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Leadership

Officers

Mary Prettyman
President - Until March 2025
Head of Marketing
Pratt & Whitney
East Hartford, CT, USA

Marilyn Gan
Vice President - Until March 2025
Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific
Vmo Aircraft Leasing
Singapore

 

Gerry Laderman
Treasurer - Until March 2025
Chief Financial Officer (retired)
United Airlines
Chicago, IL, USA

Peter Blakeney
Secretary - Until March 2025
Managing Director
Arena Aviation Capital
Dublin, Ireland

Position Holders

Dean Gerber
Immediate Past President - Until March 2025
Managing Member
Airfin Advisors
Chicago, IL, USA

Sigthor Einarsson
ISTAT Foundation Chair - Until March 2025
Chairman & Senior Partner
ICELEASE
Reykjavik, Iceland

Stuart Rubin
Chair, ISTAT Appraisers Program Board of Governors - Until January 2027
Vice President
ICF
Fairfax, VA, USA

 

Directors

Sarah Aoun
Until March 2025
Head of Global Lessor Sales
GE Aerospace
Dubai, UAE

Julian Balaam
Until March 2025
Director
Skytech-AIC
Winchfield, United Kingdom

Marine Benoit
Until March 2027
Vice President - Aircraft Leasing and Marketing
Aviation Capital Group
Madrid, Spain

Sarah Conway
Until March 2027
Independent
London, United Kingdom

Mamoun Kuzbari
Until March 2025
Chief Commercial Officer
Novus Aviation Capital
London, United Kingdom

Michael Littleton
Until March 2027
Head of Aircraft Trading
SMBC Aviation Capital
Dublin, Ireland

Robert Martin
Until March 2028
Independent Investor
Singapore

Bryson Monteleone
Until March 2027
Senior Advisor, Aviation Finance Advisory Services
PwC Ireland
Dunn Long, VA, USA

Paul O'Dwyer
Until March 2027
Chief Commercial Officer
ORIX Aviation
Dubai, UAE

Adam Pilarski
Until March 2025
Senior Vice President, Consulting
AVITAS Inc.
Chantilly, VA, USA

Paraic Quinn
Until March 2027
Head of Capital Markets & Trading
Avolon
Dublin, Ireland

Wolfgang Schmid
Until March 2026
Vice President Sales & Marketing
EFW - Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH
Dresden, Germany

Mylène Scholnick
Until March 2025
Head of Global Fleet & Carriers
Amazon Air
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
Douglas W. Runte – 2017 – 2019
Gerry Butler – 2019 – 2021
Dean Gerber – 2021 – 2023
 
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