ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Jeffrey Sventek

Jeff is the Executive Director of the Aerospace Medical Association. He assumed his Executive Director role in January 2010 following 34 years of service to our nation as a scientist and officer in the US Air Force, retiring as a Colonel.  He holds a BS in Biology (magna cum laude) from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and an MS in Physiology from Rutgers University.  Jeff is board-certified in Aerospace Physiology and is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association.  Jeff is also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. 

During his Air Force career, Jeff served as an AF Aerospace Physiologist and was selected by the Air Force Surgeon General as the first-ever Lieutenant Colonel to serve as the Chief of AF Aerospace Physiology.  Jeff held a number of command and leadership positions from 1999 until he retired from the Air Force as the Deputy Command Surgeon for the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and as 14th Chief of the AF Biomedical Sciences Corps.

As Executive Director of the Aerospace Medical Association, Jeff serves as the Chief Operating Officer of a 2,000 member professional association.  The Aerospace Medical Association is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes. It is the largest, most-representative professional membership organization in the fields of aviation, space, environmental medicine, and human performance.