Ambassadors

Corey Irwin

Cory is a Gulfstream captain, and FAA Designated Pilot Examiner. He holds a B.S. from Indiana State University and Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor certificates with SD-3, EMB-145, EMB170/190, Gulfstream GVII type ratings. He flew Part 135 cargo and was a Part 121 captain with Republic Airlines. He was also an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector for seven years.

He is active in aviation safety and education and volunteers with the Greenwood Aerotech Center, a high school vocational program.

Ryan Goodwin

Ryan Goodwin has been a board member of the Indianapolis Airport Authority since 2019. He spent over 15 years in local, Morgan County government where he served as chairman of the Morgan County Board of Commissioners in 2019 and 2020. He was also an INAHOF board member.

Ryan is currently a captain with Republic Airways in Indianapolis.

Laura Benson Jones

Laura is an active aviator and aviation educator holding ATP/CFI with Citation and Challenger 601/604 ratings. She earned a B.S. from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and two graduate degrees from the University of Louisville. She is a Vice President of the National Flight Training Alliance advocating for improved aviation safety training and training regulatory environments.

Besides holding numerous national aviation board and committee posts, Laura founded the non-profit Flight Club 502 which has trained 6,000 youth through STEM education programs. Her many awards include FAA Safety Counselor of the Year, and the 2001 Aviation Humanitarian of the Year. She was recently named to the Louisville Regional Airport Authority Board.

Patti Keen

Patti Keen retired from the Purdue University School of Aviation and Transportation Technology with twenty years of service. She was the Flight Operations Coordinator. In that role, and as coordinator for instructors at Purdue, Patti worked closely with her husband, Dan Keen, as well as future Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame members Larry Gross, Mitch Grundman, Tom Carney and Charles Holleman.

David Mino

Dave is an ATP and Certified Flight Instructor currently serving as a corporate Part 135 captain, FAA Safety Counselor, and FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, after serving as a Part 121 captain and check airman.

He has a B.S. in Business Management from Ball State University and is active in the aviation safety and education community.

Jim Paulsen

Jim is a Naval Aviator, Chief Flight Instructor at Purdue Aviation, and an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner. He holds a B.S. from Purdue University and an M.A. from the University of Alabama.

Jim earned his Naval Aviator Wings in 1985 and became qualified in both airplanes and rotorcraft, logging over 8,000 hours in numerous naval aircraft including the A-7 Corsair, F-18 Hornet, T-2 Buckeye, A-4J Skyhawk, KA-3 Sky Warrier, EA-6B Prowler, E-2 Hawkeye, C-2B Greyhound, and MH-60 Seahawk helicopter, along with numerous civilian aircraft types and jetliners. In the Navy, he held several command positions, flew in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was a Professor of Naval Science at both Northwestern University and the Illinois Institute of Technology.

He was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Air Medal with combat “V”, and 8 Air Medal/Strike Flight Awards before retiring with the rank of Captain.