About Us :: Executive Board

Jonathan Lovegren (President)
Jonathan is a graduate student in the Aero/Astro department. He has a passion for general aviation and enjoys flying adventures. Jonathan graduated from Georgia Tech in 2008 with a degree in Aerospace Engineering and was president of Georgia Tech's flying club. There he helped maintain club aircraft and led a committee to purchase a new trainer aircraft. He holds a Private Pilot certificate with an Instrument rating and Complex endorsement. He hopes to earn his Commercial and CFI licenses in the near future. Jonathan loves flying, anytime, so let him know if you someone to go flying with!
lovegren [at] mit [dot] edu
Kevin Cedrone (Treasurer)
Kevin Cedrone is a MechE grad student in the Sloan Automotive Laboratory where he researches alternative fuels, emissions control mechanisms and alternative combustion modes. He holds a private pilot certificate he earned in Canada. He's toying with the idea of adding night and instrument while he's in the US.
kevin.cedrone [at] gmail [dot] com
Kwami Williams (Archives & Records)
Kwami is a sophomore undergraduate in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He loves aviation and would like to attain a Private Pilot License before graduating.
kwamiw [at] mit [dot] edu
Chuky Mbagwu (Trips & Events)
Chuky is a junior in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His academic interests lie heavily in the field of jet and spacecraft propulsion. He enjoys flying and loves to do so whenever he can. Since he began flying at age 10, Chuky has accumulated over 82 hours of flight time. Despite the difficulty of finding time to fly in college, he plans to his obtain his Private Pilot license by the end of the non-academic year.
cmbagwu [at] mit [dot] edu
Christin Hart (Publicity & Relations)
Christin is a second year graduate student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and works in the Humans and Automation Lab designing and testing an interface for multi-UAV control. Christin graduated from the US Air Force Academy and looks forward to starting pilot training in the summer of 2010 at Sheppard AFB in the the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program. Christin loves traveling and going on flyouts with the club.
chart [at] bu [dot] edu
Raul Ramos-Schulze (Law & Liability)

[at] bu [dot] edu
Nana Essilfie-Conduah (Books and Supplies)
Nana is a junior undergraduate in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His academic interests lie in the fields of control and shock waves. He plans to become a private pilot when money is no more an issue.
nconduah [at] mit [dot] edu

In addition to our Executive Board, many past board members and founders of the MIT Flying Club are available to answer questions for you.
  Kostas Speridakos (President)
Kostas is a junior in the Aero/Astro department and holds a commercial certificate with instrument and multi-engine ratings. Besides flying, there is nothing he likes to do more than talk about flying, so send him an email if you have questions about learning to fly or just want to talk about airplanes!
csperi [at] mit [dot] edu
  Andrew March (Treasurer)
Andrew March is a second year graduate student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics researching computational aircraft design. He did his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and then worked on the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles at SpaceX in Los Angeles. It is in LA where Andrew obtained his private pilot's certificate and instrument rating. He is also rated for search and rescue flying with the Civil Air Patrol. Andrew hopes to become a CFI, bring inexpensive flying to the MIT community, and further MIT's connection to aviation.
amarch [at] mit [dot] edu
  Jeremy Katz (Archives & Records, Webmaster)
Jeremy is a junior in the Aero/Astro department with a focus in aerodynamics and a love for commercial and general aviation aircraft. He earned his Private Pilot certificate over the summer of 2007 in the Piper Tomahawk, and now flies the Piper Warrior.
jbkatz [at] mit [dot] edu
  Jason Maloney (Trips & Events)
Jason is an undergraduate in the Aerospace Engineering department at Boston University. He holds a private pilot certificate which he obtained in Boston, and is currently training for his instrument rating. Jason is a member of the Civil Air Patrol and is also interested in aerobatics. He loves to travel and is always looking for new places to fly.
jmaloney [at] bu [dot] edu
  Zach Labry (Treasurer, Co-Founder)
Zach is a senior in the Aero/Astro department and is a co-founder of the MIT Flying Club. He holds a Private Pilot certificate with instrument privleges.
zlabry [at] mit [dot] edu
  Romain Lévy (Trips & Events)
Romain (ESD Grad, 2008) is a private pilot on single-engine land airplanes. He passed his initial license in June 2006 in France, on Robin DR221 (tailwheel!) on a grass runway airfield near Paris (LFPZ). In the summer of 2007, he participated in the Young Pilots' "Tour de France", a 2-week precision flight competition with 45 other young pilots, organized by the FFA (equivalent of the AOPA). In the US, he first got his JAR license converted to an FAA one, but finally took the checkride for an unrestricted FAA license. He now has a little over 150 hours and flies on Piper Warriors from East Coast Aero Club, out of Hanscom Field (KBED).
rlevy [at] mit [dot] edu
  Sam Ponda
Sam is a dedicated member of the board and is currently training for her Private Pilot certificate.
sponda [at] mit [dot] edu
  Brandon Reese (Books and Supplies)
Brandon is a junior undergraduate in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His academic interests lie in the fields of control and propulsion systems. He plans to become a private pilot during college and is highly interested in recreational and serious aviation.
breese [at] mit [dot] edu
 

Chris Sequeira (Former President, Co-Founder)
Chris is one of the founders of the MIT Flying Club and served as its first president.
csequeir [at] alum [dot] mit [dot] edu
  Andreas Mershin (Former Law & Liability Chair, Co-Founder)
Andreas has been an influential member of the club for years, serving as the chair of the Law and Liability committee to help fundraising efforts to make flying more affordable for members of the MIT community. He now serves as an advisor to the club.
mershin [at] mit [dot] edu
  Robert Ocampo (Former Webmaster)