OBAP Leadership
The Board of Directors and an invaluable group of volunteers ensure the excellence of annual initiatives including youth enrichment programs and aerospace professional development initiatives including twice-yearly career fairs.
2022-23 Board of Directors
Joel Webley
Board Chair
FedEx Express - First Officer
A. Tomica Adams
Board Vice Chair
United Airlines - First Officer
Tennesse Garvey
Programs Director
United Airlines - First Officer
Jean Olivier Mbog
Membership Director
United Airlines - First Officer
Justin Biassou
FAA - Community Engagement Officer
Rhonda Robinson
United Airlines - Director of Business
Management and Optimization
Board of Advisors
Vanessa Blacknall-Jamison
Chair - Board of Advisors
FAA - Change Mgmt Advisor & Leadership Coach (ACC)
Randall Rochon
Vice Chair - Board of Advisors
United Airlines - First Officer
Carole Hopson
Board of Advisors
United Airlines - First Officer
Albert Glenn
Board of Advisors
FedEx Express - Captain (Retired)
Valerie Manning
Board of Advisors
SVP Airbus Training & Flight Operations Services
Elizabeth Tennyson
Board of Advisors
AOPA - Exec Dir, You Can Fly
James Simons
Board of Advisors
United Airlines (ret.) - Capt & Chief Pilot
Houston Mills
Board of Advisors
UPS - Vice President Flight Operations & Safety
Bethoyia (Beth) Powell
Board of Advisors
American Airlines - First Officer
Grant Walker
Board of Advisors
Wings Financial - VP Business Development
James Hill
Board of Advisors
ICL, LLC - President/Owner
Robert "Bob" Brown
OBAP Emeritus
UPS - Captain (Retired)
Pamela Williams
Director of Academy Services - United Aviate Academy
National Office Staff
Samantha Whitfield
Executive Director
Haifa Baptiste
Director of Development
Candace Williams-Brown
Marketing and Communications Director
Torette Williams
Programs Manager
If you would like to get involved in a specific region, see below to contact the Regional Program Director for the area that you would like to get involved in or use the OBAP Volunteer Signup Form.
OBAP Programs Regions
Programs Directors
Tennesse Garvey
Programs Director
United Airlines - First Officer
Regional Directors
Mario Tarver
West Regional Director
SkyWest Airlines - First Officer
Rob Seeney
Southwest Regional Director
American Airlines - First Officer
Titus Sanders
Midwest Regional Director
U.S. Army - Chief Warrant Officer
Joel Simpson
Southeast Regional Director
Spirit Airlines - First Officer
Sheldon Blackman
Northeast Regional Director
Alaska Airlines - First Officer
Isaac Square
West Assistant Regional Director
Mesa Airlines - First Officer
James Batson
West Assistant Regional Director
United Airlines - First Officer
Kevin Marshall
Southwest Assistant Regional Director
American Airlines - First Officer
Troy Jones
Southeast Assistant Regional Director
Endeavor Air - First Officer
Chrystal Dunbar
Northeast Assistant Regional Director
United Airlines - First Officer
Jaryd Bass
Southeast Assistant Regional Director
Project Aerospace
Albert Glenn
Project Aerospace Co-Chair
Fedex Express - Captain (Retired)
Jeff Harrison
Project Aerospace Co-Director
UPS - Captain
APIS - Aerospace Professionals In Schools
Linda Wackerman
APIS Director
American Airlines - Captain
Lahou Keita
APIS Canada Liaison
Keitas Systems, Co-Owner and Research & Development Manager
Maurice Ellis
APIS Regional Liaison
JetBlue Airways - First Officer
Khareif Williams
Northeast Regional Liason
Student Pilot
ACE Academy
Titus Sanders
National ACE Academy Director
LWFA & SFA
Albert Glenn
LWFA Co-Chair
Fedex Express - Captain (Retired)
Jeff Harrison
LWFA Co-Director / SFA Director
UPS - Captain
Germilia Taylor
General Aviation Manager LWFA
Collegiate
Ngierot Edward-Smith
Collegiate Programs Chair
Scholarships
Michael Ponce
Scholarship Chair
APDP - Aerospace Professional Development Program
Ryan Padmore
APDP Director
David Simpson
APDP Assistant Director
Goliath Demise
APDP Assistant Director
Explore Aerospace
Anya Kearns
Explore Aerospace Director
Titus Sanders
Explore Aerospace Director
James Spencer
Assistant Curriculum Developer
Certified Flight Instructor
Zakiya Percy
Coordinator
Youth Development Program
Joe Hayes
Youth Development Program Director
United Airlines - Captain
Jamil Paul
Youth Development Program Assistant Director
Randy Mixon
Youth Development Program Administrator
Organization of
Black Aerospace Professionals
is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization
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Mt. Royal NJ 08061
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