NOBPA Board
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Liz McClurg
President
Liz has been a Private Pilot LTA since 2022. You can regulary find her in the skies of northeast ohio in her balloon Shenanigans, a 90,000 cf Aerostar RX-8

Joe Clark
Vice-President
Joe received his Private Pilot LTA in 2024 and Commercial Pilot LTA in 2025. You can regularly find him in the skies of Northeast Ohio in his balloon Dark star, a 90,000 cf Aerostar RX-8.

Ben Miller
Director
Ben has been involved with ballooning since 2002, got his Private pilot LTA in 2007 and Commercial Pilot LTA in 2013. His balloon is Twice Blessed, a 70,000 cu ft. Experimental Racer.​

Missy Midura
Secretary
Missy has been an LTA Pilot since 1985. She can regularly be found with her husband Tim in their 77,000 cf Cameron O-77, Kismet 2 or flying this RC balloon called Almost. This is a replica of her very first balloon called Teachers Pet. It was an Avian Balloon.

Marie Russell
Treasurer
Marie has been an LTA pilot since 1998. She has flown numerous balloons in that time. Marie was also the recipient of NOPBA's highest honor, the Gail Myers Founders Award, in 2023.

Anthony Petitti
Director
Although he has only been around balloning for a few years, Anthony has racked up many crew hours across the United States. He has also recently started his student pilot journey in his 90,000cf Cameron called "Boomerang".