AOPA Air Safety Foundation
ASF Leadership
- Bruce Landsberg, President
- Jonathan Greenway, Chief Flight Instructor
- Kathleen Vasconcelos, Director of Operations
- Paul Deres, Manager of Safety Education
Bruce Landsberg, President
Bruce Landsberg has lead the AOPA Air Safety Foundation since May 1992. He is responsible for all foundation activities including program development, safety seminars, publications, the Online Safety Center, special educational and research projects, and donor cultivation. During his tenure, ASF has been nationally recognized with numerous awards on aviation safety leadership and educational program excellence. He writes the monthly “Safety Pilot” column in AOPA Pilot magazine, as well as a popular weekly blog in AOPA ePilot, and is a periodic contributor to AOPA Flight Training magazine. He serves on many committees to represent general aviation safety interests in the FAA, NASA, NTSB, National Weather Service, and various industry groups. ASF has become the leading general aviation safety organization conducting more than 200 free educational seminars annually, recertifying more flight instructors, and averaging more than 20,000 online course completions monthly.
Prior to joining ASF, Landsberg was product marketing manager for FlightSafety International in Wichita, Kansas, and manager for Cessna Aircraft Company’s Air Age education department.
A former U.S. Air Force officer, he holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master's degree in industrial technology from the University of Maryland.
Landsberg has logged more than 6,000 hours with airline transport pilot (ATP), single-engine, multiengine, and instrument flight instructor certificates, and he has been an AOPA member for more than 35 years.
Jonathan Greenway, Chief Flight Instructor
Jonathan "JJ" Greenway serves as ASF's Chief Flight Instructor. In that role he is responsible for ASF’s two industry leading Flight Instructor Refresher Clinics (FIRC) which recertify over 10,000 CFIs a year. He is an Airline Transport Pilot with type ratings in the Boeing 757, 767 and DC-9. Formerly a Boeing 757/767 captain and check airman at American Airlines, JJ has held his CFI certificate continuously for over twenty-eight years. In his 13,500 hours of total flight time logged, he has given over 1,800 hours of dual instruction in aircraft ranging from the Luscombe 8A to the Boeing 767-300ER.
Kathleen Vasconcelos, Director of Operations
Kathleen Vasconcelos is responsible for day-to-day operations of ASF including the development and production of training courses and oversight of the accident database. Prior to joining ASF she worked in AOPA’s Media Relations department where she communicated AOPA’s message to the media and general public. Vasconcelos is a commercial pilot with instrument and multiengine ratings, and an instrument-rated flight instructor. She holds a degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Paul Deres, Manager of Safety Education
Paul Deres manages the ASF creative team and production of ASF's products including award-winning online courses, which have more than 30,000 course completions annually, and live seminars, which have an annual attendance of more than 40,000 pilots. Prior to joining ASF in 2007 as a project manager, he worked in AOPA's Pilot Information Center as an Aviation Technical Specialist. Paul is a certified flight instructor and holds both A&P mechanic certificates. He holds a bachelor's degree from Piedmont Bible College in Missionary Aviation.
Updated September 3, 2009
