Board Advisors

Bob MacLean, Ty Carter, Tom Aniello, Piotr "Pete" Wolak, Phil Winters and Everett Clark.

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Bob MacLean

2009-2011 Past President and Board Advisor

Economist by profession, Retired Executive VP, Human Resources Boston Scientific Corporation. Ski instructor, fly fisherman, lover of travel and the great outdoors. ATP, CFI and the proud owner of S/N #576. I got my private pilot license in 1963. Started with a Beech Sierra, moving up to a C182 RG and Barons, while dabbling in acrobatic work and a partial ownership in a Citabria.
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Ty Carter

2005-2009 President / Board Advisor

Ty Carter has more than 15 years of leadership experience building middle market companies that focus on consumer services. An accomplished pilot for the past 15 years, Ty has accumulated more than 4,500 hours total time with more than 3,900 hours in the Pilatus PC-12.
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Tom Aniello

Pilatus Business Aircraft Board Advisor

Tom Aniello is Vice President of Marketing for Pilatus Business Aircraft, Ltd. He recently rejoined the Pilatus leadership team from Cessna, having worked at PilBAL from 2001 until 2006. During his 5-year absence, he was Vice President of Marketing for Cessna. In his current role he is responsible for advertising, trade shows, collateral development, sales support, marketing strategy, and product planning for North and South America.
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Piotr "Pete" Wolak

Pilatus Business Aircraft Board Advisor

Pilatus Business Aircraft VP Customer Serivce Piotr "Pete" Wolak oversees PC-12 operations in the Americas. Pete is proud to lead a team that provides service to Pilatus customer and Service Centers in the Americas that includes Technical Support Engineering, Spare Parts, Maintenance Training and Warranty.
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Phil Winters

Pilatus Service Center - Board Advisor

Phil has been involved with Pilatus since 1997, serving as a Regional Sales Manager for Western Aircraft for several years, and was named VP of Aircraft Sales in 2004. Phil has taken over from Mike Fitzgerald as the second representative of the Service Center Community to sit on the POPA Board as an Advisor.
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Everett Clark

Everett is the Director of Operations at PlaneSenseŽ, the largest PC-12 fractional aircraft ownership program in the world. Mr. Clark was educated at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University where he achieved a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Science. In 1998 he was first introduced to the Pilatus PC-12 flying as a copilot for an on-demand charter operation.
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