Wanda Austin is one of six new members appointed to the NASA Advisory Council. The others are: Wayne Hale, Scott Hubbard, Miles O’Brien, Kathryn Schmoll and Thomas Young. Austin is president/CEO of The Aerospace Corp. Hale is a consultant for Special Aerospace Services, Boulder, Colo. He is a retired NASA deputy associate administrator of strategic partnerships and was head of the space shuttle program from 2003-08.
William H. Swanson (see photo), chairman of the Raytheon Co., has been inducted into the U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame for “his leadership in advancing science, technology, engineering and math education and preparing the next generation of engineers and scientists.” Others honored at the 2014 U.S. News STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference were: Anousheh Ansari, co-founder and CEO of Prodea Systems; Norman R.
Jude Dozor has become CEO of Leading Edge Aviation Services, Costa Mesa, Calif. Chris Harano had been interim CEO and will resume his role as president. Dozor was president/CEO of the C&D Zodiac Div. of Zodiac Aerospace. Eric Hersom has become chief financial officer. He held the same post at the Semicoa Corp.
Liana Coyne has been named chief operating officer of London-based Coyne Airways and will head market-focused divisions for Iraq, the Caspian Sea and Central Asia, Afghanistan, Africa and contract logistics.
Kathy Brown has joined the aerospace, defense and security industry group of Washington law firm Covington & Burling. She was an associate general counsel in the Defense Department Office of General Counsel.
Robert Kline has been appointed Virginia-based airline sales manager for Universal Avionics. He was an executive at Dornier Aviation, PATS Aircraft and Saab. Corey Wilkinson has been appointed St. Louis-based sales manager for Latin America. He held similar positions with L-3 Communications and Monarch Aviation.
Mark Johnstone has become managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for BBA Aviation Flight Support, Orlando, Fla. He was managing director of another division and had been CFO of Signature Flight Support.
Shahram Askarpour has been named to become CEO of Innovative Solutions and Support Inc., Exton, Pa., effective Dec. 31. He will succeed Geoffrey Hedrick, who plans to retire. Askarpour is the company’s president.
Phil Flowers has been appointed vice president-aircraft maintenance for ABX Air, Wilmington, Ohio. He succeeds Terry Scherz, who has retired. Flowers was director of maintenance control and director of technical services.
Aditi Badve has been named director of continuous improvement for the Eaton Aerospace Group, Irvine, Calif. She was a senior management consultant for the TBM Consulting Group and a Lean Six Sigma management consultant at Next Level Partners.
Greg Voos has been appointed the National Business Aviation Association representative for the Southeast U.S. He succeeds Harry Houckes, who has retired. Voos was a lineman for a fixed-base operator in Lexington, Ky., and aviation office manager for The Home Depot.
Roger Wassmuth has become vice president of the Military Div. of Unical Aviation Inc., City of Industry, Calif. He was an executive within the Power Controls & Sensing Systems military organization at United Technologies Aerospace Systems.
Kathy Lueders has been named Kennedy Space Center-based manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. She was transportation integration manager for the International Space Station program.
Jennifer Bensky (see photos) has been promoted to director of courseware support from director of programs for Hawker Beechcraft support for New York-based FlightSafety International. She succeeds Jon Pollack, who has been named director of business development for rotorcraft.
Mathias Koehler has been appointed senior sales manager for the German subsidiary of Old Lyme, Conn.-based Sennheiser Aviation for northeast Europe. He was sales manager for SVS aviation. Mario Jankowski has been named as sales manager for France, Italy, the U.K. and the Middle East and Chris Throndsen sales and marketing manager for the Americas.
Vikram Manikonda has become CEO of Intelligent Automation, Rockville, Md. He remains president and succeeds Joseph Schwartz, who has been appointed chairman. Schwartz, in turn, follows company founder Leonard Haynes as chairman.
Gary Stephens (see photo) has been named engineering manager of the Cabin Innovations division of Advent Aerospace, Lewisville, Texas. He was lead engineer on multiple narrow- and wide-body completion projects for Associated Air Center.
Sir Timothy Anderson has been named a non-executive director of Fly be. He was director-general of the U.K. Military Aviation Authority and had been assistant chief of the Royal Air Force Air Staff. Alan Smith expects to retire as a non-executive director on Aug. 31. Maunu Visuri has been appointed managing director of Flybe Finland. He has been CEO of Nordic Global Airlines and had been an executive with Finnair. Jochen Schnadt has become interim director of white label business development.
U rsula English has been appointed vice president of Chicago-based Boeing’ s Environment, Health and Safety organization. She succeeds Kim Smith, who is now vice president of Attack Helicopter Programs for Boeing Defense, Space and Security. English was director of supplier management for the Commercial Aviation Services business of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and has been director of supplier management on the 787 Dreamliner mid-body team.
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