Join us on a new endeavor of our SCC General Aviation Committee. 

Don’t miss out on great networking opportunities and industry speakers Steve Berry, Curt Castagna, and Megan Eisenstein with sound knowledge that will help you grow and improve yourself and your airport!

The Current Landscape for Unleaded Aviation Fuels

Speakers

Steve Berry
Managing Director of Safety and Training
National Air Transportation Association (NATA)

With more than 20 years of experience in the general aviation industry, Steve oversees NATA’s education and training programs including the Safety 1st Training Center, Fuel Quality Management System, and Safety 1st OnSite. He also works to foster strategic partnerships that support and drive the growth of NATA’s safety and training initiatives and collaborate with NATA leadership on the strategic vision of NATA's safety and training efforts. Steve also serves on the Energy Institute’s Aviation Committee, the ATA 103 Working Group, NFPA’s 407 and 418 Technical Committees, as well as NATA’s GA Fuel Handling Subcommittee.

Curt Castagna
President & CEO
National Air Transportation Association (NATA)

Curt Castagna, C.M. was named the 11^th President and CEO of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) in August 2022. Prior to this post, Castagna served over six years as an NATA Board Member including two years as Board Chair and one year as Immediate Past Chair.

Castagna has a diverse background and more than 35 years of proven industry expertise, including in his concurrent role as President and CEO of Aeroplex Group Partners, who’s core competencies are airport development, airport project management, and aviation consulting. Aeroplex maintains general aviation and business aircraft centers at the Long Beach, Van Nuys and Dallas Love Field Airports. He has overseen the complete development, construction, management, leasing, sales, service, and promotion of complex and diverse projects.

Castagna has a long history of leadership roles in airport tenants, community stakeholders and aviation trade associations. He is recognized by his peers and colleagues for establishing collaborative partnerships and negotiating complex general aviation challenges, while maintaining a focus on compromise and consensus building.

Devoted to mentoring future aviation professionals, he has over 30 years of experience as an adjunct professor in the Aviation Administration programs at California State University, Los Angeles, and Cypress Community College.

Castagna is a certified private and instrument-rated pilot and aircraft owner.

Megan Eisenstein
Managing Director of Industry & Regulatory Affairs
National Air Transportation Association (NATA)

Megan Eisenstein is the Managing Director of Industry & Regulatory Affairs at the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) in Washington, D.C. In this role, Megan monitors Executive branch agency activities as they relate to the aviation industry, and acts as the staff liaison to the association’s Airport Business Committee, Environment Committee, and General Aviation Airports Committee.

She also participates in numerous Aviation Rulemaking Committees (ARCs), and represents the association at industry and government meetings, hearings, and events including the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Technical Committee on Airport Facilities.

A private pilot with a passion for aviation, Megan has previously served as Fleet Manager for a charter operation in Northern Virginia, where she was responsible for worldwide sales of the company’s supermid and heavy jet aircraft. Megan began her career at an aviation consulting company where she was the manager of the firm’s auditing business division, preparing proposals and contracts for Part 91, 91K, 135, 121 operators as well as for the Department of Defense’s Theatre Express Program.

Megan earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Aviation Management from Dowling College and a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. Megan is an active volunteer and advocate for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and participates in the organization’s annual Light the Night events.