As the twelfth president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), Capt. Jason Ambrosi (Delta) leads the world's largest airline pilot union and nongovernmental aviation safety organization, proudly representing more than 79,000 airline pilots in the United States and Canada. ALPA’s Board of Directors elected Capt. Ambrosi on Oct. 19, 2022.

Capt. Ambrosi builds on ALPA’s 90-plus-year history of advancing the aviation profession and understands the unique issues that impact our members’ careers and the expanding industry. Under his leadership, ALPA will continue to negotiate industry-leading contracts, protect and promote pilot jobs, and ensure that aviation safety remains a top priority.

During his four-year term, Capt. Ambrosi will guide ALPA through the ever-changing aviation industry as well as the generational demographic shift occurring within the union and throughout the profession. Capt. Ambrosi brings 25 years of ALPA experience that will support, engage, and inspire our newest members—and future pilots.

As a collaborative labor leader, Capt. Ambrosi proudly stands shoulder to shoulder with pilots and other frontline workers across the globe to send a clear message to management teams that the labor force deserves to be recognized for their contributions and the sacrifices made during the pandemic to keep companies operational. Under his leadership as the Delta pilots’ Master Executive Council chair, the airline emerged well-positioned for the post-COVID travel recovery.

Capt. Ambrosi flies the 767ER at Delta Air Lines and plans to maintain his currency throughout his ALPA presidency. He began his airline flying career at Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a former Delta Connection carrier and regional airline. Hired by Delta in 2000 just 18 months prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Capt. Ambrosi lived through the instability of the airline industry during its darkest days and was among the many pilots furloughed after 9/11. He lost his pension when Delta Air Lines filed for bankruptcy in 2005.

While on furlough, Capt. Ambrosi worked for a charter airline where he advocated for labor representation and helped build a strong safety culture. This experience shaped him into the labor visionary he is today, understanding that unity is the common denominator among all pilots.

In addition to his ALPA responsibilities, Capt. Ambrosi is a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and resides in Griffin, Ga., with his wife, Heather, and their two children.

Don Ruhmann is the chief aerospace safety officer of The Boeing Company, senior vice president of Global Aerospace Safety, and a member of the company’s Executive Council. Named to this role in 2025, Ruhmann is responsible for strengthening the safety practices and culture at Boeing and advancing the company’s comprehensive Global Aerospace Safety strategy, including integrated responsibility for Product & Services Safety, Aerospace Safety Analytics, and Global Aviation Safety System. Ruhmann is accountable to the Aerospace Safety Committee of the Boeing Board of Directors.

Ruhmann was previously vice president of Development Programs for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In this role, he oversaw program management of new derivative airplanes from initial offering through certification and entry into service, which included working with global regulators to ensure each new product met regulatory requirements and incorporated industry best practices.

Prior to this assignment, Ruhmann was vice president and chief project engineer for the 787 program. He was responsible for the safety, product integrity, configuration, design and airplane performance on the 787 program.

From 2013 to 2020, Ruhmann served in engineering leadership roles on the 777 and 777X program. He was the director of Engineering for the 777 and 777X program, overseeing engineering performance and execution and leading integration of the 777 and 777X engineering teams. Before that, he led Airplane Engineering & Connectivity Integration for the 777X program, leading airplane-level integration and test.

Previously Ruhmann was the regional vice president of Commercial Aviation Services for Middle East, Russia, Central Asia and Africa. He was the senior Boeing counterpart to airline technical and operations executives for post-delivery technical support and business issues.

Ruhmann was the director of 787 propulsion systems for type certification and initial delivery. He also served as the 777 fleet chief. Ruhmann has held a variety of technical and leadership roles since joining Boeing in 1989 as a liaison engineer.

Ruhmann serves on the Texas A&M University College of Engineering Industry Advisory Council.

Ruhmann holds a master’s degree in Applications of Physics from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University. He also completed executive education at Columbia University and holds a private pilot license.

Jennifer L. Homendy is the 15th Chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an independent federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant events in other modes of transportation, including rail, transit, roadway, marine, pipeline, and commercial space. She is the fourth woman to serve as NTSB Chairwoman since the agency was created in 1967.

Homendy has served at the NTSB since 2018. She was first nominated by President Trump and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2018 (to serve a one-year vacancy) and again in 2019 (for a full five-year term) to be a Board Member. In 2021, she was nominated by President Biden and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Chairwoman.

​Homendy was re-nominated as Chairwoman and Board Member and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2024. Her three-year term as Chairwoman expires on August 10, 2027; her five-year term as Board Member expires on December 31, 2029. See 49 U.S. Code §1111.

As Chairwoman, Homendy serves as the agency’s chief executive officer and chief administrative officer, managing an annual budget of about $145 million and more than 400 full-time employees across the country, including the NTSB’s regional offices located in Anchorage, Alaska; Seattle, Washington; Denver, Colorado; and Washington, DC

Chairwoman Homendy has used her national platform to advocate for the implementation of NTSB safety recommendations across all modes of transportation; in particular, safety recommendations that would save lives on our nation’s roads, where 95% of all transportation deaths occur.

