The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has launched the Steve Brown Leadership Scholarship, in honor of the association’s former chief operating officer, who retired earlier this year.
The scholarship was created to support students interested in a career in business aviation who are currently enrolled in programs to achieve this goal. Two $1,500 scholarships will be given out annually.
“The business aviation industry, and aviation as a whole, is better, stronger, safer and more efficient as a direct result of Steve Brown’s decades of leadership,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “This scholarship will help identify and grow the next generation of leaders who will move our industry forward.”
Brown joined NBAA in October 2004 as senior vice president of operations before being named COO in 2010.
Prior to joining NBAA, he served for six years as the FAA’s associate administrator for air traffic services, and in that capacity, he was pivotal to our nation’s response to the attacks on 9/11, according to NBAA officials.
Before that, he served as president of the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) and senior vice president, government affairs for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). He was a member of the faculty at Texas A&M University, where he taught several aviation-related courses.
NBAA Charities offers nearly $100,000 in scholarships every year for students and aviation professionals, such as flight department managers, pilots, maintenance technicians, schedulers, dispatchers, flight attendants and flight technicians.
To learn more about NBAA’s scholarship program, go to NBAA.org.