Staff
Board Members
- Division Director - Tom Kilpatrick
- Deputy Division Director - Vacant
- Training Director - Gary Parata
- Operations Director - Richard Bywater
- IT Director/Webmaster - Nick Johnston
- Events Director - Tom Lyall
- Community Engagement Director - Vacant
Senior Staff Members
- Training Manager - Fenton Loveday
- Events Manager - Vacant
- Airspace Manager - Vacant
ATC Mentors/Instructors
The following mentors and instructors train our Virtual Air Traffic Controllers:
- Gary Parata - Senior Instructor/Assessor
- Fenton Loveday - Senior Instructor/Assessor
- Connor Sumner - Instructor
- Tom Lyall - Instructor
- James Stuart - Instructor
- Ben Marling - Mentor
- Bence Russell - Mentor
- Tom Gregory - Mentor
- Grant Powell - Mentor
- Adam Baikie - Mentor
VATNZ Founders
VATNZ was founded on 1 January 2007. Prior to this, there was only one Division in the Oceania Region and the New Zealand FIRs fell under the responsibility of VATPAC.
The following members founded VATNZ:
- Wagner Beskow
- Norm Edwards
- Jason Epps-Eades
- John Golin
- Beverley Howard-Smith
- Russell Joudain
- Andrew Moseley
- Mark Richards
- Terry Scanlan