AVIATION FAMILY FUND - Key Persons
President & CEO of the Aviation Family Fund (AFF), a 501c3 non-profit fund he established to assist aviation families with financial help throughout chemical dependency treatment. Prior to his current title of Captain, Dana was Chairman for the Airline Pilots Association International (ALPA) Human Intervention & Motivation Study (HIMS) program, & Chairman of the FAA Advisory Board for HIMS. In this role, he represented approximately 100K commercial pilots in over 30 airlines. Dana is currently serving as a board member with Faces & Voices of Recovery in Washington D.C.
Education
Betty Ford Center, Hazelton Foundation, Blair SAP Training, NAADAC, Pilot Assistance Program (Canada) & 30+ HIMS seminars
Dana Archibald, Founder & CEO, has dedicated his life to work with recovery within the aviation community while experiencing his own personal journey. With over 25 years in the aviation industry, his resources are many.
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Executive Assistant
- Executive Secretary
Twenty-five years later, Karyn has gained an immense amount of experience and knowledge in hotel and restaurant management. With positions in Front Office Management, Operations, Sales and Events, and ultimately, as Executive Assistant, Karyn has managed daily office functions, to planned events for 700 people (she did manage to become a Flight Attendant for a few years in-between!). In this role for the past fifteen years, Karyn has excelled at being the force behind the executive, always ensuring the t's are crossed and the i's dotted. Her organization skills are beyond measure, and she manages to juggle numerous tasks simultaneously without effort. Karyn excels at communication and has a unique and calming manner when dealing with people, whom she has faced first-hand in the hospitality industry for over two decades. She has been fortunate to advance her career to support National Executives, CEO's and CFO's of corporations, and will tell anyone that she loves what she does.
As Executive Assistant, Karyn willfully accepted leading community related efforts throughout Westchester, New York State and support of other national organizations. For many years, she was an avid sponsor of NCADD (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence), Make-A-Wish Foundation, Habitat-for-Humanity, SPCA, Lexington Center for Recovery, and now steps up as Secretary to the Aviation Family Fund (AFF), a cause she deeply believes in and is truly excited to be a part of.
Recently, Karyn moved from NY to NC, the home-base for AFF. She lives with her husband Peter, and Golden Retriever, Kirby, in Morrisville, NC. Her son is an airmen with the United States Air Force, and her daughter lives and works in NY. In her role as Secretary, Karyn's goal is to assist in having AFF recognized and supported throughout the aviation industry, nationally, and eventually, world-wide.
Karyn Joy Rivera, Assistant, has decades of volunteer and support work behind her in numerous areas, inclusive of recovery. Karyn is a former flight attendant who has risen in the corporate world to assist CEO's of large and small companies, and continues to keep AFF's mission moving forward with outreach efforts.
Originally from Massachusettes, Marcia Archibald is a business-minded individual, a loving Mom to her children, a devoted wife, and a master at juggling priorities. Marcia began her career woking with numbers in the late 1980's. She has held positions in corporate accounts payable, as well as spent a number of years in banking with a federal credit union.
Longing to share her caring nature, Marcia became a Flight Attendant for Busienss Express Airlines (BEX) in the mid-1990's and developed numerous relationships throughout the years she spent at BEX. When she met "the man of her dreams," she was married and it was time to settle in and raise her family. Marcia left BEX, but not her dreams of caring for others, and she took many of those long-lasting relationships with her.
While taking care of her children, Marcia attended school and obtained her Certified Nursing Assistant Certification (CNA). She proceeded to work part-time taking care of seniors within elderly communities, managing her family priorities, and preparing to relocate from Connecticut to North Carolina.
Upon arriving in Apex, NC, she passed her state CNA testing with a score of 100% and proceeded to immediately find employment. It soon became clear that her CNA days would have to be put on hold as her youngest daughter still needed her to be home at certain timeframes. Marcia didn't allow this to bring her down. In fact, she decided, in taking care of her own child, she could certainly take care of others and has been a respected, valued child-care provider ever since. Marcia continuously strives to reinvent herself when life throws her a curve-ball, and always manages to come out on top!
Marcia lives in Apex, NC with her husband, three children, and Newfoundland dog. She is committed to Aviation Family Fund as she has experienced addiction first-hand with a family member, and will use her finaincial skills as well as her nurturing to take on her role as Treasurer.
Marcia Archibald, Treasurer, has made it her purpose to be at the forefront of AFF's mission and goal. A former flight attendant, and banking professional, Marcia intends to utilize her expertise in making AFF's funds available to those in need.