Air Charter Safety Foundation Announces Board Changes

Following its July 15 Board of Governors meeting, the Air Charter Safety Foundation (acsf.aero) is pleased to announce changes to its Board of Governors and Executive Board, as well as the new addition of an Advisory Board.

At the meeting, the ACSF Board of Governors elected Jessica Naor and Tom Huff to its Executive Board, which is responsible for overseeing all fiduciary and governance functions. Additionally, the Board extended its officers’ terms for a second year. Those officers include: Robert J. Rufli, Chair; Bryan Burns, President; Todd Weeber, Vice Chair; Joseph Salata, Treasurer; and Richard Gomez, Secretary.

Jessica Naor is the Chief Operating Officer of the Maryland-based GrandView Aviation. She is a member of FAA’s Duty & Rest Aviation Rulemaking Committee and is Vice Chair of the NATA’s (National Air Transportation Association) Part 135 Committee. Naor is the recipient of the NATA Industry Excellence award, and was honored as a “Top 40 Under 40” by the National Business Aviation Association. She earned an associate’s degree in Air Traffic Control (Summa Cum Laude), from Community College of Baltimore County in Catonsville, Maryland, followed by a BA in Aviation Business Administration (Cum Laude) from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She went on to earn an MBA in Management & Finance from The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School in Baltimore, Maryland.

Tom Huff is the Aviation Safety Officer for the Georgia-based Gulfstream Aerospace, where he provides independent safety oversight and facilitates the firm’s safety management system. He recently chaired both the Flight Test Safety and NBAA Safety Committees, and is now the chair of the Flight Safety Foundation Business Advisory Committee, a member of the Society of Flight Test Engineers and an Associate Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Huff retired from the U.S. Navy after 28 years, having commanded an operational FA-18 squadron, U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and integrated Test Wing. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in Engineering, and later earned an MS in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, as well as an MA in National Defense from the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Huff is type-rated in the Gulfstream GV, G450 and G550.

For a complete list of the ACSF’s Board of Governors and Advisory Board, visit acsf.aero/about/board-of-governors. To view the Executive Board, visit acsf.aero/about/executive-committee