The ICAEA Board is responsible for the governance and administration of the Association, and consists of Office Bearers and Board Members who are elected from the membership.
Office Bearers and Board Members receive no financial compensation for the time they give to the running of ICAEA.
Michael Kay
Australia / Thailand
President
• Aviation English training and testing since 1996
• Aviation English Specialist at Aerothai (Thai ANSP) since 2011
Neil Bullock
UK / Switzerland
VP & General Secretary
• 15 years in Aviation English testing and training
• Swiss FOCA: ICAO LPR test development/administration since 2007
• MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Birmingham, UK)
• ELPAC ELE, IATEFL TEASIG Coordinator
Norma Bravo
Argentina
Vice-President
• 2005-16: LPR Coordinator, Interlocutor and Rater for ANAC-CIPE Testing Process; Aviation English Trainer; Teacher Trainer
• 2016-present : Coordinator at EANA SE, responsible for National Aviation English Training Programme for ATCOs, AIS Operators and CNS Technicians
Jennifer Roberts
USA
VP & Social Media Secretary
• MA (Applied Linguistics and ESL) at Georgia State University (USA)
• Research interests include: pedagogical applications of corpus linguistics for course development, language policy and planning
Daniel Gorbold
UK / Qatar
VP & Comms. Secretary
• Aviation English training and LPR testing since 2002, working with airlines, ANSPs, aviation universities and flight schools in Asia, Middle East and N. Africa
• AELP Manager at Qatar Airways since 2017
• Special interests: test implementation & development, CALL & blended-learning
Karen Mak
Hong Kong, China
Treasurer
• Specialist in Aviation English testing, training and program development
• Previously with Cathay Pacific Airways, currently with Hong Kong Airlines
Richard Mason
UK / Japan
Events & Membership Secretary
• Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) licensed for conducting LPR English Proficiency Test since 2012
• All Nippon Airways (ANA) Examiner and Evaluator of LPR English Proficiency Test for Pilots since 2012
Ana Monteiro
Brazil
Research Group Coordinator
• PhD Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies at Carleton University (Canada), MA Applied Linguistics at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
• Research interests include interactional and intercultural communicative competencies in pilot-ATC communications
Henry Emery
UK
• ICAEA Project Manager of ICAO/ICAEA 2nd RSSTA
• Language Course Writer & Test Developer
Malila Prado
Brazil / China
• Lecturer, BNU-HKBU United International College (Zhuhai, China)
• Aviation English instructor and course designer for pilots and flight attendants since 2008. Aviation English researcher since 2010.
• Special interests: plain English, intercultural and pragmatic competence in R/T communications, corpus linguistics and course design.
Thiago Silva
Brazil
• Aviation English Teacher, Rater and Examiner, Course and Material Designer
• Cambridge CELTA / Teacher Trainer Certified
• BRAZ-TESOL ESP SIG Leader
• Special Interests: Standard RT Phraseology vs Plain Language, Microlearning, Incident/Accident Investigation, TRM
Bozena Slawinska
Poland
• Aviation English Trainer at PANSA (Polish ANSP)
• Rater & Examiner of ICAO recognized tests
• Member of PRICE-Study Group Linguistic Task Force for 1st ICAO RSSTA
• Member of ICAO/ICAEA Panel for 2nd RSSTA
Karmen Štumberger
Slovenia
• Personnel Licensing Inspector since 2017
• MSc in Teaching English for Specific Purposes (Aston University, UK)
• Private Pilot Licence
• Special Interests: R/T communications, Language Proficiency Testing and Assessment