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T U E S D AY, M A R C H 2 2 , 2 0 1 6 N AT C A D A I LY D I S PAT C H 5 NATCA President Paul Rinaldi, Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert, National Safety Committee Chairman Steve Hansen, NATCA Reloaded Committee Chair Dawn Johnson, and Professional Standards Co-Lead Garth Koleszar came together with NATCA professionals for the Future Leaders Dinner Sunday night. The event allows aspiring and future local leaders to meet with and learn from the experience of current leaders. Attendees included new and seasoned controllers and engineers from nearly every region across the country with a wide range of experience. They engaged in inspiring conversations on the future of NATCA and how the next generation of leaders can build on the incredible work of veteran leadership to maintain the Union's strength. "It was motivating to meet the next generation of NATCA leaders," said Hansen. "Listening to their questions and seeing the energy they have for our Union was a great experience." Attendees discussed how to inspire membership at both large and small facilities to engage with NATCA, how air traffic controllers and engineers can support each other, the importance of face time and access to leadership, and the transmission of essential information from retiring leadership to the next generation to take this Union into the future. "It is always rewarding to have an opportunity to sit with impassioned individuals to talk about what we love," Koleszar said. "Our future is dependent on the involvement, dedication, and drive of these enthusiastic NATCAvists. Our ability to educate the 'now' generation of our up-and-coming leaders is critical to the future of our organization and to sustain our leadership in the aviation profession." Attendees were Andrea Moore, CLT, Johnny Albanez, NCT, Chris Dalbec, Terminal Surveillance Weather Engineering, Atlanta, Benjamin Dodd, GTF, David Harness, TYS, Nick Valadez, DAL, Dan Sherritt, DSM, J.T. Lenhart, ZOA, Joseph Tamulonis, BWI, Andrew Pegler, ALB, Lydia Baune, GEG, Nicholas Pachuca, ACT, Larry Anderson, Project Integrator, Kansas City, Chris Walden, ZHU, Travis Hawes, ZHU, Dianna Hawes, ZHU, Cassandra Saum, ZAN, and Katarzyna Zych, MRI. Rinaldi and Gilbert were proud to meet with and discuss NATCA with these passionate members who will help take this great Union forward. They are NATCA's future. The transfer of knowledge from top NATCA leadership, through these individuals, back to local membership will inspire even more engagement within the Union. In-depth coverage of this event from the perspective of the attendees will be featured in an upcoming issue of the NATCA Insider, our weekly e-newsletter delivered to each member via email on Fridays. NATCA FUTURE LEADERS DINNER RECAP:

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