The board of directors of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA) would like to recognize the following members:
Academy College, Bloomington, Minnesota, Nancy Grazzini-Olson: 952-851-0066: www.academycollege.edu
Air Trek North, South St. Paul, Minn., Mike Richardson: 952-594-1184: https://www.airtreknorth.com
Airways Aviation Center, Grand Rapids, Minn., Butch Detjen: 218-326-1226: www.paulbunyan.net
Alexandria Aviation, Alexandria, Minn, Kreg Anderson: 320-762-2111: www.alexandriaaviation.com
Anderson Propeller Co., Ashby, Minn., Ken Anderson: 218-685-4751.
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), Frederick, Md., Kyle Lewis: 301-695-2229: www.aopa.org
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Diane Jelinek: 630-584-7552: www.ajg.com
Ascend Aviation, Princeton Airport, Monticello, Minnesota, Jason Erickson: 763-913-6376: https://ascendaviationllc.com
ASI Jet Sales, Hutchinson Municipal Airport (KHCD), Hutchinson, Minnesota, Tom Ashenfelter, 320-587-7615: https://www.asijet.com
Assured Partners Aerospace, Christa Restad, Frederick, Maryland, 800-622-2672 (light aircraft division), 800-721-6733 (aerospace division): https://www.assuredpartners.com/aerospace/
Atlantic Aviation, Anoka County – Blaine Airport, Blaine, Minnesota, Mike Agee, 763-780-2802: https://www.atlanticaviation.com
AvFuel Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Joshua Diggs; 913-574-7121: https://www.avfuel.com
Aviation Charter, Flying Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, 800-486-5387, 952-943-1519: https://www.aviationcharter.com
Mark Nelson of Hawk Aviation, Rush City, Minn., is President; Joe LaRue of Prairie Air, Elbow Lake, Minn., is Vice President; Nancy Grazzini-Olson of Thunderbird Aviation, Eden Prairie and Crystal, Minn. and Academy College, Bloomington, Minn., is Treasurer; and Kreg Anderson of Alexandria Aviation, Alexandria, Minn., is Secretary. Other directors include Mark Schwichtenberg of St. Cloud Aviation, St. Cloud, Minn.; Tracie Walter of Bemidji Aviation, Bemidji, Minn.; Joe Birkemeyer of NorthPoint Aviation, Brainerd, Minn.; Tyler Brimmer of Klick Brimmer PLLC, Excelsior, Minn.; and Dave Weiman of Midwest Flyer Magazine, Oregon, Wis. Gene DePalma is Executive Director.
Fixed base operators and other aviation businesses are encouraged to join MATA. Visit https://www.mata-online.org/ or call Gene DePalma at 651-343-5986.
MATA represents the interests of aviation businesses before government in Minnesota and throughout the nation. The organization holds an annual meeting in conjunction with the Minnesota Airports Conference, and board members meet quarterly and as needed to address issues. Scholarships are provided to those who aspire to become professional pilots or aircraft technicians. Details on how to apply are posted on the MATA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MinnesotaAviationTradesAssociation/
For additional information, please email Mark Schwichtenberg at mschwichtenberg@stcloudaviation.com or Kreg Anderson at kanderson@alexandriamn.city.