Helicopter Tourism and Jobs Council

Recently renamed the Helicopter Tourism and Jobs Council, the advocacy group was incorporated in 2014 in Arizona and is run by Ronald Ricciardi and Chris Vellios. Ricciardi is president of Saker. Vellios is the COO of Liberty Helicopters. Helicopter Tourism & Jobs Council, Inc., is a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt advocacy organization founded in September 2014 by industry stakeholders to protect and promote the helicopter industry in New York and across the nation and to save helicopter industry jobs.