Education

Ms. Larsen holds an MA in Economics and a BA in Political Science from The George Washington University.

Professional Experience

Ms. Larsen heads BACK Aviation Solutions’ strategic and management consulting services. Ms. Larsen has more than 25 years’ experience in the aviation industry. Most recently, she focused on airport services with an international aviation consulting firm. For over a decade, she provided air service development consulting to airports and regional authorities. Since joining BACK, she assisted Bermuda in attracting new non-stop service by Trans World Airlines from St. Louis, and in convincing Delta Air Lines to add a second flight from Atlanta. Additionally, she was instrumental in securing LaGuardia slots for Spirit Airlines to serve Melbourne International Airport in Florida. Other airport clients have included the Hillsborough Aviation Authority, Acapulco tourism interests, and the Aviation Department of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.

Prior to becoming a management consultant, Ms. Larsen was Vice President of the Regional Airline Association, representing U.S. regional airlines. She was responsible for government relations and served as an industry spokesperson providing testimony to Congress, federal agencies and presentations to a variety of industry organizations. She was appointed to the U.S. delegation to negotiate the U.S./Canada Transborder Liberalization Act. Ms. Larsen was also instrumental in the development of the Airlines Reporting Corporation. Before her tenure with RAA, Ms. Larsen was a staff economist in the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation where she also served on the in-house task force on airline regulatory reform.

Ms. Larsen is a private pilot; she is currently President of the Aero Club of Washington, DC, and serves on the membership committee of the Wings Club.

JOHN A. NAMMACK, Chairman, Nammack Associates

Education

Mr. Nammack holds an MA in International Relations from New York University and a BA from Georgetown University. He graduated from Air University’s United States Air Force Pilot Training Class 52-D.

Professional Experience

Mr. Nammack is a senior advisor, conferring with Ms. Larsen and Mr. Nammack on international and domestic air service development projects and airport/air carrier marketing programs. He acts as liaison with Congress, federal agencies, and industry groups on behalf of the firm's clients.

Mr. Nammack organized Nammack Associates, Inc. in 1983 after directing air service development projects for Thompson Crenshaw. Prior to that, he served as the Civil Aeronautics Board's (CAB) Director of the Office of Community and Congressional Relations, where he was the Board's primary liaison with the Congress and with state and local officials involved in air service matters. He was responsible for organizing and supervising the Board's regional offices which work directly with local officials and commuter and certified air carriers to resolve community air service problems. He was directly involved in the development of the CAB's small community air service program and in locating replacement carriers to provide essential air services to the communities.

For seven years prior to joining the CAB, Mr. Nammack was Executive Vice President of the National Association of State Aviation Officials where he represented state aviation interests before Congress, Federal agencies, and the aviation industry. He has extensive experience testifying as an expert witness before the CAB and Congress on international and domestic air service and airport development issues. He was a member of the President's Aviation Advisory Commission studying the long range needs of the aviation industry in 1971-1972, and testified before the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry in May 1993 on community needs for international air service development. He has worked closely with foreign airline, government and Travel Trade officials in Europe and Latin America for many years, and frequently accompanies clients on international marketing trips to make carrier and tour operator presentations.

Mr. Nammack is an experienced pilot and aviation journalist who has served as editor of several major national aviation publications for many years including Airport World, Aviation Week, Airport Services Management and Aviation Monitor. He was on active duty as a pilot and intelligence officer with the United States Air Force from 1951-1957, serving in the Korean War and in the worldwide operations of the Military Air Transport Services. He is a frequent speaker on air service matters before national aviation organizations, as well as a contributing editor to other aviation publications. He spent five years in Latin America organizing and directing Portuguese and Spanish language business publications, and serving as a Latin American correspondent for Vision, Inc. He is a member of the International Aviation Club and the Aero Club of Washington, D.C. and a corporate member of the American Association of Airport Executives and the Airports Council International.

AUSTIN R. NAMMACK, President, Nammack Associates

Education

Mr. Nammack holds a BA in Business Administration from James Madison University.

Professional Experience

Mr. Nammack joined Nammack Associates, Inc. in 1987. His responsibilities include collection and analysis of airline and airport traffic data, the analysis of each client's existing air services and those available at their primary competing airports.

Mr. Nammack also develops passenger traffic, revenue and expense forecasts for Service Proposals and conducts our business and travel agency surveys. In addition, he represents the client at carrier presentations and attends on-site client meetings.

Prior to joining Nammack Associates, Inc. in a full-time capacity, Mr. Nammack provided administrative assistance on a part-time basis since its inception in 1983.

DAVID BECKERMAN, Director, Consulting Services, BACK Aviation Solutions

Education

Mr. Beckerman holds an MBA in finance from the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University and a BA in foreign affairs and French from the University of Virginia.

Professional Experience

David Beckerman advises airport, airline and other aviation clients on a variety of marketing, economic and strategic issues. Recent assignments include route studies for a major Southeast airport, an air fare analysis for a medium-sized New York State airport, development of an expert opinion on air service data and the evaluation of air carrier subsidies for a medium-sized Florida airport. Mr. Beckerman also works extensively on travel e-commerce issues, and co-authored a report on the performance of Orbitz.com in 2001.

Mr. Beckerman was previously with the firm of SH&E, where he conducted an economic impact analysis for the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport and prepared route authority exhibits on behalf of the City of Detroit in the U.S/China route proceeding. In addition, he provided extensive consulting service to airlines regarding revenue management issues.

Prior to becoming a consultant, Mr. Beckerman was with Delta Air Lines initially in cargo where he developed operational benchmarks and enhanced the carrier’s database of cargo statistics. He then joined the airline’s international revenue management department where he progressed with the airline through a series of positions, including Team Leader – Revenue Management, Southern Europe, overseeing pricing and seat inventories in various markets.

Mr. Beckerman also has a strong legal, financial and international aviation background. He started his career with Washington, DC-based law firms Wiley, Rein & Fielding and Boros & Garofalo, specializing in airline, aerospace and travel industry matters. In those positions, Mr. Beckerman worked on several route authority cases and prepared supporting exhibits for Trans World Airlines.