Leadership

PMOPA Board of Directors

S. John Granmayeh, President

John Walters, Vice President

Victor Rivas, Secretary-Treasurer

Ryan Oltman, Past President

Tom Arnold, At-large

Manny Casiano, ex-officio; Chair of PMOPA SEF

Kim Coryat, At-large

Don Kukla, At-large

Mike Nichols, CAM, CAE, ex-officio; PMOPA CEO 

Steve Nunn, At-large

PMOPA Executives

Mike Nichols, CAM, CAE
Chief Executive Officer

Mike Nichols is the Chief Executive Officer of the Piper M-Class Owners & Pilots Association (PMOPA) representing the interests of owners and pilots worldwide who fly Piper PA-46 derivative (Malibu, Mirage, Matrix, Meridian, M-Class, and JetPROP) aircraft. He also serves on the board of directors of Volato, a fractional aircraft program, charter operator, and aircraft management company, and on the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) Governing Board, chairing its marketing committee.

Nichols is the founder and principle of an aviation and business strategy consultancy, Flieger Strategies, LLC, and was a senior executive at NBAA where he worked for 18 years. During his tenure at NBAA, Nichols advocated for the business aviation industry on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rule making committees, effectively preventing the implementation of onerous regulations while facilitating those that enhance safety and operations; directed federal and state aviation tax policy and education initiatives; successfully lobbied state revenue agencies, IRS, Department of Treasury and the U.S. Congress for fair taxation treatment of ownership/operation of business aircraft; generated significant growth in NBAA’s conferences and seminars and regional forums lines of business; and led the team that produced ABACE - the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition - an annual business aviation trade show in Shanghai, China. Along with other forward-thinking initiatives, he created and was the principal author of the NBAA Sustainable Flight Department Accreditation Program which was designed to lead business aviation operations towards environmental sustainability objectives.

A life-long learner, Nichols earned the Certified Aviation Manager (CAM), Certified Association Executive (CAE) and Institute for Organizational Management (IOM) credentials. He is an active instrument-rated private pilot and owns a Grumman Tiger aircraft. 

Contact Information:

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