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Amy Laboda

NBAA is about networking and enrichment, but it is also about the future. At this year’s convention in Orlando, NBAA Charities awarded five different categories of scholarships to 14 deserving young men and women to further their studies in aviation and aerospace management, logistics and administration. This years’ crop of scholarship recipients include students studying air traffic control, aviation maintenance, engineering, flight and management.
“It’s rewarding to see where these professionals have started and where they are today,” said NBAA director of professional development Jay Evans, who coordinates the scholarships. “Helping one another in this industry is what a career in business aviation is all about.”
The awards are solicited and funded by NBAA members and their companies and include the Eddie Queen Business Aviation Management Scholarship, the Lawrence Ginocchio Aviation Scholarship, the William M. Fanning Maintenance Scholarship, the Alan H. Conklin and Bill de Decker Business Aviation Management Scholarship and the UAA Janice K. Barden Aviation Scholarship. 
Recipients included: Destry Jacobs, Arizona State; Steven Anderson, Oklahoma State; David Looney, University of North Texas; Shane Martin, Arizona State; Francisco Felipe Pastrana, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Bradley Smith, Southern Illinois University; Benjamin Cohen, Greenville Technical College; Joseph Schimnich, Northland Community and Technical College; Leonia Hunt, Florida Institute of Technology; Walker Goodman, California Baptist University; Alex Hunt, University of North Dakota; Anni Luong, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Kyle Neisius, University of Dubuque; and Lyons Wells, Westminster College.
NBAA Charities offers scholarships that total $100,000 per year. Deadlines for next year’s applications are approaching at the end of this month. If you know a deserving candidate, point them to NBAA's Tyler Austin at (202) 783-9267 or <a href="mailto:scholarships@nbaa.org">scholarships@nbaa.org</a>.

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