JDA Aviation Leadership: JDA’s staff and associates are passionate about aviation and have decades of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and industry experience. JDA team members have been selected not only for their extensive expertise in a given area, but also because they love what they do and want to help improve the productivity, efficiency and safety of the industry. JDA experts stand ready to address your challenges in safety, certification, compliance, obstruction evaluation, human factors, airworthiness, engineering, quality assurance (QA), flight operations, and organizational relationships.
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Aviation Leadership
JDA's Aviation Leadership
JDA Staff
Mike Rioux
President
- Executive VP, JDA
- Senior VP Operations and Safety, ATA
- VP Engineering, Maintenance & Material, ATA
- 23 Years US Naval Aviation
Thomas E. Stuckey
VP Business and Commercial Aviation Solutions
- Former Manager FAA Flight Standards Southwest Region
- Former Acting Director Flight Standards Service, FAA HQ
- 33 year FAA career
Cynthia Schultz
Vice President of Airports
- Airport Director Great Falls International Airport
- Director of Construction and Maintenance for Buttrey Food and Drug
- PE
- Senior Engineer for The Boeing Company
- Accredited Airport Executive (AAE)
Bill Norwood
Vice President of Products and Technology
- VP Optical Radiation Corp
- VP, Sales and Marketing, DgR
- President, Hoya Lens of America
- Sr. VP, JDA , Products Division
- Business Development, Universal Container
Karen Nakamura
Accountant
- 26 years experience in corporate accounting and taxation
- CPA and Accountant for Bon Beebe
- Hayes-Ligon Corporation Accountant and led due deligence team in sale of company
- 14 years as Controller for Produce Company; with JDA since 2008
- BS Accounting University of Maryland
Sandy Murdock
Legal Adviser and JDA Journal Editor
- FAA Chief Counsel and Acting Deputy Administrator
- NBAA SVP- Administration, General Counsel and Secretary
- United Airlines- General Attorney
- Partner in law firms representing airlines; OEMs; MROs; Airports; Foreign, State and City Governments
- Past Chair of American, International and Federal Bar Associations’ aviation sections
JDA Associates
JDA experts stand ready to address your challenges in safety, certification, compliance, obstruction evaluation, human factors, airworthiness, engineering, quality assurance (QA), flight operations, and organizational relationships.
| Loretta Alkalay – Regulatory and Legal, Former FAA |
| Bill Ashworth – Airworthiness / Type Certification, Former FAA and MRO |
| Denise Anderson – Tech Writer, Former Airline and Industry |
| Richard Pyke – Air Traffic Management, Former FAA |
| Ray Barnes – Engineering / Certification, Former Industry |
| Ramon Barrera – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA |
| Mike Borfitz – Airworthiness / Type Certification, Former FAA and Industry |
| Don Brown – Airworthiness/SMS, Former FAA |
| Dave Canoles – ATM, Former FAA |
| Jesus Cavazos – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA |
| Patty Daniel – ATM, Former FAA |
| Jim Davey – Business Development/Airworthiness/Engineering, Former Airline |
| Jim Devany – Safety / Manufacturing Inspection, Former FAA |
| Ray Dougherty – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA |
| Thomas Doherty – Operations, Training and AQP Former Airline |
| Dave Downey – Certification and Engineering, Former FAA and industry |
| Bill Ellis – Operations / Safety, Former FAA |
| Ron Everlove – FAA DER, Propulsion and Aircraft Systems, Industry |
| Greg Feith – Airworthiness / Safety, Former NTSB |
| Mike Fernandez – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA |
| Agnar Fjordholm – Operations/AQP, Former Airline |
| Dr. Ken Fleming – Operations Research and Economics, Related Industry |
| Jim Fossey – ATM, Former FAA |
| Frank Del Gandio – Safety and Accident Investigation, Former FAA |
| Juan Garcia – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA |
| John Goglia – SMS, FBO, Maintenance, Former NTSB |
| Sam Grober – Flight Test Engineer and Certification, former FAA |
| Gary Gomes – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA |
| Harry “Butch” Gumm – Interior Engineer, Former industry |
| Bob Hernandez – Operations / Safety, Former FAA |
| Pamela Helms – Cabin Safety, Airline Industry |
| Paul Heron – Operations/Safety, Former FAA |
| Erich Hopkins – Engineering, FAA DER |
| John Hyndman, Airworthiness, former FAA |
| Jose Irizarry – Airworthiness, Former FAA |
| Jack Jetton – Airworthiness, Former FAA |
| Pauline Jones – Flight Attendant, Industry |
| Fernando Junco – Operations / Safety, Former FAA |
| Ken Kadey – Operations and Safety, Former FAA |
| Kevin Karpe – ATM, Former FAA |
| Larry Kephart, Airworthiness, former FAA |
| Leroy Keith – Certification, Former FAA |
| Fred Kirijan – Operations/AQP/Training , Former Industry |
| Jim Krieger – ATM, Former FAA |
| David Laananen – Crashworthiness and Aircraft Seats, Academia and Industry |
| George Lyddane – Operations/Flight Test, Former FAA |
| Mel Marengo – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA |
| Tom Martin – Airworthiness / Maintenance/ DAR, Former FAA |
| Ron McGarry – Operations / Safety, Former FAA |
| Jose Munoz – Operations / Safety, Former FAA |
| Tom Morrow – ATC and ATM, Former FAA |
| Nick Olmsted – Engineerng, FAA DER, Industry |
| Mark Olsen – Radar Analysis, Former FAA |
| David Orochena – Aviation Security, Former FAA and TSA |
| Joseph Pampalone – Operations/Ground Services/Dispatch, Industry |
| Jose Perez – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA |
| David Perry – Obstruction Evaluation and Airspace Analysis – Industry, Former USAF and Industry |
| Raul Pomales – Operations and Safety, Former FAA |
| Ed Pinto – Marketing / Public Relations, Former FAA |
| Frank Poursartip – Cabin Safety, Industry, Industry |
| Elizabeth Quinlan – Cargo Systems/DER, Industry |
| Mark Rudo – Engineering/Repair Station, Industry |
| Ronald Russum – Airworthiness / Maintenance, Former FAA |
| Donald Salisbury – Airworthiness/Dispatch/Ground Services, Industry |
| Harry Schaefer – Compliance/Enforcement/Security, Former DOT and DHS |
| Wayne Shade – Engineering and QA, Former FAA and Industry |
| David M. Smith, Operations, Former FAA |
| Don Salisbury, Operations, Airworthiness and MRO, Industry |
| Nelson Soto – Airworthiness/Maintenance, Former FAA |
| Carl Steinhauer – Airport Operations / Airspace , Former FAA |
| Peter Stonefield – FAA DER, Propulsion and Aircraft Systems, Industry |
| Joseph Stuppiello – Airworthiness, former FAA, Industry |
| Antonio Trani – Airport Noise and Flight Procedures, Industry |
| Ben Visser – Aviation Lubricant Engineering, Related Industry |
| Kristin Wells – Tech Writer, Industry |
| Larry Williams – Operations / Safety, Former FAA |
| Peter Yiakos – Operations, IFO, former FA , Former FAA |