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United States Army Colonel and the first Latina pilot of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Col. Chalas Currently serves as the officer in charge of operations and training for the U.S. Army Reserve Aviation Command, overseeing more than 250 aircraft and 4,000 personnel. Previously she served as the Army Congressional Budget Liaison, where she was responsible for Aviation, Missiles, and Chemical portfolios. 

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Is the president and founder of the Captains Council, airline captain in the United States and an avid writer of aviation opinions and articles. Francisco is also the president and found of the AOPA chapter in Dominican Republic, and writes a weekly column for the Dominican newspaper Diario Libre.

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Is the secretary general and founding member of the Captains Council, airline captain in the United States and a lifelong advocate for education. 

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A long respected expert in Dominicana aviation, Capt. Rivera has been an airline pilot in Dominican Republic, United States and Japan. He has been involved with airline training through his professional career, having serve as Line Check Airman both in the US and Japan. 

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Eliana Gomez

Eliana is a highly skilled professional of the Dominican aviation sector, having served as the national director for the department of passenger facilitation (an ICAO Annex), for the Civil Aviation Board (JAC in Spanish), and who oversaw the proper implementation of several new programs in the civil aviation system. Among her most important functions were the supervision of the Commission of Aircraft Accident Investigation (CIAA in Spanish).

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