Board Committees

Mike Stone serves as a director of BETA. Mr. Stone has served as a director on our Board since April 2022. Mr. Stone is the Founder of FS Investors. Mr. Stone is a Senior Advisor to TPG (Nasdaq: TPG). Mr. Stone joined TPG in 2009 and served in various roles over the years, most recently as Chief Investment Officer of The Rise Funds and The Rise Climate Funds. He was also Co-Managing Partner of TPG Growth. Mike is a retired Senior Partner and past President of J.H. Whitney & Co, where he was employed from 1989 to 2009. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Duke University and Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He is a Trustee to Duke University and serves on the Board of Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, and the Board of Overseers for the Hoover Institution. He chairs the boards of Wilderness Holdings, a safari camp owner/operator, Anew Climate, Mendocino Farms, and Hybar Steel.

Charles “Chuck” Davis serves as the Chair of our Board and has served as such since February 2021. Mr. Davis is a founder, the Chairman, and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Stone Point Capital, a financial services focused investment firm with over $65 billion in assets under management. Before joining Stone Point in 1998 he spent 23 years at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (NYSE: GS), where, among other positions, Mr. Davis served as head of Investment Banking Services worldwide, a member of the International Executive Committee, and a General Partner. Mr. Davis was an Independent Director of The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) between 2007 and 2021, where he was Chairman for his final three years of service. He has been an Independent Director of Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR) since October 1996, he served as a Director of Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBVT) from 1985 to 2008, and he was a director at Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC) from 2000 to 2004. He has also served as a director of AXIS Capital (NYSE: AXS) since 2001. Mr. Davis holds a Master of Business Administration from the Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education from the University of Vermont. Mr. Davis also holds an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Middlebury College. Because of Mr. Davis’s distinguished career advising companies and his extensive knowledge of corporate finance, we believe he is qualified to serve on our Board. Mr. Davis is currently a student pilot.

General (RET) James McConville serves as a director of BETA. General McConville has served as a director on the Board since October 2024. He has been the Operating Partner for AE Industrial Partners, a National Security and Aerospace Private Equity firm since September 2023. General McConville was the 40th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from May 1981 to August 2023. General McConville led combat organizations from the platoon to the division level and was the longest serving commander of 101st Airborne Division. His leadership and modernization initiatives led the Army through significant transformational efforts and included the adoption of a new information age-focused talent management platform, as well as new weapon systems. He is a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University and a member of the Georgia Tech Research Institute External Advisory Council. General McConville also serves as a member of the board of directors of All.Space since October 2025, and served as a member of the board of directors of Edge Autonomy (now Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW)) from October 2023 to June 2025 and REDLattice from October 2023 to January 2025. General McConville holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech and was a 2002 National Security Fellow at Harvard University. He is a 2024 Distinguished Graduate of the United States Military Academy and a 2024 member of the Army Aviation Hall of Fame and qualified in the AH-64D Apache, OH-58D, AH-6, AH-1 and others.

Martine A. Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A., serves as a director of BETA. She has served as a director of BETA since February 2021. Dr. Rothblatt founded United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR) in 1996 and has served as Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer since its inception. Previously, she created SiriusXM satellite radio (Nasdaq: SIRI), through which she was responsible for enhancing aviation safety by delivery of real-time weather information to aircraft in flight and for which, among her many other pioneering efforts in electric aviation, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) selected Dr. Rothblatt in 2021 for its highest honor, the Meritorious Service to Aviation Award. In 2019 she received the inaugural UP Leadership Award for her advances in eVTOL technology, including her creation in 2016 and subsequent piloting to world-record distances of the world’s first electrically-powered full-size helicopter. Dr. Rothblatt has over 2000 hours piloting fixed wing and rotorcraft aircraft and served as the first flight engineer for the BETA ALIA. Through United Therapeutics, Dr. Rothblatt oversees hundreds of organ delivery flights per year from transplant donor hospitals to her company’s facilities for bioengineering services and then on to transplant recipient hospitals. She also implemented the world’s first lung transplant delivered by electric drone. Dr. Rothblatt earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Ethics from the University of London after earning Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees from University of California, Los Angeles, which also recently awarded her the University of California, Los Angeles Medal, its highest honor. She is an inventor on ten U.S. patents with additional patents pending.

Charles “Chuck” Davis serves as the Chair of our Board and has served as such since February 2021. Mr. Davis is a founder, the Chairman, and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Stone Point Capital, a financial services focused investment firm with over $65 billion in assets under management. Before joining Stone Point in 1998 he spent 23 years at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (NYSE: GS), where, among other positions, Mr. Davis served as head of Investment Banking Services worldwide, a member of the International Executive Committee, and a General Partner. Mr. Davis was an Independent Director of The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) between 2007 and 2021, where he was Chairman for his final three years of service. He has been an Independent Director of Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR) since October 1996, he served as a Director of Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBVT) from 1985 to 2008, and he was a director at Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC) from 2000 to 2004. He has also served as a director of AXIS Capital (NYSE: AXS) since 2001. Mr. Davis holds a Master of Business Administration from the Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education from the University of Vermont. Mr. Davis also holds an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Middlebury College. Because of Mr. Davis’s distinguished career advising companies and his extensive knowledge of corporate finance, we believe he is qualified to serve on our Board. Mr. Davis is currently a student pilot.

