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Leadership
Officers
Gerry Butler
President - Until March 2021
Chief Marketing Officer
Merx Aviation Finance
Dublin, Ireland
Kostya Zolotusky
Vice President - Until March 2021
Managing Partner
BGC Insurance
Seattle, WA, USA
Dean Gerber
Treasurer - Until March 2021
General Counsel
Orix Aviation Group
Dublin, Ireland
Mary Prettyman
Secretary - Until March 2021
Head of Customer Marketing
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford, CT, USA
Position Holders
Douglas W. Runte
Immediate Past President - Until March 2021
Managing Director & Head of
Aviation Research
Deutsche Bank
New York, NY, USA
Jep Thornton
ISTAT Foundation Chair - 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
Directors
Julian Balaam
Until March 2023
Director
Skytech-AIC
Hampshire, England
Peter Blakeney
Until March 2022
Vice President, Aircraft Trading
Carlyle Aviation Management Limited
Dublin, Ireland
Marilyn Gan
Until March 2020
Managing Director, Head of Origination-Asia Pacific Aviation
MUFG Bank
Singapore
Paul Geaney
Until March 2023
Head of OEM Team
Avolon
New York, NY, USA
Gerry Laderman
Until March 2021
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
United Airlines
Chicago, IL, USA
Richard Owen Walker
Until March 2020
Head of Investor Marketing
Airbus
Blagnac, France
Daniel J. Pietrzak
Until March 2023
Director
BlackRock
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA
Mylène Scholnick
Until March 2021
Principal
Amazon Air
New York, NY, USA
Ye Tian (Joe)
Until March 2022
Chief Executive Officer
Clover Aviation Capital Company Limited
Shanghai, China
John Vitale
Until March 2021
President & Chief Executive Officer
AVITAS, Inc.
Chantilly, VA, USA
Michael Warner
Until March 2023
Managing Director - Aircraft Programs and Valuations
Boeing Capital Corporation
Seattle, WA, USA
Michael Weiss
Until March 2021
Head of Aircraft Trading
SMBC Aviation Capital
Dublin, Ireland
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
Douglas W. Runte – 2017 – 2019