Meet the innovators behind the flight

Get to know Electra’s team committed to making air travel cleaner and more accessible. Electra’s team combines decades of experience in developing novel aircraft.

The leadership team

John S. Langford, III

Founder and Chairman

B. Marc Allen

James "JP" Stewart

SVP Product Development

Diana Siegel

Chief Financial Officer

Marc Ausman

Chief Product Officer

Oliver Masefield, PhD

Chris Courtin, PhD

Chief Engineer, Technology Demonstrator

Patrick Schilling

Chief Engineer, Pre-Production

Buddy Sessoms

EL9 Chief Engineer

Alejandra Uranga, PhD

Chief Engineer, Research & Future Concepts

Randy Griffith

Director of Certification

R. John Hansman, PhD

Senior Technical Advisor

Mark Drela, PhD

Senior Technical Advisor

Barbara Zadina

Communications Lead

Board of directors and advisors

Paul Kaminski

Board Director

Former Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology

Kirsten Bartok Touw

Board Director

Managing Partner, AirFinance

Doug Brown

Board Director

Retired 4-star US Army General

Yannick Bonnaire

Board Director

Group SVP Innovation and President, Safran

Peter Joseph

Board Director

Chairman, Trenton Biogas

Jim Albaugh

Board Advisor

Former CEO, Boeing Commercial

Allan McArtor

Board Advisor

Former Chairman, Airbus Americas

Paulo Silva

Board Advisor

Former Group CEO, Embraer

Tom Clancy

Board Advisor

Former Chief Technology Officer, Aurora Flight Sciences