NBAA Announces Recipients of 2016 Schedulers & Dispatchers Training Scholarship

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and its Schedulers & Dispatchers (S&D) Committee announce the recipients of the 2016 Schedulers & Dispatchers Training Scholarship. These individuals will be recognized during the 2016 NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC2016), taking place Jan. 19 to 22 in Tampa, FL.

These training awards, given in conjunction with annual sponsors, promote the career development of current and aspiring schedulers and dispatchers. The 2016 sponsors include:  

  • Academy College
  • Airline Dispatch Federation in conjunction with Flamingo Air Schools
  • Beyond and Above Corporate Flight Attendant Training
  • CornerStone Strategies LLC
  • Corporate Aviation Solutions
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • FlightSafety International
  • GA Food Safety Professionals
  • Jeppesen
  • King Schools, Inc.
  • MedAire, Inc.
  • NBAA Air Traffic Services
  • Service Elements International, Inc.
  • UnitedHealthcare Global
  • Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.

The following are the recipients of the 2016 NBAA S&D Training Scholarship:

  • Friday Adah
  • Frederick Aryeetey
  • Cecil Mawuli Awumah
  • Rusty Bell
  • Jenna Fenzke
  • Morgan Garlinge
  • William Gillette
  • Colleen Haas
  • Jennifer Hawthorn
  • Jesee Samuel Kamau
  • Christopher Kagaba
  • Nyasha Manyika
  • Oluwakunmi Olasanoye
  • Deb Prosinski
  • Otim Robert
  • Jordan Street
  • Carlos Velazquez
  • Sonal Vyas
  • Emily White
  • Nicole Woods

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

The S&D Training Scholarship Program, launched in 2004, offers opportunities for scholarship recipients to gain access to hands-on teaching initiatives. Through a separate S&D Scholarship Program, the committee offers cash grants, which can be used for a variety of professional development initiatives. Since 1997, $620,700 has been awarded to current and aspiring schedulers and dispatchers through this program.