NBAA Names the 2024 Business Aviation Top 40 Under 40
/The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has announced the 2024 Business Aviation Top 40 Under 40, which celebrates emerging leaders who are spearheading innovation within the industry.
“The 2024 class of Business Aviation Top 40 Under 40 is an elite group of young aviation professionals who are shaping the future of our industry,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “These individuals were selected from over 700 impressive nominees. It is a class that is already helping propel business aviation to new flight levels.”
Candidates are nominated by other industry members and the final award recipients are selected by NBAA’s Young Professionals (YoPro) Council, a group of business aviation professionals and NBAA staff liaisons working to build relationships between the industry’s emerging leaders.
The 2024 Business Aviation Top 40 Under 40 recipients are:
Airport Business
Dr. Brian Irizarry, Ed. D. - Signature Aviation
Chris Kunkle - Central Coast Jet Center
Grayson Sperry - Ridgeline Aviation and Aerotronics
Broker/Sales
Beatrice Ashe – Dassault Falcon Jet
Mitch Fuhrmann - Aerista
Daniel Gizzi – Aircraft Executives
Lina Sabbah – Business Jet
Business Management
Eliane “Elly” Cotran - Azorra
Maddie DuBray – DuBray Consulting
Angie Johnson - World Fuel Services
Monica Kenney – Cutter Aviation
Jonathan Kenworthy - CAE
Joe McDevitt – Blank Family of Businesses
Sarah Oberman – TruNorth Jets
Mary Shad – Northern Jet
Aasiya Shaikh - Flight Crew International
Royal Shoen – U-Haul
Cabin Attendant
Lauran Grant – Jet Linx
Holly Schroeder – Elevate Retreat
Innovation and Technology
Dr. Yemaya Bordain – Daedalean AI
Matt Broffman - Lilium
Clément Meersseman – Nimbl
Steve Hofmann – ENG Aviation
Noah Ruiz – Soaring Eagle Technologies
James Peter “JP” Stewart – Electra.aero
Maintenance
Geoffrey Green – Mayo Aviation, LLC
Joe Hefner - Qualcomm
Zachary Martin – McDonald’s Corp.
Joshua Nattress – Robotic Skies
Danny Santiago – Banyan Air Service
Andre Watson, CAM – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marketing
Charles Grivotet – Dassault Falcon Jet
Devon Stein – Textron Aviation
Priscilla Yecora - Sheltair
Pilot
Breydon Blignaut – Air Fuga Inc.
Sarah Tamar Kohan – STA Jets
Kevin LaRosa II – XBrand
Andrew Sutton-Pado, CAM – Solairus Aviation
Scheduler/Dispatcher
Nicholas Borsari, CAM - MassMutual
Gilberto Perez Lopez, CAM – Leviate Air Group
Read more about the 2024 Business Aviation Top 40 Under 40.
Learn more about NBAA’s Young Professionals in Business Aviation program..