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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Air Safety Forum Speaker Jumpseat Forum Speaker Pilot Assistance Forum Speaker Security Forum Speaker Captain Terry Adams CIRP Representative Continental Airlines MEC Terry Adams attended the University of North Dakota from 1981 to 1985 and graduated with a degree in aeronautical studies. Terry was first hired at Air Midwest in 1985 and later at Continental Airlines in 1987. Terry has flown the SA226/7, EMB 120, MD-80, B-727, B-737, B-757, B-767, and B-777. Currently Terry is a Captain on the 737 in Houston, Texas, and resides in Carefree, Arizona. Terry is one of the founding members of the Continental Airlines Critical Incident Response Team. Arik Arad President Arocon Consulting, LLC Arik Arad has over 25 years of experience in the security and defense sectors, where he has been instrumental in creating and implementing new security guidelines, programs, and concepts in the international, domestic, and private sector as well as collaborating with governmental entities in Israel, the U.S., and Canada. Previous posts include Head of Security for El Al, Ben Gurion Airport; Head of Security for the Shopping Centers Associations of Israel; CEO, International Consultants on Targeted Security (ICTS) USA; and Israeli Consul for Special Missions, Israeli Consulate, Canada. Mr. Arad also brings a wealth of business development experience, including identifying potential acquisitions, conducting due diligence, and managing acquired companies. At the request of former President Bush (Sr.), Mr. Arad served on the Presidential Committee on Aviation and participated in several congressional committee hearings on the subject. Mr. Arad is a graduate of the International Seminar Management Program (ISMP) of the Harvard Business School and holds a BSc in psychology and political sciences from the Haifa University in Israel. First Officer Dana Archibald American Airlines Dana C. Archibald is President and CEO of The Aviation Family Fund (AFF), a 501.c.3 nonprofit fund he personally established to assist aviation families with financial help throughout chemical dependency treatment. Prior to his current title of First Officer, Archibald was Chair for the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), Human Intervention and Motivation Study (HIMS) Program (October 2006–April 2011) and Chair of the FAA Advisory Board for HIMS. In this role, he served 50 airlines and several corporations, representing approximately 100,000 IES commercial pilots. An advocate for rehabilitation, FO Archibald was also the Aeromedical and/HIMS Chair for American Eagle Airlines (April 2001–April 2011), which currently has approximately 3,000 pilots. PH A Over the last several years, First Officer Archibald has worked with the majority of airlines in the United States R and has been honored to speak at numerous conventions in countries around the world, including Amsterdam, Australia, Brazil, Brussels, Canada, Dubai UAE, and New Zealand, where he has educated governments, airlines, G and other interested parties about the HIMS program. First Officer Archibald presented at the 2008 Aerospace IO Medical Association (ASMA) conference in Boston, MA; was a panel expert for Recovery Month (SAMHA) “Recovery in the Work Place” September 2009; spoke on the HIMS program with ABC News 11 (Raleigh, NC) February 2010; presented at the Regional Airline Association (RAA) HR conference August 2010; and was a guest R B speaker at the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) International Convention SAT 2010. E K EA SP 28 57th ALPA Air Safety Forum | Washington Hilton | Washington, DC First Officer Archibald graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1986 with a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical studies. He has been employed with American Airlines and Eagle Airlines for over 22 years. Currently, First Officer Archibald holds the title of 757/767 international pilot based in JFK. Before moving to international flights, Archibald was Captain/Check Airman on the EMB-145. Archibald currently has over 19,000 flight hours. No stranger to helping others and volunteer work, Archibald has opened his heart and “paid it forward” by volunteering to captain the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s flight to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, for children with life-threatening illnesses. His dedication to helping others was rewarded by American Eagle Airlines’ dedicating an aircraft in his name. F/O Archibald is also the recipient of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, Presidential Citation Award for his numerous years of service in assisting pilots and their families with chemical dependence. Over the past 13 years, FO Archibald has gone through many training courses on chemical dependence. His instruction has been conducted at the Betty Ford Center, Hazelton Foundation, Blair Consulting SAP Training, NAADAC, Pilot Assistance Program in Toronto Canada, and over 25 HIMS training seminars. He currently holds a Labor Assistance Professional-Certified (LAP-C), National Certified Addictions