About Ben

Your current Region IV Vice President based in New York City.

I’m seeking election to continue representing ALL PASS AVS employees.

Ben’s path to a leadership role was unconventional but entertaining. A native of Rhode Island, Ben ran away and joined the circus - no, really. And he’s glad he did - that’s where he met his wife Deidre, a musician. Following nearly a decade of managing the technical elements of theatrical productions in New York City Ben pursued his passion and journeyed to get paid to fly. After years of flying for pleasure, Ben landed a career in aviation where he flew as a Part 135 Captain and was the Chief Instructor of a large collegiate Part 141 program in New York. It was there that he gained a positively solid reputation with the local FSDO and was invited to join the FAA team. Ben served as a Principal Operations Inspector in the FSDO before moving to a FAASTeam Program Manager position with the FAA Safety Team.

Ben has served as a Vice President for Chapter NE3 since 2015. Ben served as both delegated and Principal Representative, was the Eastern Regional Business Agent prior to his unanimous selection by the PASS Executive Board to serve as Region IV Vice President. Ben sought and won election by the membership for the RVP role in 2021.

Ben lives in Brooklyn, NY with Deidre and their two daughters, Mirabelle (15) & Clover (12).

Ben is honored to represent the public service employees we represent who are passionate about aviation safety and work tirelessly to keep the flying public safe.

Since I do believe it’s about “We” and not “me,” I invite you to explore other areas of this site where you can see some accomplishments of the Region IV Team and some goals & visions I have for us in Region IV and PASS.