8-Jul-2022 Source: The Air Charter Safety Foundation
The Air Charter Safety Foundation (acsf.aero), a non-profit aviation safety organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., welcomes Robert Rufli as Director of Operations. The ACSF also welcomes the following changes to its Board of Governors: Todd Weeber as Chair, Jessie Naor as Vice Chair and John Brogan as Treasurer.
Rufli, who formerly served as head of the ACSF’s Board of Governors and Executive Committee, is being succeeded in that position by Todd Weeber. Weeber is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Safety and Service for Magellan Jets, based in Boston, Massachusetts.
In the newly created operations role, Rufli will be responsible for maintaining the ACSF SMS Toolkit, which he was instrumental in helping develop and bring to market in 2021. Additionally, he will support the ACSF’s programs, including its Industry Audit Standard, the Aviation Safety Action Program as well as the organization’s Flight Data Monitoring services.
The ACSF’s President, Bryan Burns, said that he’s very gratified Rufli will be heading up such a critical set of the organization’s functions. “Bob’s commitment to safety speaks for itself,” Burns noted. “We’re extremely lucky to have an aviation leader of his caliber in such an important role on our team.”
Todd Weeber said of his appointment as the ACSF Board Chair, “I’m grateful for the opportunity to take on this leadership position and work together with our Executive Committee, Board of Governors and Advisory Board to continue to execute ACSF’s strategic and inclusive vision for the future of aviation safety.”
As members of the ACSF’s Executive Committee, Jessie Naor will succeed Weeber as Vice Chair, and John Brogan will succeed Joe Salata as Board Treasurer. Naor is the President of GrandView Aviation, based in the Baltimore, Maryland area, and Brogan is the President of USAIG, based in New York, New York.
