NBAA Announces Recipients of 2025 Flight Attendants/Flight Technicians Scholarship

Contact: Dan Hubbard, 202-431-5970, [email protected]

Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 16, 2025 - The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today announced the 26 recipients of the 2025 Flight Attendants/Flight Technicians Scholarship.

The NBAA Flight Attendants/Flight Technicians Scholarship program was established by NBAA and its Flight Attendants Committee to assist business aviation flight attendants/flight technicians in their role as crew members aboard business aircraft. Each year, member companies generously donate monetary and training awards for the scholarship, and recipients are selected by the committee.

The 2025 award recipients and their donor companies are:

• Taylor Albers - Sajet Solutions, Inc.
• Valerie Bastien - Aircare International FACTS Training
• Martina Brueggemann - FlightSafety International
• George Connelly - Dallas Coffee Community
• Jojo Cottle - MedAire, Inc.
• Indigo Diaz - Confidence in the Air by Heidi Cole
• Alana Dorsey - Commercial 2 Corporate
• Savannah Folds - Confidence in the Air by Heidi Cole
• Shawnte Gholson - Moore Life Leadership by Scott Moore
• Sarah Jacobson - Iacofano's
• Havy Lam - DaVinci Inflight Training Institute
• Neen McClung - Commercial 2 Corporate
• Miranda Morehead - DaVinci Inflight Training Institute
• Amelia Mukenschnabl - Air Culinaire Worldwide
• Megan Napolitan - Commercial 2 Corporate
• Janet Omusula - Commercial 2 Corporate
• Crystal Overdevest - Sajet Solutions, Inc.
• Sae Potter - Flightess by Jamie Gibson
• Emily Preisendorf - Monetary Award
• Patti Rainey - Monetary Awards
• Nahomi Rivera - Flight Safety International
• Nicole Sameit - The Corporate School of Etiquette by Donna Cassachia
• Jeterria Thompson - 2026 Leadership Conference attendance by NBAA
• Soheil Vaziri - Commercial 2 Corporate
• Lori Wilson - Train Aviation
• Jamie Wyckoff - Jet Aviation

Thank you to the generous monetary donors for 2025:

• Abby's Catering
• Clay Lacy
• ConocoPhillips
• Dassault Falcon Jet
• Euler Products
• Video Valet

NBAA Charities offers monetary and training scholarships for both students and aviation professionals, such as flight department managers, pilots, maintenance technicians, schedulers, dispatchers, flight attendants and flight technicians. These scholarships, which total nearly $100,000 annually, are administered by NBAA standing committees and would not be possible without the generous financial support of NBAA member donors.

To learn more about the numerous scholarship opportunities offered by NBAA Charities, contact Sarah Wolf, manager of education programs, at (202) 280-8729 or [email protected].

Learn more about NBAA's scholarship program.

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Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful. The association represents more than 10,000 company and professional members and provides more than 100 products and services to the business aviation community, including the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), the world's largest civil aviation trade show. Learn more about NBAA at nbaa.org.

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