, ANRA Tech­nolo­gies
James Grim­s­ley, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Advanced Tech­nol­o­gy Ini­tia­tives-Choctaw Nation of Okla­homa
Andrew LeBovidge, Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent, Nation­al Air Traf­fic Con­trollers Asso­ci­a­tions (NATCA)
Hous­ton Mills, Vice Pres­i­dent, Flight Oper­a­tions and Safe­ty, Unit­ed Par­cel Ser­vice (UPS) / AAAC Chair
Okeo­ma Moronu, Head of Avi­a­tion Reg­u­la­to­ry and Legal Affairs, Zipline
Melis­sa Tomkiel, Pres­i­dent and Gen­er­al Coun­sel, Blade Air Mobil­i­ty
James Vio­la, Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer, Heli­copter Asso­ci­a­tion Inter­na­tion­al
Yolan­ka Wulff, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Com­mu­ni­ty Air Mobil­i­ty Ini­tia­tive

FAA Advanced Avi­a­tion Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tee

https://www.faa.gov/uas/programs_partnerships/advanced_aviation_advisory_committee