The business of the Vertical Flight Society is managed and controlled by its Board of Directors, which sets the strategic direction of the Society. The voting members of the Board consist entirely of outside directors who meet in person at least twice a year.
There are currently 29 voting members of the Board:
- Chair of the Board (1)
- President (1)
- Secretary/Treasurer (1)
- Technical Director (1)
- Regional Vice Presidents (1 for each of the 10 regions)
- Regional Directors (1 for each of the 10 regions)
- Appointed Directors (3)
- Membership Vice President (1)
- Washington, D.C. Vice President (1)
Below is the list of the current members of the Vertical Flight Society Board of Directors, as well as non-voting advisors.
VFS Members can log in to contact the Board of Directors below (or find more in the VFS Membership Directory).
| Name | Position | Company |
| Harry Nahatis | Chair | GE Aerospace |
| Kathleen "KJ" Jolivette | President | The Boeing Company |
| David Shilliday | Secretary - Treasurer | Honeywell |
| Albert G. Brand | Technical Director | Bell Textron Inc. |
| John Lindsay | Washington, DC VP | Textron, Inc. |
| William D. Lewis | Appointed Director | |
| Olivier Honnorat | Appointed Director | Airbus Helicopters |
| Matteo Ragazzi | Appointed Director | Leonardo Helicopters |
| Kaydon Stanzione | Membership VP | LogistiWerx, Inc. |
| Thuva Senthilnathan | Americas Region VP | Bell Textron Inc. |
| Derek Gowanlock | Americas Region Director | National Research Council of Canada |
| Yasutada Tanabe | Asia-Australia Region VP | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| Arvind K. Sinha | Asia-Australia Region Director | University of Melbourne |
| Luca Medici | Europe-Africa Region VP | Leonardo Helicopters |
| Arnaud Le Pape | Europe-Africa Region Director | ONERA |
| Keith Conaron | U.S. Mideast Region VP | The Boeing Company |
| Gregory Walsh | U.S. Mideast Region Director | The Boeing Company |
| Charlie Svoboda | U.S. Midwest Region VP | The Boeing Company |
| David A. Peters | U.S. Midwest Region Director | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Usman Asif | U.S. Northeast Region VP | Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company |
| Steven E. Schmidt | U.S. Northeast Region Director | Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company |
| Rajneesh Singh | U.S. Southeast Region VP | DEVCOM Army Research Lab |
| James H. Stephenson | U.S. Southeast Region Director | |
| William B. McCandless | U.S. Southern Region VP | US Army |
| J.V.R. Prasad | U.S. Southern Region Director | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Bryan Baskin | U.S. Southwest Region VP | Bell Textron Inc. |
| Christos Bais | U.S. Southwest Region Director | Bell Textron Inc. |
| Colin Theodore | U.S. Western Region VP | NASA Ames Research Center |
| Gloria A. Randecker | U.S. Western Region Director | The Boeing Company |
| Angelo N. Collins | Executive Director | Vertical Flight Society (VFS) |
| Michael Fallon | US Navy Liaison | US Navy |
| Rodney Davis | US Army Liaison | US Army |
| Sergio Cecutta | Advisor to the Board | SMG Consulting |
| Gene Munson | Advisor to the Board | The Boeing Company (Ret.) |
| Mike Hirschberg | Advisor to the Board | Vertical Flight Society (VFS) |
View the full-size Board of Directors Org Chart.
