Our Staff

 
Our Staff

 

Impeccable customer service without compromise is how Byerly
does business. Its how we’ve always done it.

 

Bruce Byerly

CEO

Aviation is in Bruce Byerly’s blood. His grandfather started Byerly Aviation in the 1930s, and today Bruce carries on that tradition...

Tim McKune

President

Tim McKune attended DeVry University for electronics engineering, and graduated from the Spartan School of Aeronautics with degrees in avionics and instrument repair...

Ryan Grenhoff

Director of Maintenance

Ryan Grenhoff joined Byerly Aviation in 1997 as an airframe and powerplant mechanic. He went on to hold various positions, including chief inspector...

Christine Hendrickson

Accounting Manager

Christine Hendrickson graduated from the Clarks Travel School in Provo, Utah and went to work for Continental Airlines in Los Angeles and later in Tulsa, Oklahoma...

Wayne Cargill

Avionics Manager

Wayne Cargill served in the United States Air Force after high school where he learned telephone and data systems...

Chuck Atkins

Line Service Manager

A 33-year veteran of Byerly Aviation, Chuck Atkins started as a fuel service technician in 1986 under Larry and Bob Byerly...

Joe Rex

Customer Service Manager

Joe Rex has been an aviation junkie his whole life. As a young kid, he remembers bugging his dad to take him to the airport to see airplanes...

Janet Webb

Parts Manager

Janet Webb is our Parts Manager. She started her career with Byerly Aviation in 2018, however Byerly has always been in her life...

Jared Kurth

Chief Pilot

Jared has been a lifelong resident in the Peoria area. Inspired by his father who was an Army aviator, he decided to pursue a career in aviation...

Greg Krause

Director of Flight Operations

Greg Krause started his aviation career at the age of 16 with the Bradley Flying Association and received his private pilot certificate...