CONTRIBUTORS QUESTIONS • REPRINTS • FEEDBACK • SEND TO
LETTERS@ROTOR.ORG OR CALL 703-683-4646
Mark Bennett With 30-plus years of photography and design experience serving the aerospace and defense industries, Mark Bennett founded AeroMark Images to shoot and write for
both industry and media.
Jen Boyer Jen Boyer, owner of Flying Penguin Communications, is a professional journalist. She holds commercial, instrument, flight instructor, and instrument
instructor ratings in helicopters and a private rating in airplanes.
Greg Brown Greg Brown, VAI’s director of education and training services, served in the US Marine Corps as a CH-53 pilot. He holds a master’s degree from Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University and an FAA commercial pilot certificate for fixed- and rotary-wing. He is a helicopter CFII.
Johnny Buscema Johnny Buscema is president and CEO of S.A.F.E. Structure Designs, a manufacturing company specializing in custom maintenance fall-protection
platforms for civilian and military operations.
Cade Clark Cade Clark, VAI’s chief government affairs officer, has directed association advocacy programs for more than 20 years. Growing up, Cade worked at an
FBO, where he learned to fly.
John Fogel John Fogel is product manager at Amglo, where he has worked for more than 15 years in product development, qualifying products with the FAA.
Jaasmin Foote Jaasmin Foote joined VAI as the association’s social media manager in March 2020. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English.
6 ROTOR MARCH 2024
Chris Hill After an aviation career in the US Army and Coast Guard, Chris Hill oversaw aviation safety management systems throughout the USCG as aviation safety
manager. VAI’s senior director of safety, Chris holds an ATP rating.
Tim Hunter
Tim Hunter has piloted light rotorcraft up through complex heavy-lift helicopters for aerial firefighting, utility, and other operations for 13 years. Prior to
earning his pilot’s license, Tim joined the US Marine Corps after high school, serving in radar and encrypted-information system repair.
David Jack Kenny David Jack Kenny is a fixed-wing ATP with commercial privileges for helicopter. He also holds degrees in statistics. From 2008 through 2017, he worked for
AOPA’s Air Safety Institute, where he authored nearly 500 articles.
Christine Knauer For more than 25 years, Christine Knauer has written for major aircraft OEMs, MROs, and avionics manufacturers, as well as trade organizations and publications. She
holds a master’s degree in aviation safety.
Gina Kvitkovich Gina Kvitkovich, VAI’s senior director of communications, joined the association in 2011 after decades of honing her skills in writing, editing, and publishing.
As editor of ROTOR, she is responsible for every error in the magazine that you’re reading—and for some of the good stuff, too.
Allison McKay Allison McKay draws on more than 20 years of experience developing and implementing strategic initiatives for various industry organizations. She
served on the Women in Aviation Advisory Board to provide independent strategies and recommendations to the FAA. The board submitted a report in March 2022 outlining a plan to increase diversity in the industry.
James T. McKenna An award-winning journalist, James T. McKenna has covered airlines, military aviation, spaceflight, and helicopters for Aviation Week. Twice editor in
chief of Rotor & Wing, he’s written for the Flight Safety Foundation, The New York Times, USA Today, Vertical, and Vertiflite. He specializes in covering accident investigations and safety.
Andrew Parker Andrew Parker is VAI’s copy editor. A professional editor and writer for more than 20 years, his previous experience includes serving as editor-in-chief of Rotor
& Wing magazine, online editor of Vertical magazine, managing editor of Aviation Maintenance and Avionics magazines, and news editor of Professional Pilot magazine.
John Shea John Shea, VAI’s senior director of government affairs, joined the organization in 2019. He came to VAI from the National Association of State Aviation Officials, where
he was interim president in 2018 and lead government affairs representative from 2017 until he left the organization. Previously, as a legislative staffer, John advised multiple members of Congress on transportation policy.
Katia Veraza Katia Veraza is VAI’s manager of government affairs and regional relations. Before joining VAI, she was a managing consultant for government affairs. She earned
her master’s degree in political science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Jayne Wood Jayne Wood joined VAI as assistant director of publications and media in November 2022, returning to the part of communications she loves—
writing, editing, and publishing—after more than a decade as communications director for a nonprofit association. Before that, she was a communications consultant serving both associations and corporations.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100
