Scott “Intake” Kartvedt is a true aviation legend. Inspired by Top Gun in 1986, he turned his dream into a reality, becoming a Navy fighter pilot with five combat deployments, over 6,300 flight hours, and 658 carrier arrested landings on 11 aircraft carriers. A few of Scott's many achievements include leading the Navy’s first F-35C Stealth Strike Fighter Squadron, flying three seasons with the Blue Angels, becoming a stunt pilot in Top Gun: Maverick, and acting as the aviation safety supervisor for Mission Impossible 8. He is currently the number five pilot for the Patriot Jet Team and an instructor and evaluator for United Airlines. Additionally, Intake is a sought-after keynote speaker, sharing his wisdom on cultivating a culture of excellence and "lessons learned" leadership. As President of the Blue Angels Foundation, Scott donates part of his earnings to help prevent veteran suicide. 

Mark Van Tine is formally the Vice President of Digital Aviation for the Boeing Company. In this capacity, he oversaw a global enterprise comprised of 5,000 employees focused on developing and delivering intelligent information solutions to optimize customer’s operations and environmental performance. Concurrently he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Jeppesen, an 85-year-old information solutions company providing products and services for the aviation industry around the world. Van Tine began his career in 1981 with Lockheed DataPlan, a leading flight planning and weather services company, which was acquired by Jeppesen in 1989. He spent his career working in a variety of different organizations within Jeppesen, including flight operations, customer service, navigation, and information technology. He holds a Private Pilot certificate and is an active general aviation pilot. 

At Harley-Davidson, Jerry Wilke and a small leadership team overcame near bankruptcy and some of the strongest competitors in the world to develop over 20 years of growth and one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Over a long career at Harley holding various leadership positions in worldwide Sales, Marketing, and Product Planning, Jerry developed a deep understanding of what motivates people to seek and find fulfillment in a sport, product, and lifestyle. Now, Jerry provides strategy and leadership consulting to organizations in the aviation, marine, and motorsport industries. A passionate private pilot with instrument and seaplane ratings and a tailwheel endorsement, he served for many years on Cirrus Aircraft’s Advisory board and the board of the AOPA Foundation. Jerry flies a variety of aircraft with his family, including a Cirrus SR22T, Skywagon, and Husky A-1B on Bushwheels.

Kyle is an aerospace engineer, pilot, entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of BETA Technologies, a Vermont-based electric aerospace company that is developing a transportation system to make aviation greener, safer and more accessible. This system, which will reshape the way we move cargo and people, includes all-electric aircraft, the most extensive multi-modal electric charging infrastructure in the U.S., and a program to train the next generation of pilots. Since founding BETA in 2017, Kyle and team have continued to advance the aircraft along a path to certification, building out capabilities to serve its diverse customer base, which includes industry leaders across the logistics, medical, defense and passenger sectors. Prior to BETA, Kyle co-founded Venture.co and was Director of Engineering at Dynapower, where he and his team of programmers, engineers and technicians developed a full line of inverters, pulse modulators and control systems and before that, he was a founding partner and Vice President of Engineering at iTherm Technologies. Kyle earned his Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Harvard University and played right wing in the NHL’s Washington Capitals organization for several years before pursuing entrepreneurial ventures.

As President and CEO of GAMA, Pete Bunce travels worldwide engaging regulators, policymakers, and elected officials to promote GA and advance the interests of a global membership of more than 140 airframe, avionics, engine, and component manufacturers, as well as the world’s leading business aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul companies. He retired from the USAF in March 2005, with his last assignment as the Director of the Air Force Congressional Budget and Appropriations Liaison. Previously, Pete flew F-15s and A-10s, while commanding several large operational fighter units. He remains an active pilot with more than 7,500 hours in military fighter and training aircraft as well as civil piston, turboprop, and business jet aircraft. Pete serves on the FAA’s NextGen Advisory Committee, MITRE Corporation’s Aviation Advisory Committee, the NASA Advisory Council Aeronautics Committee, and the board of directors of the RAF and Veterans Airlift Command. Additionally, he is a trustee of the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcon Foundation and a member of the FAA's Management Advisory Council. Among many accolades, he was named the Aviation Industry Leader of the Year by the Living Legends of Aviation in 2007, awarded the ICAS Sword of Excellence in 2009, inducted as a Living Legend of Aviation in 2010, and into the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame in 2022.

As the deputy director for regional operations in the Office of Aviation Safety, Kristi Dunks oversees operations of the four NTSB regional offices​ (Alaska, Western Pacific, Central and Eastern). Dunks joined the NTSB as a student volunteer in 2002 and has served as the investigator-in-charge and the maintenance group chair of aviation accidents throughout the United States. Most recently, she served as the agency’s first business process manager. She holds a doctorate in technical communication and rhetoric from Texas Tech University, a master of science in business analytics from the University of Virginia, a master of aeronautical science with specializations in human factors and aviation safety from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Dunks is an aircraft owner, flight instructor and aviation mechanic, and is certified to fly single and multi-engine airplanes and helicopters, as well as drones. She was awarded the NTSB’s Distinguished Employee Service Award in 2021.