O’Keeffe Appointed NARA Chairman

Mike O'Keeffe, NARA chairman.Michael O’Keeffe, Sr. Vice President at Banyan Air Service, was recently appointed as Board Chairman for the National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA). O'Keeffe has been a NARA member since 2003 and has been elected by his peers to be the 2009 Chairmana of the Association, said President, Susan Sheets.

“Michael’s dedicated service to NARA spans many years, first assecretary, then treasurer for two consecutive years, and vice chairman in 2008," Sheets said. "Given his extensive experience in aircraft sales and excellent connections to the broker/dealer community, we are very pleased that Michael will continue to lead NARA as its chairman. The industry faces some challenging times ahead and Michael is the man for the job.”

O'Keeffe joined Banyan Air Service in 1996 and has served in a variety of managerial positions with Banyan, including vice president of aircraft maintenance, general manager, director of operations, and now he is responsible for aircraft sales and management.

He is an active pilot and holds an Airline Transport Pilot license (ATP), instrument, multi-engine land and sea plane ratings along with type ratings in King Air 300/350 Turboprops and Citation 500 series jets. He has an undergraduate degree in finance and a Master’s of Business Administration from Embry Riddle University.