SETP Foundation

The Mission of the SETP Foundation is:

Education

• To provide flight test educational programs by sponsoring symposia and disseminating educational materials in order to increase the safety and efficiency of flight test and enhance the professional knowledge of test pilots, astronauts, cosmonauts and other aerospace professionals in the field of research and development.
• To provide mentors for educating our youth, while encouraging them to enter flight test or an aerospace-related profession.

Flight Test Safety

• To initiate and sustain a flight test related safety organization intended to promote flight safety, reduce the risk of mishap, promote risk reduction management and continually improve the profession's communication and coordination.
• To develop, implement and maintain a computerized data base, readily available to all members and member organizations, containing flight test-related data collected from the industry.

History

• To be the world’s leading source of history relating to test pilots and their profession.
• To preserve the historical significance of the accomplishments of test pilots, the SETP, and the aerospace industry by displaying memorabilia, written and oral records, reports, photographs, video, and other artifacts.
• To archive and display such history in supports and enhances the efforts of flight test education and flight test safety for current and future generations of flight test personnel and the general public.               
  
  

     

                 The SETP Foundation Board of Directors           

  Chair: Robert Hood

  Vice Chair: Brian Sandberg

  Secretary: Michael Wallace

  Treasurer: Shawn Kern

  Kevin Gross
  Andrew McFarland
  William Koyama
  Kevin E. Prosser
  David Nils Larson
  Stuart Rogerson
  Kelly Latimer
  Jim Young

   
  
  Education/Mentoring Committee

  Chair: Kevin Gross

  Education Outreach
  
  

  Historical Committee

  Chair: Brian Sandberg

  Oral History Videos

  History Book
  
  

  Flight Test Safety Committee

  Chair: Stuart Rogerson

  https://flighttestsafety.org/

SETP Scholarship Foundation

The Society is the parent organization of the SETP Scholarship Foundation. The primary purpose of the Foundation is to receive, acquire, manage, administer and expend property and funds for scholarships and other forms of educational assistance to children of deceased or disabled Society members. If all of the financial needs of the children of the deceased or disabled SETP members are met at 100%, the Board of Trustees will consider scholarship assistance for the legal guardians of the children of the deceased or disabled members, and the children of the deceased or disabled members in pursuit of graduate degrees.

Scholarships were first awarded in 1966. Since that time the Scholarship Foundation has granted $4.6M to date in educational assistance to more than 191 students. Approximately 10 students per year are expected to attend school with Society assistance.

Board of Trustees

Chairman: John Fergione

Vice Chairman: James Brown, III

Secretary: Robert Rowe

Treasurer: Kirsten Larson

Trustees
Katherine Benjamin

Roderick Cregier

Todd Ericson

Thomas Gang

Glenn Graham

M. Lynn Hanks

Ed Knudson

Joseph Lanni

Todd Lardy

Gregory Lewis

Andrew McFarland

Jonathan Ohman

Steve Rainey

Arthur Thompson

Aaron Tobias

Brett Vance

Matthew Winheim

Executive Director: Laurie Balderas