The First Flight Society National Advisory Committee is responsible for choosing the candidates for the annual Paul E Garber Award. Each year they choose from the honoree submissions and present their choices to the Board of Directors to vote on.
Here are the current National Advisory Committee members:
- Bill Douglas – FFS Member, Chairman
- Dr. Tom Crouch – FFS Honorary Lifetime Member
- Mackensie Wittmer – Executive Director, National Aviation Heritage Area
- Dr. Kuldeep Rawat – Dean, ECSU
- Dave Roy – Vice President, AOPA
- Keegan Chetwynd – Director, Military Aviation Museum
- Dave Hallac – Superintendent, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (non voting member)