Stephen completed his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at California State University Northridge in 1985. Upon graduation, he worked with Accenture in computer science and manufacturing and is now in the software industry. He is currently a partner with OrderPort, LLC, which provides point of sale software for wineries.

Stephen serves as President of the Washington Seaplane Pilots Association. He is instrument rated and flies an amphibious De Havilland Beaver out of Boeing Field. Stephen began his association with the Washington Seaplane Pilots while working to successfully preserve float flying at Ross Lake in the North Cascades National Park. Later he helped lead the effort to preserve float flying on Lake Whatcom in Washington State. Stephen is also a board member with the Seaplane Pilots Association, which represents seaplane pilots more broadly in the US and internationally. Stephen and his wife, Kristie, have three children: Katharine, Nils and Peter. They make their home in Seattle, Washington and enjoy boating, flying and skiing in the Northwest.

One of the first things Bruce did after he and his wife Janie moved to Washington in 1998 was to purchase a fully restored Republic Seabee; their first airplane. Being unfamiliar with the PNW and Seaplanes, it was the WSPA members he immediately came into contact with that opened up their world.

Determined to continue the tradition of sharing it forward, he’s served the WSPA BOD in several different roles ever since to include President and VP. He created our first website, electronic (email) newsletter, discussion groups and has been instrumental in the process of working with WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Pacific States Marine Fisheries and US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Western Regional Panel to create an approved self-inspection program that’s been adopted by ID, OR and MT. In addition to helping us, he’s served for several terms on the BOD at SPA.

Bruce began flying when he was just 15 (1964) and wanted to become an airline pilot like his dad. Interrupted by the Vietnam war and the economy, that didn’t happen until he was 35 when he was hired at Continental Airlines. During the interim, he graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, flew Helicopters in the US Army, freight in DC-3s, Beech 18s and various turbo-props, demonstrated the MU-2 for Mitsubishi Aircraft, held a few corporate jobs along the way.

Today, he’s backed off a bit from the “Keeping our waters open to seaplanes routine” to work as a Simulator Instructor at Alaska Airlines. But, he’s still around to help and still just as passionate about it

Jack has been on the WSPA board for nearly seven years in the role as Treasurer. He became involved as a way to contribute to the greater good of the seaplane community. Jack is a Vietnam veteran and a UW graduate who built his career as a banking executive and CPA. He has always had a fascination with aviation that started at a young age. He learned to fly in 1971 at the Alameda Naval Air Station in San Francisco and began seaplane flying just 14 years ago. With now almost 600 hours of sea time, he enjoys every moment on the water and in the air.

Jack holds the ratings of ASEL and ASES and owns a C-185 (N70208) on straight floats which he keeps moored at Kenmore Air. His favorite places to fly include Lake Isabel in the Alpine Lake Wilderness Area of Washington and Priest Lake in the Idaho Panhandle. Two noteworthy flying experiences include the privilege of flying in support of a Wounded Warrior event in the Alaska bush during the summer of 2019 and the opportunity to fly a Grumman Goose with Addison Pemberton during the WSPA Annual Splash-In at Tanglefoot Seaplane Base on Priest Lake. In his spare time, Jack loves to hike, ski, travel, and play with his grandkids.

Don Goodman has been a WSPA member since 2012 and the Board Secretary since 2015. He Joined WSPA prior to having a pilot license! He was Austin Watson’s first SES student and they both survived (somehow). Don and his wife Natala enjoy seasonally flying their 1976 Cessna 182P on straight floats. Their passion is the remote places and long cross-country trips. They have been twice to OSH on straight floats and three times to the Canadian Yukon and Northwest Territories. Don has Commercial ratings AMEL, AMES, Instrument Airplane and Sport Endorsement Gyrocopter.

Kevin Franklin is a Toronto native and grew up watching seaplanes in Ontario. Kevin has lived in Seattle since 2012 and flies a Cessna 180 and a Lake LA-4. Kevin enjoys both restoring Seaplanes and Seaplane bases. His role with the WSPA includes documenting all of Washington’s “Lost Seaplane Bases”, working on FAA Seaplane base forms, the seaplane economic impact report, and compiling seaplane safety data. Professionally Kevin is a Video Game Designer who has worked on the Halo, SOCOM, and Need for Speed franchises. In 2016 Kevin co-founded Final Strike Games in Bellevue. Kevin holds his SES and Instrument rating, but still does not have a land endorsement. Kevin joined the WSPA board in 2017.

Jamie is currently an Aviation Practice Leader in the insurance brokerage space. He has served in the United States Marine Corps reserves and began serving on the Washington Seaplane Pilots Association board in June 2019. His goal is to help build and maintain the seaplane community by bringing flying to a larger population and showing the community the value and benefits seaplanes bring to an area. Jamie holds the following ratings: ASEL, AMEL, and ASES. He has been flying on floats for about three years. He is part owner of a Cessna 206 on straight floats, and prior to float flying, he has been part owner in a C210, C172, C150, and a Piper Apache Geronimo. His first passenger was his now 17-year-old son in 2006.

