Ryan Goertzen

Ryan Goertzen oversees AAR’s various workforce-based initiatives and was responsible for the development of the EAGLE Career Pathway Program. Goertzen is also the president of Choose Aerospace, whose purpose is to unite the aerospace industry to implement solutions for the workforce shortage. Goertzen previously worked at Spartan College of Aeronautics, holding the positions of vice president of education, president of Spartan’s Tulsa campuses, and corporate officer. Before that, Goertzen spent three years at AAR Corp managing the training and ASAP programs in Oklahoma City. He began his career as a pilot instructor for Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation where he was responsible for Air Wisconsin’s first learning management system and e-learning content used in recurrent pilot training. In 2005 Goertzen transitioned to the maintenance side of the airline as Air Wisconsin’s manager of maintenance training and ASAP manager. Goertzen was ATEC president from 2014-2018. He holds a BS in aviation and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Goertzen is married to the love of his life Jenny and has three sons Jacob, Joshua, and Jack.