People
Leadership
Tombo Jones
Director
(540) 231-8890 (office)
(912) 572-5969 (cell) tomboj@vt.edu
Headshot of MAAP associate director John Coggin
John Coggin
Associate Director
(540) 231-8483
jcoggin@vt.edu
Administrative
Vicki Kaylor
Administrative Assistant
(540) 231-9416 vickik@vt.edu
Vicky Moore
Business Manager
(540) 231-8628 vimoore@vt.edu
Project Management
Christine Tysor
Program Manager
(540) 231-9716 ctysor@vt.edu
Matt Delano
Project Manager
(540) 231-4657 mdelano@vt.edu
Rex Perdue
Project Manager
(540) 231-8347 rcperdue@vt.edu
Engineering
Robert Briggs
Chief Engineer
(540) 231-9373 rcbriggs@vt.edu
Toby Tracy
Engineering Project Manager
(540) 231-4110 tftracy@vt.edu
Andrew Kriz
Senior Engineer
(540) 231-3102 akriz@vt.edu
Jonathan Keller
Systems Integration & Test Engineer
(540) 231-1860 jonathk@vt.edu
Avery Sebolt
Systems Integration & Test Engineer
avery97@vt.edu
Agosh Singh
Systems Integration & Test Engineer
(540) 231-1781
asingh1@vt.edu
Operations
Leah Sanders
Chief of Operations
(540) 231-5564 leahsanders@vt.edu
Zachary Wehr
Safety Researcher
(540) 231-3470 wehrz@vt.edu
Jourdan Hill
Pilot and Safety Officer
jourdanh@vt.edu
Dakota Scharver
Pilot and Safety Officer
540-231-7489 dscharver@vt.edu
Affiliated Staff
Lexi Clatterbuck
Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science Communications Manager
lexi17@vt.edu
Veronica Spradlin
Drone Park Operations
& Training Manager
vspradli@vt.edu
Our talented staff includes
- FAA-certified pilots, flight instructors, and mechanics.
- DoD-trained drone operators and safety managers.
- Engineers.
- Project management professionals.
- And experts in a wide range of topics in to UAS technology and operations.