As a vocal champion of the Safe System Approach, Chairwoman Homendy speaks often about the need for a holistic approach to improving road safety, preventing crashes and injuries, and saving lives on our nation’s roads — an approach that has proved successful in other transportation modes, including commercial aviation. Her advocacy includes highlighting strategies to reverse the deadly epidemic of traffic deaths, which have surged nationwide over the last two decades. Her work has been especially focused on protecting vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and people with disabilities.

Among Chairwoman Homendy’s top priorities is to ensure the NTSB’s readiness to carry out its mission amid rapid technological advancement in all modes of transportation, including advanced driver assistance systems, automated vehicles, commercial space transportation, uncrewed aircraft systems, advanced air mobility, supersonic aircraft, high-speed ground transportation, and clean energy sources to fuel vehicles, such as high-voltage lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen. She pushes for measures that will not only save lives but preserve the public’s trust in proven lifesaving technologies, such as automatic emergency braking and forward-collision warning.

Chairwoman Homendy is a staunch advocate for improving passenger and fishing vessel safety​, having served as the Board Member on scene for the fire and subsequent sinking of the Conception dive boat off the coast of California in September 2019: the deadliest U.S. marine tragedy in recent history. She continues to push for the implementation of safety recommendations stemming from the Conception investigation as well as past NTSB investigations, including: the 2018 sinking of the amphibious passenger vessel Stretch Duck 7 in Branson, Missouri; the 2017 capsizing and sinking of fishing vessel Destination in Alaska; and the 2014 capsizing and sinking of fishing vessel Christopher’s Joy in Louisiana.

In aviation, Chairwoman Homendy is focused on addressing NTSB’s long history of concerns with the ​safety of revenue passenger-carrying aviation operations​. These operations — which include parachute jump flights and sightseeing flights conducted in hot air balloons, helicopters, and other aircraft — are not subject to the same maintenance, airworthiness, and operational requirements as other commercial flight operations. Chairwoman Homendy’s passion for this issue is due in part to being the Board Member on scene for multiple tragedies involving these operations, including the crash of a parachute jump flight in Hawaii that killed 11; the midair collision of two sightseeing flights in Alaska that killed six and injured 10; and the crash of a vintage B-17 sightseeing flight that killed seven and injured seven others.

Chairwoman Homendy is also dedicated to continuing to hold commercial aviation in the United States to the highest standards of safety. While a Member of the Board, Chairwoman Homendy reviewed and debated recommendations that would ensure the National Air Space continues to be the safest in the world and that lessons are learned from every accident or incident the NTSB has investigated,

From 2004 to 2018, Chairwoman Homendy served as the Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I Committee) of the U.S. House of Representatives. During her time on Capitol Hill, she served as a Senior Fellow in the 115th Congress for the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service, a bipartisan, bicameral leadership development experience for senior staff members of the U.S. Congress. Established in the 103rd Congress, the Stennis Fellows program focuses on future challenges to Congress as an institution of American democracy and the leadership role played by senior congressional staff in meeting those challenges.

Prior to her more than 20 years in public service, she served as Legislative Representative for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), where she represented the interests of working families before Congress and the Executive Branch, focusing on transportation (trucking, rail, and aviation) and international trade issues. While at the IBT, Homendy was a proud member of Teamsters Local 70 in Oakland, California, and served as a classified liaison for the Teamsters on the President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Trade, and the U.S. National Administrative Office’s North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation.

In an earlier role at the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, Chairwoman Homendy spearheaded transportation labor’s efforts to reauthorize the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s hazardous materials safety program. Before that, Chairwoman Homendy served as Manager of Government Relations and Legislative Representative for the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), where she advocated for the American steel industry and its employees before Congress in the areas of domestic manufacturing, transportation, environment, and energy; and as Senate Assistant for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners.

Chairwoman Homendy is an enthusiastic student of all NTSB modal areas. In addition to earning Pro Board® certification as a Hazardous Materials Responder at the Core Operations Level (with Product Control and Personal Protective Equipment Mission Specific Competencies), Chairwoman Homendy completed Private Pilot Ground School, has logged hours in a Cessna 172, and holds an M2 motorcycle endorsement. She is also an avid runner and cyclist, which fuels her advocacy work on behalf of vulnerable road users.

Chairwoman Homendy completed her undergraduate studies at the Pennsylvania State University and obtained her Master of Transportation Safety Administration degree from the Institute for Global Road Safety and Security from Clemson University.

Her awards include:

The 2022 Changemaker Award from Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) for her “unwavering leadership in changing the culture of mobility safety.”
The 2022 “Streetsie” Award from Streetsblog USA.
The 2023 All Stars Award from Automotive News for the significant impact her leadership has had on improving safety on our highways.”
The 2023 Larry Willis Leadership Award​ from TTD for her “commitment, dedication, and advocacy on behalf of transportation workers.”
The Highway Safety Hero Award for 2024 from Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety for her “leadership and contributions to make roadways safer.”