Press Release

Issued by National Business Aviation Association.

March 10, 2020

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and its Schedulers & Dispatchers (S&D) Committee today announced the recipients of the 2020 Schedulers & Dispatchers Training Scholarship. These individuals will be recognised during the 2020 NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC2020), taking place March 10-13, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

These training awards, given in conjunction with annual sponsors, promote the career development of current and aspiring schedulers and dispatchers. The 2020 sponsors include:

- Academy College

- Airline Dispatch Federation in conjunction with Flamingo Air Schools

- Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training

- Corporate Aviation Solutions

- FlightSafety International

- Jeppesen

- Medaire, inc.

- NBAA Air Traffic Services

- ServiceElements International, Inc.

- Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.

The following are the recipients of 2020 NBAA S&D Training Scholarships:

- Becky Bakeman

- Yomaira Estrella

- David Gall

- Matthew Graniero

- Shani Mendoza

- Juan Muniz

- Sarah Petruccelli

- Corbin Philipp

- Christina Riley

- Sherry Whitcomb

- Kara Woodiwiss

NBAA's S&D Committee offers scholarships through two separate but related programmes that specifically promote professional and career development for business aviation schedulers and dispatchers.

The S&D Training Scholarship programme, launched in 2004, offers opportunities for scholarship recipients to gain access to hands-on teaching initiatives. Through a separate S&D scholarship programme, the committee offers cash grants, which can be used for a variety of professional development initiatives. Since 1997, more than $700,000 has been awarded to current and aspiring schedulers and dispatchers through this programme.