Aviation Law

Committee Chair

Stephanie Short
Great American Insurance Group
East Brunswick, NJ

Committee Vice Chair

Lee C. Schmeer
Victor Rane
Philadelphia, PA

Immediate Past Chair

Matthew G. Berard
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Troy, MI

Board Liaison

Michelle Thurber Czapski
Bodman PLC
Troy, MI

SLC Membership Liaison

Beth A. Lochmiller
Lochmiller Bond
Elizabethtown, KY

2026 Annual Meeting Chair

Daniel L. Bray
Amundsen Davis LLC
Cleveland, OH

Marketing Chair

John Thomas Rouse
Phelps Dunbar LLP
Flowood, MS

Membership Chair

Samuel Dearstyne
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Charlotte, NC

Programming Chair/Podcasts

Jeffrey F. Clement
Brady Connolly & Masuda
Chicago, IL

Programming Vice Chair - Events

Carmen Weite
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Birmingham, AL

Publications Vice Chair

Devin L. Honbarger
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Raleigh, NC

UAV & Advancing Technology Subcommittee Chair

Timothy M. Ravich
Tressler LLP
Chicago, IL

Aviation In-House & Insurance Chair

Glenn Vallach
USAIG
New York, NY

Product Liability SLC Liaison

Clinton T. Speegle
Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC
Birmingham, AL

DRI for Life Liaison

John Patrick O'Flanagan
Banker Lopez Gassler
Tampa, FL

Steering Committee Member

Michael G. Jones
Martin Pringle Oliver
Wichita, KS

Steering Committee Member

Michael McGrory
Amundsen Davis LLC
Chicago, IL

Steering Committee

James E. Robinson
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Philadelphia, PA

Steering Committee

Robert J. Williams
Victor Rane
Pittsburgh, PA

Aviation Law Leadership