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 - Captain
A. Tomica Adams
Board Vice Chair
United Airlines - Captain
Justin Biassou
Governance Co-Chair
FAA - Community Engagement Officer
Tennesse Garvey
Programs Director
United Airlines - First Officer
Rhonda Robinson
United Airlines - Director of Business
Management and Optimization
Willie Billingslea
Instructor, School of Aviation - Auburn University
Theodore Johnson
Instructor, Aviation Institute - University of Nebraska Omaha
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)
Dr. Valerie Manning
Board of Advisors
Chief Commercial Officer - Overair
Elizabeth Tennyson
Board of Advisors
Sr. Vice President, AOPA
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
Board of Advisors
Director of Academy Services - United Aviate Academy
Nicole Huque
Board of Advisors
Managing Director - Global Aviation, Aerospace & Defense · K&A
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 Director
Tennesse Garvey
Programs Director
United Airlines - First Officer
Willie Billingslea
Programs Director
Instructor - School of Aviation, Auburn University
Regional Directors
Mario Tarver
West Regional Director
SkyWest Airlines - First Officer
Rob Seeney
Southwest Regional Director
American Airlines - First Officer
Justin Watson
Midwest Regional Director
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
Ascension Project
Ngierot Edward-Smith
Ascension Project 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
Titus Sanders
Explore Aerospace Director
Juan "JC" Ortiz
Assistant Director
Mark Reese
Assistant Director
James Spencer
Assistant Curriculum Developer
Certified Flight Instructor
Zakiya Percy
Coordinator
Youth Development Program
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
19 Mantua Rd.
Mt. Royal NJ 08061