Sheeringa, Epps, And KilKeary To Serve The Organization
NATA elected three new members to its board of directors
Wednesday at its annual membership meeting. The new members are S.
Michael Scheeringa, president, Signature Flight Support, Marian
Epps, chief financial officer, Epps Aviation, and Ed Kilkeary, Sr.,
founder and CEO, L.J. Aviation.
Michael Scheeringa
Michael Scheeringa is the president of
Signature Flight Support and is responsible for Signature Flight
Support's more than 100 fixed base operations. Michael's background
includes commercial and general aviation. Before joining Signature,
Michael was chief executive officer of Flight Options, which was
the world's second largest operator of business jets. Prior to
that, he spent 13 years at US Airways, held officer-level
positions, and had the oversight of several of the company's
wholly-owned subsidiaries. Michael earned a degree in
transportation and logistics management from Arizona State
University.
Marian Epps is CFO of Epps Aviation, an FBO based at Dekalb
Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, GA. A graduate of the Georgia
Institute of Technology, Marian earned a B.S. Industrial Management
degree with a certificate in Technical and Business Communications.
At the age of 14, Marian soloed a glider; at 16, she soloed a
"real" plane; and obtained her pilot's license at 17. After
graduation from Georgia Tech, Marian spent 10 years working in the
securities industry for such leading financial services firms as
Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney and earning her Series 7, Series 63
and Certified Financial Planner designation from 1994-1999.
Marian Epps
After gaining experience outside the family business, she
returned to Atlanta in 1993 to join Epps Aviation in a marketing
role. In 1995, she was promoted to the position of CFO and elected
to the board of directors in 2007. She manages accounting
operations and information technology, and oversees charter,
aircraft management, and Pilatus aircraft sales while building
relationships with key customers, vendors and suppliers.
A career in aviation began for L.J. Aviation CEO and President
Ed Kilkeary, Sr. in the most dramatic way possible -- as a
helicopter crewmember in Vietnam. Returning to Latrobe, PA, after
combat, Ed Sr. parlayed his skill of flying and love of aeronautics
into L.J. Aviation, named, appropriately enough, for the plane that
launched his civilian career - the Lear Jet. With the same
precision, tenacity and focus that made him an exceptional pilot,
Ed Sr. founded the company in 1980 and built L.J. Aviation into one
of the top charter and aircraft management companies in the
country.
Ed Kilkeary
L.J Aviation is truly a family-owned and operated business. Ed Sr.,
his wife, five children and an extended family of more than 125
employees manage a fleet of 31 multi-purpose aircraft (including
large, medium and light jets, turbo-props and helicopters), as well
as service clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region with base
operations in nine locations nation-wide, including Latrobe and
Pittsburgh. Ed Sr. personally holds 11 type ratings and an ATP in
both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, and has logged over
24,000 flight hours to date.
This year, L.J. Aviation proudly celebrates its 30th anniversary
and the passionate vision of Ed, Sr. After three decades of service
to its customers and community, L.J. Aviation remains synonymous
with high quality and dedicated to an enduring tradition of
excellence in all the company does.
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