Jackie Drake
Director of Communications Jackie Drake joined Lone Star Flight Museum in April 2025. She brings more than 20 years of experience in strategic communications, media relations, community engagement and marketing, with specialized expertise in crisis communications and reputation management. Her career spans the manufacturing, energy infrastructure and nonprofit sectors, where she has developed and executed […]
Kaylen Maduka
Director of Digital Marketing & Brand Strategy Kaylen Maduka joined Lone Star Flight Museum in August 2025, bringing more than 10 years of experience across the nonprofit sector, digital marketing and community engagement. Her background combines digital marketing, content strategy, social media, brand partnerships and audience development with a strong focus on community-based marketing. Prior […]
Christine Stevens
Chief Development Officer Christine Stevens joined the Lone Star Flight Museum in July 2026 and brings more than a decade of fundraising and nonprofit leadership experience. Her career includes senior development roles with the Houston Symphony, Theatre Under The Stars, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, and Houston Humane Society, where she has led major gifts, planned […]
Marc Felice
Marc Felice serves as Managing Director of Hub Maintenance for United Airlines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, where he leads one of the airline’s most complex and dynamic maintenance operations. In this role, he oversees hundreds of technicians and leaders responsible for keeping the Houston hub running safely and reliably each day and […]
Shaun Gordy
Bio coming soon.
David Rose
David Rose is a retired space industry engineer and manager whose career has spanned both NASA and commercial human spaceflight programs. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, David worked as a flight operations instructor and project manager in the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs. He completed his space industry career […]
Ed Supkis, MD
Ed Supkis, MD is a board-certified anesthesiologist specializing in cardiac anesthesia,and he worked with Dr. Michael DeBakey and his associates for over a decade. He thenpracticed anesthesia at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he served as Director ofQuality Assurance for the Division of Anesthesiology and as Medical Director ofRespiratory Care for the Division of Surgery […]
Ryan Hunsaker
A lifelong Houstonian, Ryan is a debt finance lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, where he provides guidance to clients on various finance transactions, including commercial and alternative lending, with a focus on traditional reserve-based, midstream, asset-based, and direct lending. Ryan represents agent banks, publicly traded and privately owned borrowers, portfolio companies, and alternative lenders in […]
Marcela White
Marcela White has 40 years of aviation industry experience. Since 1999, she has co-owned Tavaero Jet Charter, Corp. An aircraft charter company based at Houston Hobby Airport, Tavaero was named for founder Thomas A. Vaughn, whose TAV initials led to the formation of the Tavaero Jet Charter business entity. She is also a licensed pilot […]
Kevin Barahona
Director of Operations Kevin Barahona joined the Lone Star Flight Museum in August 2017 and brings over 10 years of aviation experience. He began his role as Aviation Learning Center Instructor & Manager, followed by Facility Manager, and now Director of Operations. Kevin previously worked as an A&P at Gulf Coast Helicopters performing inspections on airplanes and […]
Matthew Noll
Matthew Noll is Chief Operating Officer at alliantgroup, headquartered in Houston, TX, where he oversees a team of over 1,200 tax professionals including attorneys, engineers, industry experts and statisticians providing tax credits and incentives to clients across the United States and the United Kingdom. Noll formerly spent a decade representing clients in state and federal […]
Josh Hernandez
Josh Hernandez is an aviation professional who has been involved in the industry since enlisting in the U.S. Air Force at the age of 17. Stationed in the United Kingdom for the duration of his enlistment, he honed his skills as a jet engine mechanic for the F-15 Strike Eagles. Following his military service, he […]
Jerry Scott
Chief Operating Officer Jerry was named COO in June 2024 and brings 40 years of experience in aviation sales, people, project, and logistics management. Jerry’s areas of experience include flight support, FAA certification oversight, fuel negotiations, client development, strategic planning, and resolution and business development for companies such as World Fuel Services, Inc., Baesops International, […]
Ann Hobing
Senior Director of Education & Community Outreach Ann E. Hobing joined the Lone Star Flight Museum in June 2023 and brings nearly 20 years of management experience in government, nonprofit and museums including the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, the National WASP WWII Museum at Avenger Field, Galveston […]
Dallas Bean
Controller Dallas joined the LSFM team in March 2021. He has more than nine years of nonprofit organizational experience. Dallas previously worked with The Bryan Museum in its early establishment to implement accounting procedures. He was also a member of both the staff and volunteer teams at the Brazosport Center for the Arts & Sciences.
Anna Hawley
President & CEO Anna Hawley joined the museum in February 2019. She began her role as VP of Marketing & Communications, elevated to Chief Marketing Officer, followed by Chief Operating Officer, and now President and CEO of Lone Star Flight Museum. She brings 30 years of museum operations, visitor experience, leadership, strategic planning and marketing expertise […]
Rhonda Parmer, Ed.D.
Dr. Rhonda Parmer is a native Houstonian who has been intrigued by the wonders of flight since her first visit to the airport at age five. She visited the cockpit of the plane that brought her dad home from working in Egypt. Although she never piloted an aircraft as a licensed pilot, she enjoyed a […]
Chad Thumann
Chad Thumann is currently Chief Executive Officer of Sideline Investments LLC, A real-estate development and investment company established in 2012. Sideline Investments has been a key partner in bringing quality living communities to the Houston Area. At the age of 23, Mr. Thumann created his first company. After 18 years as a road, plant, and pipeline […]
Robert Wagnon
Robert Wagnon is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Republic State Mortgage Company, a full-service mortgage banker headquartered in Houston, TX. Through Robert’s unique philosophy of employee growth and satisfaction, the company has steadily grown since its inception in 1994 from one office in Houston, Texas with 1 employee to over 30 offices spread […]
Jason Ryan
Jason Ryan is Executive Vice President, Regulatory Services & Government Affairs at CenterPoint Energy following his service as the company’s general counsel and in other legal leadership positions. He leads colleagues on the rates and regulatory policy team; the regulatory legal team; and the local, state, and federal government affairs team. Ryan joined CenterPoint Energy […]
Pete Olson, Immediate Past Chair
Pete Olson was elected to six terms in Congress. While in Congress, he served on the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, rising to the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. He formed the House Refinery Caucus, the House Artificial Intelligence Caucus, and the House Corrosion Caucus. He was the proud lead sponsor of the law which gave […]