NBAA has selected business aviation veteran Pete Agur as this year’s recipient of the John P. "Jack" Doswell Award. To be presented during NBAA’s 2018 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in October, the award honors “lifelong individual achievement on behalf of and in support of the aims, goals, and objectives of business aviation.”

Agur, the chairman and founder of aviation management consultancy The VanAllen Group, has had an aviation career that spans 50 years, beginning as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and safety officer. Following his service, he spent more than a decade as a marketing manager and sales representative for airframe manufacturers. His consulting career began in 1985 with Mescon Group. He founded VanAllen in 1993, providing expertise in aircraft acquisition services, leader search and development, operational reviews, peer evaluations, bridge management, and technical solutions.

Along with his consultancy career, Agur has become deeply involved in NBAA activities, as well as a safety advocate. He has served on several NBAA committees, including those now known as the Business Aviation Management Committee and Safety Committee. In addition, he has chaired an NBAA convention local committee, played a role in the launch of the Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference, and founded both the NBAA Leadership Conference, as well as Georgia State University’s Business Aviation Leadership certification program.

Agur further has served as vice chairman of the Flight Safety Foundation’s Corporate Advisory Committee and served as a member of the Society of Aerospace Communicators, as well as the Aviation Speakers Bureau.

“NBAA and the business aviation community are indebted to Pete for his lifelong dedication to the safety and growth of business aviation,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “Through his extensive service on a number of NBAA committees, and his involvement with many industry safety and performance initiatives, Pete has had a positive and lasting influence on the industry.”