Academy Leadership

Ms. Young will be responsible for creating the curriculum for the courses.  She has a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering, both from Old Dominion University. She holds an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate.

At Virginia Peninsula Community College (VPCC, formerly Thomas Nelson Community College) Julie is responsible for curriculum development for all courses in Mechanical Engineering Technology (since 2007) and Unmanned Systems (since 2017).  To her credit, over 300 students have graduated with an Applied Associate in Mechanical Engineering Technology.  Many have transferred to Old Dominion University to complete a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology.  She has a 100% pass rate of students taking the FAA Remote Pilot Certification Exam and has expanded the UMS Career Studies Certificate from 9 credits to 18 credits, with options for electives.  She has also developed curriculum for week-long camps and teacher workshops.

Since 2007, Daniel G Wolfe has been the Founder and Chief Executive for Universal Solutions International (USI), Newport News, VA. USI is a senior management services organization focused on maturing and transitioning new aviation concepts, manned or unmanned, enabling technologies such as electric propulsion and autonomy, and maturing flight capabilities into long term, enduring defense and civil programs. He has successfully grown USI, as a small high-tech business, to over 100 employees focused on S&T innovative applied research, test, demonstration, and commercialization for unmanned aviation, additive manufacturing, airborne C5ISR, terrestrial sensors, and advanced propulsion systems.

He is also the President of the Hampton Roads Chapter of AUVSI, a non-profit whose mission is to promote unscrewed systems across air, land, sea and space ecosystems through engagement programs with businesses, educational institutions, government and professional societies.  Recently, AUVSI hosted an Advance Air Mobility Exposition at the Hampton Roads Executive Airport, and the concept of the eAviation & Drone Academy was introduced.  Wolfe is well connected in the military and business sectors.

Recently, he has directly provided Senior leader advisement for the successful testing, demonstration, and wartime fielding of the Army Sky Warrior UAS and of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS mission systems; aircraft and associated sensor systems in support of Special Operations Forces and the Intelligence Community.  He holds a Top Secret / SCI Clearance.

Daniel Wolfe comes with a highly successful 25-year military career in Army Aviation R&D. Assignments include Attack Helicopter Company Commander, Attack/Recon Flight Test Division Chief, PM AH-64D Apache, International Apache PMO, PM Special Operations Aviation, and Director, Army Accelerated Capabilities Directorate.

Daniel Wolfe educational credentials:

• Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Master of Science in National Industrial Security
• DSMC Senior Program Management Course
• Command and General Staff College
• US Naval Experimental Test Pilot Course
• Georgia Institute of Technology, Master of Aerospace Engineering, 1992
• Army Aviation Advanced Course
• United States Military Academy, Bachelor of Science in General Engineering, 1982

Since 2000, Steven Fox has been the majority owner of Virginia Aviation Associates, LLC, the owner of Hampton Roads Executive Airport (KPVG), the largest public use reliever general aviation airport in Virginia.  Fox has commuted to work at the airport by helicopter for 23 years and has used helicopters for the benefit of his real estate clients for 31 years.

Fox has a wealth of diversified experience in development, sales and management in the manufacturing, aviation and auction business. Under his leadership, the national auction franchise TRANZON was born. Utilizing his vast sphere of national real estate contacts in 2001, Fox was set to launch a national urban helicopter corridor route system using skyscraper rooftops and starting in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA ... then 9/11 happened. So, his focus shifted to development at the airport property, which included construction of a new 5350' runway, state-of-the-art terminal building, and increasing hangar square footage from 170,000SF to 500,000SF.  At present, Fox is working on transitioning KPVG into an AAM hub.

Fox is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering. He is also an instrument rated helicopter and fixed wing pilot. In partnership with his son Luke, also a UVA graduate (Mechanical Engineering) who completed his Master’s Degree in Engineering Management at Old Dominion University, Fox developed and implemented a three-week Airport Operations Training Program.