Daher's Nicolas Chabbert To Serve as GAMA 2021 Chair
GAMA named Daher's Nicolas Chabbert chairman and Embraer Executive Jets's Michael Amalfitano vice-chair for 2021.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association has elected its Executive Committee leadership for 2021, naming Nicolas Chabbert, senior v-p of Daher’s Aircraft division and CEO of Daher Aircraft and Kodiak Aircraft, as chairman of the board. Chabbert has served as the 2020 vice-chair and has led GAMA's Safety Affairs and Accident Investigation Committee.


Stepping in as the 2021 vice-chair is Embraer Executive Jets president and CEO Michael Amalfitano. He has been chairman of GAMA’s Communications Committee.


Chair of the Communications Committee is Maria Della Posta, president at Pratt & Whitney Canada. Della Posta, who has served on the board of directors since 2015, is serving in her first post on the Executive Committee.


Signature Flight Support COO Tony Lefebvre will serve as chair of the Environment Committee, which is dealing with environmental issues surrounding emissions, sustainable aviation fuels, and supersonic aircraft. While his first time on the Executive Committee, Lefebvre previously was chairman of GAMA’s Electric Propulsion and Innovation Committee (EPIC) Infrastructure Subcommittee.


Uber Elevate head Eric Allison once again is chairman of EPIC, which focuses on the design, production, operation, and maintenance of hybrid and electric propulsion aircraft, including eVTOLs.


Meanwhile, David Van Den Langenbergh, president of Aviation Services at Luxaviation Group, is chairman of the European Leaders Steering Committee; ForeFlight co-founder and CEO Tyson Weihs heads the Flight Operations Policy Committee; Chuck Wiplinger, president and CEO of Wipaire, chairs the Policy and Legal Issues Committee; Eric Hinson, CEO at SimCom International, is leading the Safety Affairs and Accident Investigation Committee; Jim Ziegler, vice chairman of Greenwich AeroGroup, oversees the  Security Issues Committee; and Jeff Trang, v-p of engineering and flight operations at Airbus Helicopters, is chair of the Technical Policy Committee.


The 2020 Executive Committee chairman and Jet Aviation president David Paddock will serve as immediate past chair.