Home / About / VAI Board of Directors VAI Board of Directors Chairman | Large Commercial/Private Vertical Aircraft Operator Rick Kenin Boston MedFlight Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Vice Chairman | Medium Commercial/Private Vertical Aircraft Operator Brian Jorgenson Timberline Helicopters Sandpoint, Idaho, USA Treasurer | Medium Commercial/Private Vertical Aircraft Operator David McColl LiveWire Aviation Homosassa, Florida, USA Assistant Treasurer | Large Commercial/Private Vertical Aircraft Operator Mark A. Schlaefli Dakota Rotors LLC Custer, South Dakota, USA Director | Large Commercial/Private Vertical Aircraft Operator Nicole Battjes Rainbow Helicopters Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Director | Small Commercial/Private Vertical Aircraft Operator Chris Baur Hughes Aerospace Corporation Houston, Texas, USA Director | Small Commercial/Private Vertical Aircraft Operator Jan Becker Swashplate Yandina Creek, Queensland, Australia Director | Government Service Vertical Aircraft Operator Stephen Lee National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA Director | Medium Commercial/Private Vertical Aircraft Operator Brandi Rector Semper Fly Helicopters Norman, Oklahoma, USA Director | Government Service Vertical Aircraft Operator Mark Wegele Salt River Project Phoenix, Arizona, USA President & CEO François Lassale Vertical Aviation International, Alexandria, VA. USA Interim Senior Executive Administrator & Corporate Secretary Sarah Arnold Vertical Aviation International, Alexandria, VA, USA Special Advisor – Emerging Technology Michael Romanowski Slate Run Strategies LLC Nokesville, Virginia, USA Legal Advisor Sarah E. Mooney Webster, Chamberlain & Bean Washington, D.C., USA Code of Ethics VAI Bylaws Past Board Chairs
