Ambassadors

Jordan Bullard

Jordan is the FBO Manager for Jet Access at Indianapolis Regional Airport. Beginning in 2012, his aviation industry experience includes airport management and planning and providing logistics for presidential movements and military support missions.

A licensed pilot, serves with Aviation Indiana concentrating on General Aviation and FBO’s and is a youth coach.

Corey Irwin

Cory is a Gulfstream captain, and FAA Designated Pilot Examiner. He holds a B.S. from Indiana State University and Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor certificates with SD-3, EMB-145, EMB170/190, Gulfstream GVII type ratings. He flew Part 135 cargo and was a Part 121 captain with Republic Airlines. He was also an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector for seven years.

He is active in aviation safety and education and volunteers with the Greenwood Aerotech Center, a high school vocational program.

Laura Benson Jones

Laura is an active aviator and aviation educator holding ATP/CFI with Citation and Challenger 601/604 ratings. She earned a B.S. from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and two graduate degrees from the University of Louisville. She is a Vice President of the National Flight Training Alliance advocating for improved aviation safety training and training regulatory environments.

Besides holding numerous national aviation board and committee posts, Laura founded the non-profit Flight Club 502 which has trained 6,000 youth through STEM education programs. Her many awards include FAA Safety Counselor of the Year, and the 2001 Aviation Humanitarian of the Year. She was recently named to the Louisville Regional Airport Authority Board.

David Mino

Dave is an ATP and Certified Flight Instructor currently serving as a corporate Part 135 captain, FAA Safety Counselor, and FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, after serving as a Part 121 captain and check airman.

He has a B.S. in Business Management from Ball State University and is active in the aviation safety and education community.

Jason Napier

Jason is the Assistant Director of Aviation and Chief Flight Instructor at Vincennes University where he is responsible for safety and flight school management. He has logged over 5000 hours as a Commercial pilot for single and multi-engine aircraft, and holds Remote Pilot, and Certified Flight instructor for single and multi-engine aircraft and instrument aircraft certificates.

He graduated from Utah State University where he was a Division I basketball player.

Jim Paulsen

Jim is a Naval Aviator, Chief Flight Instructor at Purdue Aviation, and an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner. He holds a B.S. from Purdue University and an M.A. from the University of Alabama.

Jim earned his Naval Aviator Wings in 1985 and became qualified in both airplanes and rotorcraft, logging over 8,000 hours in numerous naval aircraft including the A-7 Corsair, F-18 Hornet, T-2 Buckeye, A-4J Skyhawk, KA-3 Sky Warrier, EA-6B Prowler, E-2 Hawkeye, C-2B Greyhound, and MH-60 Seahawk helicopter, along with numerous civilian aircraft types and jetliners. In the Navy, he held several command positions, flew in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was a Professor of Naval Science at both Northwestern University and the Illinois Institute of Technology.

He was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Air Medal with combat “V”, and 8 Air Medal/Strike Flight Awards before retiring with the rank of Captain.

Steve Stombaugh

Steve is a graduate of the Purdue University Aviation Technology Program and a Certified Aviation Manager from the National Business Aviation Association. He has extensive experience in corporate aviation as well as a stint as an airline captain with Britt Airways.

He was the chief pilot for Great Lakes Chemical for many years and later spent nine years with the Federal Aviation Administration as an Aviation Safety Inspector and FAASTeam Program Manager.

He retired from government service and corporate aviation and is now an FAA-Designated Pilot Examiner.