NBAA has selected Jet Support Services Inc. (JSSI) chairman emeritus Louis Seno as this year’s recipient of its John P. (Jack) Doswell Award. The Doswell Award, one of the association’s highest honors, recognizes individuals for their lifelong achievements and exceptional record of volunteer service in support of business aviation.
“Lou Seno’s lifelong contributions to general aviation are well worthy of our recognition,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “His many and diverse efforts on behalf of the industry reflect the legacy of the prestigious Doswell award.”
Seno was a founding shareholder of JSSI, which is a pioneer in the business of managing hourly maintenance costs for business aviation. He also formerly led the company as president and CEO. Before JSSI, he held management roles in the business aircraft divisions of Boeing Capital Corp. and GE Capital Solutions and served on the board of Duncan Aviation.
In addition, Seno has long been active in aviation education, spending more than 25 years in various capacities with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), including as v-p of corporate relations and government affairs. He further is a member of the university's president’s advisory board and board of trustees and has served on its development, finance, flight safety and student life committees.
Seno’s service also has extended into a range of industry activities, from joining the board of the Experimental Aircraft Association, to co-chairing the National Aircraft Resale Association to serving as president of the National Aircraft Finance Association. He additionally has been active with GAMA, was a charter member of the NBAA Tax Committee and served on NBAA’s Associate Member Advisory Council.
Seno recently also was recently honored with the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, amassing 6,500 hours and earning an airline transport pilot rating and a Cessna CitationJet type rating.
NBAA will present the Doswell Award during its 2016 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, which will be held November 1 to 3 in Orlando, Florida.