Dr. Dean L. Kamen, Ph.D., serves as a director at BETA. Dr. Kamen has served as a director on the Board since February 2021. Dr. Kamen is an inventor, an entrepreneur, and an advocate for science and technology. As an inventor, he holds more than 1000 U.S. and foreign patents, many of them for innovative medical devices that have expanded the frontiers of health care worldwide, including founding Segway in 1999. In addition, Dr. Kamen founded DEKA Research & Development Corporation (“DEKA”) in 1982 and has acted as President since its inception to develop breakthrough inventions as well as to provide research and development for major corporate clients. In addition to DEKA, Dr. Kamen founded FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization dedicated to motivating the next generation to understand, use and enjoy science and technology. Dr. Kamen received the Heinz Award in Technology, Economy, and Employment in 1998, the National Medal of Technology in 2000, the Lemelson-MIT Prize in 2002, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005. He is a helicopter and fixed wing pilot. Dr. Kamen holds a Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

General (RET) James McConville serves as a director of BETA. General McConville has served as a director on the Board since October 2024. He has been the Operating Partner for AE Industrial Partners, a National Security and Aerospace Private Equity firm since September 2023. General McConville was the 40th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from May 1981 to August 2023. General McConville led combat organizations from the platoon to the division level and was the longest serving commander of 101st Airborne Division. His leadership and modernization initiatives led the Army through significant transformational efforts and included the adoption of a new information age-focused talent management platform, as well as new weapon systems. He is a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University and a member of the Georgia Tech Research Institute External Advisory Council. General McConville also serves as a member of the board of directors of All.Space since October 2025, and served as a member of the board of directors of Edge Autonomy (now Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW)) from October 2023 to June 2025 and REDLattice from October 2023 to January 2025. General McConville holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech and was a 2002 National Security Fellow at Harvard University. He is a 2024 Distinguished Graduate of the United States Military Academy and a 2024 member of the Army Aviation Hall of Fame and qualified in the AH-64D Apache, OH-58D, AH-6, AH-1 and others.

Kyle Clark is our President and Chief Executive Officer and leads all technical and strategic components of the business including design, test and certification strategy, and commercialization of the ALIA aircraft platform. Mr. Clark has served as our Chief Executive Officer since inception in June 2018. Mr. Clark is one of the test pilots of all of BETA’s experimental aircraft. Mr. Clark has founded companies in the areas of electrification, energy storage and collaboration software. He was previously the co-founder of iTherm Technologies and subsequently the Director of Engineering at Dynapower Company (now Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (NYSE: ST)), where he created and managed an engineering team that designed, manufactured, certified, and deployed power systems ranging from 100 kW to 36,000 kW. Mr. Clark holds patents in the areas of production of electrical aircraft and associated batteries or related technologies. Mr. Clark received an A.B. in Materials Sciences and Engineering from Harvard University School. Mr. Clark is also a pilot and certified flight instructor with over 4,000 hours in fixed wing and rotorcraft aircraft including a type rating in the Embraer Phenom 300, and has completed over 200 test flights in electric aircraft.

John E. Abele serves as a director for BETA. Mr. Abele has served as a director on the Board since June 2023. He is the co-founder of Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX), a global leader in medical devices, where he served as an officer and director from June 1979 to May 2011. During his time at Boston Scientific, Mr. Abele pioneered the development of medical devices that would allow for less invasive surgery, with a goal to benefit public health by providing more accessible, lower-cost and lower-trauma medical treatment options. Mr. Abele holds numerous patents and has published and lectured extensively on the technology of various medical devices and on the technical, social, economic and political trends and issues affecting healthcare. He is widely regarded as a pioneer in the field of minimally invasive medicine which has profoundly improved patient outcomes worldwide. His Wisconsin-based Argosy Foundation supports creative and entrepreneurial approaches that empower and inspire people to make a positive impact on their communities. Mr. Abele holds a Bachelor of Arts in Physics and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Amherst College.

Charles “Chuck” Davis serves as the Chair of our Board and has served as such since February 2021. Mr. Davis is a founder, the Chairman, and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Stone Point Capital, a financial services focused investment firm with over $65 billion in assets under management. Before joining Stone Point in 1998 he spent 23 years at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (NYSE: GS), where, among other positions, Mr. Davis served as head of Investment Banking Services worldwide, a member of the International Executive Committee, and a General Partner. Mr. Davis was an Independent Director of The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) between 2007 and 2021, where he was Chairman for his final three years of service. He has been an Independent Director of Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR) since October 1996, he served as a Director of Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBVT) from 1985 to 2008, and he was a director at Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC) from 2000 to 2004. He has also served as a director of AXIS Capital (NYSE: AXS) since 2001. Mr. Davis holds a Master of Business Administration from the Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education from the University of Vermont. Mr. Davis also holds an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Middlebury College. Because of Mr. Davis’s distinguished career advising companies and his extensive knowledge of corporate finance, we believe he is qualified to serve on our Board. Mr. Davis is currently a student pilot.