- Gary Olson – Mr. Olson has extensive experience in budgeting, planning, administration, legislative affairs, human relations and staffing gained during his 30 years on the staff of the Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion. The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP), a joint effort of the Departments of Navy and Energy, is responsible for all aspects of nuclear propulsion for the U.S. Navy and assigned civilian nuclear projects. Mr. Olson retired from the Senior Executive Service as the Director of the Fiscal Division at the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in the Atomic Energy Commission. Mr. Olson served in the US Navy Supply Corp, and he received his BA in Accounting from Clarkson University.
- Gregory Phillips – Currently a Senior Air Safety Investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board’s Office of Aviation Safety, Mr. Phillips also has served as an Aerospace Engineer (Systems) and a National Resource Specialist for Airworthiness Engineering. He has served in various engineering group chairman positions for more than 40 domestic and international incident/accident investigations, including USAir Flight 427; the United DC-10 accident in Sioux City, Iowa and the Avianca Boeing 707 accident in Glen Cove, NY. Prior to joining the NTSB in 1988, Mr. Phillips worked as a design engineer for Cessna Aircraft in Wichita, KS from 1979 to 1983 and for Northrop Aircraft in Los Angeles, CA from 1983 to 1988, where he was responsible for the design of aircraft structures, flight controls, hydraulic pneumatic, and environmental control systems. He holds a commercial pilot’s certificate, and has a MA in Management from University of Redlands and a BS in Engineering from the University of Evansville
- David B. Pye – Mr. Pye is an independent engineering and management consultant and licensed professional engineer, whose experience includes 38 years of nuclear propulsion plant engineering at Naval Reactors. He retired from his position as Director for the Reactor Engineering Division in 2001. In that position, he was responsible for the design, development, procurement and operational support of the reactors in all U.S. Navy submarines and surface ships, as well as those in the Department of Energy’s land-based prototypes used for R&D and crew training. Mr. Pye has a MS in Engineering from George Washington University, an MS in Aeronautical and Ocean Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- Donald J. Rigali – Mr. Rigali is currently a consultant to Sandia National Laboratories and the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He retired from Sandia National Laboratories as the Director of the Aerospace Systems Development Center, where he directed work in the areas of National Missile Defense, smart targeting, hypersonic weapons and technology, access to space, and entry systems research and development. Mr. Rigali received an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Mexico, a BA from the College of St. Thomas and a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
- Lt. Col. Wade J. Thompson – Currently Operations Officer of the U.S. Air Force’s 354th Fighter Squadron (the Bulldogs,) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ, Col Thompson has served as a fighter pilot, instructor pilot, assistant operations officer and on the Air Staff. A command pilot with more than 2,800 hours in fighter and trainer aircraft, he has combat experience as an A/OA-10 pilot during Operations ALLIED FORCE, SOUTHERN WATCH and ENDURING FREEDOM. He holds a MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a MA in International Relations from the University of Helsinki and a BS in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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