PHIPPS & BIRD - Key Persons

Technical Support duties are shared by GEORGE CATLIN and WES SKAPERDAS. George is our Production Manager. He came to Phipps & Bird in November, 1983. A journeyman machinist by trade, George assumed production responsibilities in 1991. (And we assumed someone had actually promoted him!) Familiar with the manufacture of all of Phipps & Bird's products, George is a valuable Tech Support resource. When not on the shop floor, George can be found at the coffee pot mainlining Maxwell House or reached at extension 207.

LISA PAYNE is our Administrative Services Coordinator. She joined the Phipps & Bird team early in 2022 and already knows everything there is to know about every P&B product! Seriously! Give her a shout at extension 218. She will take your order and handle your customer service questions knowledgeably, professionally and with a great sense of humor.

PAT SKAPERDAS is our corporate Executive Vice President, majority stockholder and Charge D'Affairs (we always did want to have someone with that title on staff!). In addition to doing director-level stuff, Pat handles all our bookkeeping, human resource and general administrative issues, and supervises the customer service and vendor relations functions. She is also in charge of the corporate fleet of aircraft, but since we haven't acquired any aircraft yet, that part of the job is pretty easy. Call her at extension 212.