In addition to earning the FAA Part 107 Certification, Faye Paige Edwards, MBA, is a GirlTrek community organizer with a Community Health Worker certification. She has an extended history as an entrepreneur and has provided training in multiple settings. Her responsibilities as President of Dronversity include business and curriculum development and she is a Droneversity Instructor

Captain Neferteri Stickland PMP, CISSP, CEH is a Cybersecurity Strategist and military officer. After joining the Army National Guard she became a certified Private Pilot while still in high school.

The co-founder of Global Air Media (GAM), a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensed drone services company headquartered in Baltimore. Since 2015 the company has focused on providing drone training, education, mapping, and consultation services to clients around the world. In addition to their commercial services, GAM launched the Global Air Drone Academy (GADA) to promote 'STEAM' technology using drones, drone safety, and entrepreneurship in this emerging industry.

LaRon McLean is our Air Traffic Control Subject Matter Expert (SME) and the Director of National Airspace Advisement for Drone Navigations. As the Air Traffic Control SME and Director of National Airspace Advisement, LaRon is in a unique position to advise Drone Navigations on how to best collaborate drone operations with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Kent Tribbett is multi-talented. Upon returning to the United States after success as an international basketball player, he enjoyed broadcasting and transportation specialist careers. In 2018 he began flying drones recreationally. Next he earned an FAA commercial drone pilot license and now serves as Droneversity’s Drone Fleet and Obstacle Course Manager. He is a drone media consultant; builds and repairs drones; teaches robotics; and FPV Drone Racer. Highly skilled in drone flight, he conducts training and instruction for beginners to experts, with weekend sessions. Additionally, he enjoys coaching youth in multiple sports, including basketball.

Dr. Je’Nai L Righter is one of the nation’s emerging leaders in Higher Education. Her areas of expertise include enhancing equity in institutions' campus climate, policies, leadership, and operations. Dr. Righters’ life and career have shown her to be a champion for women, minorities, and those who have been marginalized by societal and economic barriers. Most recently she was the first woman of color to hold an upper-level position, serving as an Assistant Dean of Students, at Neumann University. Her pioneering work of advocacy has opened doors for the unheard and unseen and created platforms to address the issues that have eroded their voice and visibility.