Monmouth Area Flying Club logoMAFCMonmouth Area Flying Club
Board of Trustees

Run by members, for members

Nobody at MAFC draws a salary. The club is governed by a Board of Trustees elected annually by the membership — every member gets a vote — with officers who volunteer their evenings so five airplanes stay affordable, maintained, and flying.

✓ Elected annually per the club Bylaws✓ Board meetings open to members & applicants (first Thursday, 7 PM)✓ Finances reported at every monthly meeting
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President

Janis Blackburn

Chairs the Board, sets the club's course, and is the final word on operational questions. Janis is also one of the club's flight instructors — you'll find her on the CFI roster as well as at the head of the meeting table.

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Vice President

John Pereira

Backs up the President and leads special projects across the club — the second signature on the decisions that keep five airplanes flying affordably.

The Board

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Trustee · Membership Officer

Mark Sheprow

Your first point of contact with the club: applications, mentors, and getting you to your first two meetings. If you've read this far, Mark is the person to call.

membership@flymafc.com · 732.685.3473

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Trustee

Nick Billows

Elected trustee — one of the volunteer members who govern the club and answer to the membership every third Saturday.

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Trustee · Chief Flight Instructor

Patrick Milando

ATP, CFI, CFII, and MEI with seaplane instruction experience. Patrick vets and mentors the club's CFI roster, sets checkout standards, and still teaches everything from first lessons to IPCs.

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Trustee

Jon Stumpf

Elected trustee — one of the volunteer members who govern the club and answer to the membership every third Saturday.

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Trustee

Jeffrey Wasserman

Elected trustee and club CFI (AGI/IGI) — find him on the instructor roster for checkouts, flight reviews, and ground instruction in the Cessnas.

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Trustee

John Demillo

Elected trustee — one of the volunteer members who govern the club and answer to the membership every third Saturday.

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Trustee

David Shields

Elected trustee and club CFI — currently away at airline training, still serving on the Board.

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Trustee

Tom Griffin

Elected trustee — one of the volunteer members who govern the club and answer to the membership every third Saturday.

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Trustee

Dave Trulli

Elected trustee — one of the volunteer members who govern the club and answer to the membership every third Saturday.

How governance works

The Bylaws (approved by the membership) define the Board; the Rules & Regulations govern day-to-day flying. Trustees are elected each year, meetings are open, and any member can bring an issue to the floor — that transparency is why a volunteer organization has thrived for forty years.

Every officer started as a new member

The club runs on volunteered skills — accounting, wrenching, teaching, web design, event planning. Members who pitch in are exactly who the Board looks for when applications come up for a vote. Consider this a hint.

Pilot at the controls at sunset

Meet the people who keep it flying.

Both monthly meetings are open to prospective members — and attending two is literally step one of joining.

Questions? Call Mark Sheprow, Membership Officer 732.685.3473