With more than a century of corporate aviation experience among us, we are the perfect mentors for your flight department. Today, Baldwin Safety and Compliance is committed to enhancing the aviation safety culture by providing comprehensive, cost-effective Safety Management and support services. A member of NBAA, CBAA, NAFA, AOPA, NATA, HAI, AIA, and FSF, the Baldwin team is structured like a large Fortune 50 flight department and brings extensive operations experience to their clients. Filling the gap between consultants and management companies, Baldwin provides the resources, services, and support flight departments require around the clock.
Don Baldwin * President and CEO
In his more than three decades of general and global business aviation experience as Aviation Director for Coca-Cola and long-time flight department manager for Texaco®, Don devised countless creative ways to integrate services and software among the company's small, satellite flight operations to improve safety and standards. While serving as NBAA interim President and Chairman of the Board, Don became even more convinced that smaller flight departments require and deserve the same level of resources, services, and safety management as their larger counterparts. With the creation of Baldwin Aviation Safety & Compliance, safety management programs became available to all sizes of flight departments that weren't fortunate enough to have Texaco or Coca-Cola sized support.Besides chairing the NBAA Board and sitting on numerous NBAA committees, Don's industry involvement has also included positions on NetJets Advisory Board, FAA FOARQ Committee, Gulfstream Advisory Board, Signature Flight Support Advisory Board, and Embraer Advisory Board to mention a few.
Steve Nielsen * Vice President, Operations
Steve brings nearly 40 years experience in the business aviation industry to Baldwin Aviation Safety and Compliance. Prior to joining Baldwin in 2007, he was Senior Director of Aviation at Yum! Brands where he was responsible for the daily operations of a large flight department. He has held various operations management positions at Enron, Storage Technology, and Johns-Manville. Steve attended Embry-Riddle, focusing in Aviation Management, and has more than 16,000 hours as a licensed pilot. His affiliations include the NBAA Board and NetJets Advisory Board.
Pete Stofen * Vice President, Safety
Prior to joining Baldwin Aviation, Pete spent nearly 30 years with Amoco/BP, accumulating more than 13,000 hours of total flight time. As Manager of Safety, he handled standardization and training of the corporate flight department. Pete holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Drake University and holds an Aviation Safety Certificate from the University of Southern California. His industry involvement includes the NBAA Safety Committee (Founding Member and Past Chairman), Chicago Area Business Aviation Association (Founding Member and Past President), and Founding Member of the Mid-West Safety Round Table.
Robert Heine * Vice President, Technical Services
After 10 years with the airlines, Bob shifted into the Corporate Maintenance Management field. Over the last 29 years he has managed 2 different large maintenance departments, both with multiple bases and operating several different aircraft and helicopter types. He has been on the Bombardier Customer Advisory Board for over 12 years, while also serving on Gulfstream’s board for the last 4 years. He has been a NBAA member for 28 years, attended USC's "Maintenance Safety" management courses, San Diego State "Project Management" training as well as Darden School of Business "Managing the Corporate Aviation Function" and "Developing Leader Capabilities within the Aviation Function".
Craig Bailey * Vice President, Sales
Craig brings to Baldwin Safety & Compliance more than 30 years experience in the aerospace industry. His professional accomplishments include top management positions with Piper Aircraft, where he helped in the transition of new aircraft from development into production, Aviall, and McDonnell Douglas, where he was the Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program Manager for Flight Test Operations. Craig received a B.S. and an M.B.A. in Aviation Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Craig's extensive experience in production, aviation products and services, and quality control rounds out the Baldwin Team.