NATCA Members Complete Representative Training Course

Jul 9, 2026

NATCA President Nick Daniels, Executive Vice President Mick Devine, Northwest Mountain Regional Vice President Steph Winder, and Region X Regional Vice President Mark Rausch recently participated in NATCA Academy’s Representative Training course from June 8-12, 2026, in Las Vegas. Forty-six NATCA members completed the course.

The course educates members and empowers them to serve our Union membership at their facilities. “This training equipped me with the knowledge, resources, and perspective needed to better serve NATCA members, navigate workplace challenges, and help preserve the rights and benefits we have fought to achieve,” said Armando Dominguez (Engineer/Western Pacific Region, EWP).

Congratulations to all those who completed the course:

Justine Baskett (Anchorage Center, ZAN)
Jared Baxter (Seattle Center, ZSE)
Matthew Beemer (Houston Center, ZHU)
Aidan Blair (Palomar ATCT, CRQ)
Glenn Bloise (Erie ATCT, ERI)
Daniel Brandfast (Nashville ATCT, BNA)
Dustin Cain (Bangor ATCT, BGR)
Samuel Christgau (Duluth ATCT, DLH)
Jonathan Clark (Potomac TRACON, PCT)
William Clark (Eugene ATCT, EUG)
Joshua Curtis (Seattle Center, ZSE)
Cody Decker (Engineer/New England Region, ENE)
Armando Dominguez (EWP)
Jacob Durham (Montgomery ATCT, MYF)
Kimberly Evans (EWP)
Matthew Flood (Milwaukee ATCT, MKE)
Alexander Fontana (Traverse City ATCT, TVC)
Ninus Gelyana (Gillespie ATCT, SEE)
Whitney Hay (Denver Center, ZDV)
Alexis Hill (Boeing ATCT, BFI)
Neil Hite (Albuquerque Center, ZAB)
Noah Hoagland (Montgomery ATCT, MGM)
Andrew Hoffart (Omaha ATCT, OMA)
John Horcher (Amarillo ATCT, AMA)
Ryan Howard (Crystal ATCT, MIC)
Alexander Imansepahi (Broomfield ATCT, BJC)
Thomas Kelley (Philadelphia ATCT, PHL)
Steven Kuykendall (Knoxville ATCT, TYS)
Erik Mandt (Oakland Center, ZOA)
Tamara Maxwell (Engineer/Aeronautical Center, EAC)
Darian Moore (Capital Cities/Harrisburg ATCT, CXY)
Mason Morlee (Palo Alto ATCT, PAO)
Nathan Muna (Hobby ATCT, HOU)
Daniel Perez (Huntsville ATCT, HSV)
Daniel Pistritto (Torrance ATCT, TOA)
Marcus Porter (Beaumont ATCT, BPT)
Sean Rafuse (Southern California TRACON, SCT)
Kyle Richardson (Midland ATCT, MAF)
Justin Saint (Memphis Center, ZME)
Billy Samuels (Little Rock ATCT, LIT)
Colby Saunders (San Jose ATCT, SJC)
Cameron Sobleski (Washington Center, ZDC)
Austin Thompson (Salt Lake City TRACON, S56)
Coleen Uyeno (Hilo TRACAB, ITO)
Joshua Vappie (Reid-Hillview ATCT, RHV)
Brandon Zickafoose (Camarillo ATCT, CMA)

Class instructors included Southwest Region Regional Vice President John Bratcher (NSW), Nichole Surunis (Atlanta TRACON, A80), Nicole Wysong (Engineer/Northwest Mountain Region, ENM), Allen Casey (Engineer/Southwest Region, ESW), and Martin Ramirez (Los Angeles Center, ZLA). Class observers included Daniel Garcia-Barbon (Miami Center, ZMA), Corey Glaze (ENM), and Bobby Scurlock (Flight Services Station ENA, FS1). If you are interested in taking the RT-1 course, or another NATCA Academy course, visit https://www.natca.org/academy/.