Leadership

Officers

Douglas W. Runte
President - Until March 2019
Managing Director & Head of
Aviation Research
Deutsche Bank
New York, NY, USA

Dick Forsberg
Vice President - Until March 2019
Head of Strategy
Avolon
Dublin, Ireland

David Sutton
Secretary - Until March 2019
President & CEO
VLF Aviation Services, LLC
Germantown, TN, USA

Dean Gerber
Treasurer - Until March 2019
Shareholder
Vedder Price, P.C.
Chicago, IL, USA

Position Holders

Marc S. Allinson
Immediate Past President - Until March 2019
Executive Director
Charlotte Parker Associates
Steamboat Springs, CO, USA

Jep Thornton
ISTAT Foundation Chairman - Until March 2020
Managing Partner
Aerolease Aviation, LLC
Miami, FL, USA

Bryson Monteleone
Chairman, ISTAT Appraisers' Program Board of Governors
Until March 2021
Senior Advisor
Aviation Finance Advisory Services
PwC Ireland
Dunn Long, VA, USA

Gerry Butler
President-Elect
Managing Director
Merx Aviation Finance
Dublin, Ireland

Directors

Peter Blakeney
Until March 2022
Vice President, Aircraft Trading
Apollo Aviation Management Limited
Dublin, Ireland

Marilyn Gan
Until March 2020
Managing Director, Regional Head Aviation Finance Asia
DVB Bank SE
Singapore

Gerry Laderman
Until March 2021
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
United Airlines
Chicago, IL, USA

James Meyler
Until March 2019
CEO ORIX Aviation Hong Kong & Deputy CEO
ORIX Aviation Group
Hong Kong

Richard Owen Walker
Until March 2020
Head of Leasing & Investor Marketing
Airbus
Blagnac, France

Daniel J. Pietrzak
Until March 2019
Managing Director of Fleet Management
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Atlanta, GA, USA

Mary Prettyman
Until March 2021
Head of Customer Marketing
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford, CT, USA

Ye Tian (Joe)
Until March 2022
Managing Director, Head of Aviation
Ping An International Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.
China

Steven Townend
Until March 2019
Chief Commercial Officer
BOC Aviation Limited
London, UK

John Vitale
Until March 2021
President & CEO
AVITAS, Inc.
Chantilly, VA, USA

Michael Weiss
Until March 2021
Head of Aircraft Trading
SMBC Aviation Capital
Dublin, Ireland

Kostya Zolotusky
Until March 2019
Seattle, WA, USA

Past Presidents

George Dutton – 1983 - 1985

Ronald K. Anderson – 1985 - 1987

Richard L. Spaulding – 1987 - 1989

Anders Folkedal – 1989 - 1991

Stephen J. Fortune – 1991 - 1993

A. Oakley Brooks – 1993 - 1995

Johannes Einarsson – 1995 - 1997

Allen M. Oliver – 1997 - 1999

James E. McMillen – 1999 – 2001

Bill Cumberlidge – 2001 – 2003

Michael A. Metcalf – 2003 – 2005

Thomas W. Heimsoth – 2005 – 2007

Michael Platt – 2007 – 2009

John Vitale – 2009 – 2011

Joseph Ozimek – 2011 – 2013

Jep Thornton – 2013 – 2015

Marc S. Allinson – 2015 – 2017