Our Advisory Board

Kevin P. Meenan

Founder & CEO

Kevin is the Founder and CEO (Chief Empowerment Officer) for CityDroneZ since January 2017. Kevin has over 40 years of experience leveraging technology to process data including over 37 years on Wall Street focused mostly on the credit markets including mortgages and real estate. Kevin also was a founder for two other startups, Meenan, McDevitt and Compufit - both sold after 7-10 years at a significant profit. CityDroneZ delivers geographic information systems (GIS) project management and ongoing outsource solutions on retainer including (GIS) data capture using drones and a broad range of other sensors.

Kevin also serves as a Director and Advisory Board Member, respectively, for his alma maters, Cardinal Hayes High School and Fordham University both located in the Bronx.

Education - Fordham University - B.A. History and MBA - Finance and Marketing. (sUAS (drone) Pilot since October 2016)

Patricia Dwyer

Senior Vice President - Executive Recruiting for Strategic Government Resources

Executive Director of the NY State City/County

Patti is currently a Senior Vice President - Executive Recruiting for Strategic Government Resources for over 700 local governments in 47 states. She is also the Executive Director of the NY State City/County

Management Association, Inc., (NYS CMA) and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Pace University, Member of the Board of Directors of the Pace University Dyson College Board of Advisors.

She has served for over 30 years as both the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Administrative Officer for municipalities in Westchester County with expertise in public administration, municipal budgeting, and capital planning. She has an excellent network within towns and villages across NY State. Education - Pace University - BA, MPA, MS - Sociology, Public Administration, Accounting

Daniel Elwell

President & Managing Partner for Elwell & Associates LLC,

Dan is currently the President & Managing Partner for Elwell & Associates LLC, an aviation consulting and advocacy firm specializing in a broad array of domestic and international legislative and regulatory policy issues.

Dan served in the Federal Aviation Administration including the role of Acting Administrator when he stepped down in December 2020. At the FAA, Dan also served as the Chair of the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) created by Congress in September 2016 to provide advice on the key UAS (drone) integration issues by helping to identify challenges and prioritize improvements. The DAC helps to create broad support for an overall strategy and vision catalyzing integration into the national airspace system.

Dan served as a Command Pilot for the US Air Force and Reserves and served in combat in Operation Desert Storm. Dan was then a pilot for American Airlines for over 16 years. Dan also had a role as an American Airlines's Managing Director for International and Government Affairs. Thereafter, he served as a legislative fellow for the late Senator Ted Stevens.

Dan was named Vice President of the Aerospace Industries Association in 2008 where he stayed until 2013 thereafter joining Airlines for America (A4A) where he was the Senior Vice President for Safety, Security, and Operations. Elwell left this role in 2015.Elwell also served as the Senior Advisor on Aviation to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

Education - United States Air Force Academy - BS International Affairs

Marjorie Hsu

Global Tech / Telecom Leader / f-CTO / f-CRO / Capitalizing Diverse Technology and Actionable Data into Business Impact / BSEE

Marjorie serves on the Boards of several startups including EveryKey, and Red Bird Health and chairs the Board of the American Asian Foundation. Marjorie chairs the Sleepy Hollow Planning Board and Co-Chairs the Westchester County Asian Advisory Board. She was named to the Financial Times Agenda Diversity 100 List of board-ready-candidates in 2021. https://bit.ly/3jz0pIG. Marjorie served for 27 years at Verizon with several leadership roles in strategic planning, technical product development for consumer, SMB and enterprise markets, and national network services operations. She then served as the Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director of SingTel Singapore where she led technology development and architecture, infrastructure and services planning, operations and customer service for wireless, wireline and IPTV.-

Marjorie also was the Chief Revenue Officer of TE2, The Experience Engine, Inc. when that company had a successful exit and sale.

Education - Boston University - MBA and BS in Electrical Engineering -Boston University

George Kirov

Managing Partner of Dynamic Strategies & Concepts, LLC

George is the Managing Partner of Dynamic Strategies & Concepts, LLC, a consulting company focusing on autonomous systems, technology, M&A, and growth strategy.

Prior to his current position, George was the VP & General Manager for Commercial UAS Solutions at L3Harris Technologies where he oversaw development and commercialization of solutions for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations of commercial drones in the US. George served on the FAA Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) during the 2016-2020 period and provided advice on key UAS integration issues by helping identify challenges and prioritize improvements. The DAC supports the FAA in developing and implementing UAS policy and regulation to accelerate drone integration into the national airspace system.

George has held senior executive roles in diverse industries such as railroads and logistics, oil and minerals drilling services, electrical equipment manufacturing, trucks and automotive manufacturing, and other sectors.

Education – DBA (candidate), Florida Institute of Technology - Strategy, Growth and Entrepreneurship/ Wharton - MBA - Strategic Management & Information Economics/ Yale University - BA Economics

Emily Mercurio, PhD, PG (she/her)

CEO and Co-Founder of CivicMapper

Emily is a big thinker and a lifelong learner. She leverages 25 years of experience with Earth science data and mapping technologies for leading the development and application of CivicMapper’s products and services. Her career has focused on creating innovative and data-driven solutions to support decisions at the intersection of our natural and built environments. She is an experienced geoscientist and an expert in mapping, field geology, GIS, remote sensing, and geospatial technology.

As co-founder and CEO of CivicMapper, Emily draws upon her experience as a leader in map-based technology projects. Her current work is focused on creating spatially enabled applications that empower decision making on the front lines of climate change, infrastructure, and social equity. Emily is a licensed professional geologist in the state of Pennsylvania. She sits on the board of the Three Rivers Waterkeeper and the Pennsylvania State University Graduates of Earth and Mineral Science.

Education:

Pennsylvania State University- B.A Geoscience

Michigan Technological University – M.S. Geology

University of Pittsburgh- Ph.D. Geology

Stephen V. Reitano

President of Sprague Associates

Stephen is currently the president of Sprague Associates, a strategic management consulting firm. He is also a mortgage loan originator and a real estate sales agent.

Stephen has had an extensive career both in New York City ,New York State and the Westchester County governments. Stephen served as the finance Commissioner of Westchester County and then went on to become the deputy executive director and chief financial officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the largest transportation authority in the Western Hemisphere operating over $1 trillion of infrastructure assets. Stephen started his career in NYC government in the Human Resources Administration and then on to the NYS comptroller’s office.

In the private sector, Stephen was the chief administrative officer at AboveNet a fiber-optic company and then he became the chief executive officer of Antar Com a fiber optics engineering company. After successfully brokering a deal to sell the company to Diebold he became the president of the Enterprise Security Systems division of Diebold providing integrated corporate security solutions.

Stephen has served on several boards and is currently on the Board of Trustees of Iona College.He currently resides in New York City and West Palm Beach.

Education - Iona College - BA and MBA

Brian J. Poplowski

Head sUAS Pilot

Brian has over 2,000 hours of flight time on multiple helicopter types, over $1.5 million of training and Active Secret Security Clearance. Brian currently serves as a helicopter pilot and sUAS Pilot for the Westchester County Police Department. He also is Pilot in Command, Flight Lead and Air Mission Commander for the UH-60 Blackhawk Instructor Pilot for the New York Army National Guard - Assault Helicopter Battalion, Ronkonkoma, NY.

Education - SUNY Oswego - Public Justice.