NATCA Leadership
Aaron Merrick
Central Regional Vice President (NCE)
This is Merrick’s third term as NATCA’s Central (NCE) Regional Vice President. He was first elected to the position in 2018 after serving as NCE Alternate Regional Vice President since 2014. Merrick has spent his entire two-decade FAA career at Kansas City Center (ZKC), first in the Trails Area and then, since 2006, in the Ozark Area. He served as ZKC FacRep from 2013-2018. Merrick’s NATCA service also includes ZKC executive board at-large member (2006), ZKC Ozark Area Representative (2007-11), ZKC facility vice president (2012), National Grievance Review Team (2014-present), and National Onboarding Team (2016-present). He is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.A. degree), and Midwest Aviation Resource Consortium (MARC).
