LAKELAND, Florida — Jana Filip has joined the SUN ‘n FUN team as Business Development Manager.
Filip is well-known in the Light Sport Aircraft community. She served on the planning committee for the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in 2002. Upon the 2004 debut of the Sebring Expo, the first show dedicated the sport aviation community, she volunteered at and helped plan the event, as well as directed the event’s Hospitality Booth. In 2011, under the mentorship of Expo founder Bob Wood, Filip was asked to direct the Sebring Expo. In 2016, after directing her sixth Expo, Filip was recruited to DeLand, Florida, where she founded the DeLand Showcase, which also featured the sport aviation community.
In her new role at SUN ‘n FUN, Filip will be responsible for “creating and managing initiatives that cultivate individual, corporate, and foundation gifts, grants, programs, and events targeted to provide financial support for the Aerospace Center for Excellence” and the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo, SUN ‘n FUN officials said.