Counselor (NCAC-I) and is a qualified DOT Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) in the Employee Assistance field. Captain Archibald resides in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, with his wife and three children. He participates every day in recovery efforts on a national and international level, and continues to educate himself on chemical dependence and recovery, and uses opportunities to educate our society for better understanding. The Honorable Captain J. Randolph Babbitt Administrator Federal Aviation Administration Randy Babbitt was sworn in as the FAA’s 16th administrator on June 1, 2009. Babbitt comes to the FAA from Oliver Wyman, an international management consulting firm where he served as partner. A veteran pilot and internationally recognized expert in aviation and labor relations, Babbitt is no stranger to the FAA. He has been a member of the agency’s Management Advisory Council since 2001. In that capacity, he provided guidance to the FAA Administrator on a variety of topics, ranging from air traffic modernization to regulatory policy. He was Chair of the council from 2004 to 2006. He also was appointed by DOT Secretary Mary Peters to be a member of a special Internal Review Team to assess safety oversight within the airline industry and the FAA. Babbitt had been the founding partner of Eclat Consulting, a highly successful aviation firm, in 2001 and was the President and CEO until Eclat was acquired by Oliver Wyman in 2007. Babbitt began his aviation career as a pilot, flying 25 years for Eastern Airlines. A skilled negotiator, he served as President and CEO for US ALPA, the world’s largest professional organization of airline pilots. While at ALPA, he championed the “One Level of Safety” initiative implemented in 1995 to improve safety standards across the industry. He also promoted the international expansion of ALPA through a merger with the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association in 1997. SP He was recognized by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine with the Laurels Award for outstanding achievement in Commercial Air Transport. EA K Immanuel Barshi, Ph.D. E Human Systems Integrations Division R B NASA Ames Research Center Immanuel Barshi is a Senior Principal Investigator in the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames IO Research Center. His current research addresses cognitive issues involved in the skilled performance of astronauts and pilots, as well as mission controllers and air traffic controllers, their ability to manage challenging situations, G and their vulnerability to error. Among the topics investigated by his research group are spatial reasoning, decision R making, risk assessment, communication, and skill acquisition and retention. The results of his work have been A implemented in checklist design, operational procedures, and training programs in space, aviation, medicine, and PH nuclear facilities. IES | Air Line Pilots Association, International 29 Dr. Barshi holds Ph.D.s in linguistics and in cognitive psychology. He has published books and papers in basic and applied psychology, linguistics, and aviation. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with A320, A330, B-737, and CE500 type ratings; he is also a certified flight instructor for airplanes and helicopters, with over 35 years of flight experience. Captain Mike Bender, FDX Accident Investigation Board Chair Air Line Pilots Association, International Captain Bender began his commercial aviation career at FedEx in April 1995. He was initially trained as a Flight Engineer on the Boeing 727. A year later he upgraded to First Officer on the MD-11, and flew in that position until 2003. He then upgraded to Captain on the MD-11. He has accumulated over 4,600 hours on the “Maddog,” flying both international and domestic routes, primarily from the FedEx Anchorage, Alaska, domicile. He took over as the MEC Chief Accident Investigator in 2001 and assumed the position of Central Air Safety Chair in January 2008, serving in that position until May 2011. He has served as a member of ALPA’s Accident Investigation Board since 2004 and took over as Chair of that body also in January 2008. He is an instructor at the Accident Investigation Two course, formerly known as the Basic Accident Investigation course. Captain Bender’s previous professional life was as a naval aviator. He served in the Navy for 20 years, from 1973 until 1993, culminating in command of his own sea-going squadron. He accumulated over 4,400 hours in Navy tactical aircraft, with over 3,300 in the EA-6B Prowler, a carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft based at Whidbey Island, WA. During that period, he attended the Naval Aviation Safety School and served in Aviation Safety positions in several squadrons and organizations. Before being hired by FedEx in 1995, he worked as a field researcher at the NASA Ames Research Facility, where he participated in a study on Pilot Fatigue Issues in Long Haul Flights. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri in 1973, and a master’s degree with a specialty in aviation safety from Embry-Riddle University in 1998.