Scott joined WSPA in 2009 and was appointed to the board in 2020 working on legislation for seaplanes and as Newsletter Editor. Scott grew up swimming in and boating on the waters of the Chesapeake and knew instantly when seeing a Grumman Albatross splash down near him, that an aircraft with a hull would be in his future. As the son of a WWII pilot, aircraft and flying were inevitable. Scott graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach) with a double-major in Aeronautical Engineering and Flight/Air Science, obtaining his SEL license at age 18. He has spent his entire career in aircraft development, working many years in Boeing’s flight test organizations for the 777-200 and F-22 Raptor, and later as an executive with aerospace suppliers. Scott holds SES and MES ratings and recently purchased a Republic Seabee, becoming the 10th owner of this classic that has been in the Northwest for most of its pampered life, hangared at Harvey Field. Scott lives in Seattle with his wife, Ede, and daughters Cassandra and April.

Bayan’s fascination with airplanes began when he was just a toddler and developed into a love for seaplane flying. He began learning to fly in 2013, and a month after receiving his private pilot certificate received his seaplane rating. He enjoys backcountry and mountain flying on amphib floats as well as wheels in his rare 1976 SIAI-MARCHETTI SM1019 warbird, which is the second plane of that type he has owned.

Bayan lives on Lake Sammamish and is a tech innovator and entrepreneur who has founded technology businesses in the telephony and internet infrastructure. When not working or flying, Bayan enjoys spending time with his children Lily and Nuri, who love flying too. He loves the mission of WSPA to protect and grow seaplane access and share the joy of seaplane flying.

Quinn Dillon is the Assistant Chief Pilot, a company flight instructor, and a check airman for Kenmore Air. He's serving his inaugural year as Industry Representative for the WSPA. He started learning to fly in 2015 at Northway Aviation on Paine Field. In 2016, Quinn began working at Kenmore Air as a line crewman and quickly advanced to roles in flight dispatch, flight instruction, and eventually a spot flying the "line" for Kenmore's Part 135 operation. He grew up in Maine but relocated to Washington in 2011 to connect with family. He enjoys skiing, mountaineering, trips in his E350 adventure van, and spending time with his wife (Kelsey) and their dog (Merlin).

Kevin Wyman is a Seattle area native and active, local investor. He has been a WSPA member and Board Member since 2014. In March 2023, he transitioned from the board into a newly created role, WSPA State Liaison for Idaho. He recently relocated with his family to the beautiful, mountain and float-flying area of North Idaho. He was Founder and President of a Seattle area specialty, residential land developer and Managing Member and co-founder of a small start-up fund investing in a diverse array of Seattle area start-ups including bio-fuel, bio-technology, real-estate and internet technologies. Fortunate to grow up in a flying family, Kevin learned to fly while living in Steamboat Springs Colorado and has more hours on floats than on wheels.

Kelsey Johnson started her flight training in Colorado and moved to Minnesota during COVID to finish with the mentorship of a family of United Airlines pilots. She was a flight instructor at Safety in Motion (Puyallup) and Pavco (Gig Harbor) before flying her Cessna 150 (Falkor- in the photo) to Florida to finish her hours for the airlines. She worked as a E175 First Officer at Horizon and is currently flying the Boeing 717 for Hawaiian Airlines, based in Honolulu. If she’s not flying you can find her in the gym, on the soccer field, in the mountains, or on the water.

Crista Videriksen Worthy lives just north of Boise, in Hidden Springs, Idaho. She began flying around the United States with her family in 1995 and flew in 44 states, including Hawaii, plus Canada and Switzerland. Her favorite places to explore are the backcountry strips of Idaho and Utah’s red rock country. However, she says the most fun flying she's done so far involved earning her seaplane rating in Alaska. Crista is the author of some 1,000 articles about aviation, travel, bodybuilding, and wildlife. Her writing career began in 2006 at Pilot Getaways, the first pilot's travel magazine, where she eventually served as Managing Editor. Arcadia Publishing recently published her photo-filled book, Images of Aviation: Idaho Aviation, a survey of Idaho's unique, wild, aviation history. She currently serves as Editor of The Flyline, the monthly publication of the Idaho Aviation Association. She also manages the IAA's Facebook page, answers questions from members, and travels the Northwest occasionally, giving fun aviation history slideshows in support of her book.

Crista's parents emigrated from Denmark first to Toronto and then to southern California, where she was born and raised. She learned Danish before English, studied animal behavior at UC San Diego, and worked as a veterinary surgical assistant before turning her attention to fitness training and bodybuilding. She won a World Championship in 1991. In 1997 Crista and her husband Fred purchased a Cessna 210 with a Robertson STOL kit that enabled them to visit the Idaho backcountry, a plane they eventually sold (to their eternal regret). Their current goal is a float-equipped 182. With family on Mercer Island and a new business manufacturing and shipping U.S.-made health products to China out of Seattle, they may someday relocate to Washington.