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The Corporate Angel Network has appointed Robert Stangarone as President and CEO. The nonprofit provides cancer patients with free transportation on corporate aircraft to specialized medical centers to undergo treatment. CAN has coordinated over 68,000 flights since it was founded in 1981.
"The decision to bring Robert on board was driven by the recognition of his impressive background, extensive expertise and proven success as a corporate leader, journalist and pilot," CAN Chairman Jean Rosanvallon said. "I believe he is the ideal leader to steer CAN to even greater heights."
Stangarone has decades of experience as a corporate leader, journalist and pilot. He has worked with dozens of Chairmen and CEOs and held senior management roles at United Technologies' Pratt andamp; Whitney and Sikorsky units, Rolls-Royce, Litton, Fairchild Dornier, Cessna Aircraft and Embraer. Stangarone is a former flight and aerobatics instructor and has his Commercial Pilots License with instrument and multi-engine ratings. He is type-rated in the Cessna Citation Series business jet.
"Corporate Angel Network is a quintessential illustration of how the business aviation community contributes to our quality of life and helps save lives," Stangarone said. "The program offers companies with corporate jets the ability to couple business activities with corporate social responsibility, while reducing cancer patients' physical, emotional and financial stress as they go through the most difficult of times."
The new CAN President and CEO has been widely published in aviation trade and general news media, including the Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Aviation Week andamp; Space Technology Magazine, Smithsonian Air andamp; Space Magazine and Air Transport World Magazine.
Stangarone serves on the Board of Directors of the National Aeronautic Association and its Collier Trophy Selection Committee and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New England Air Museum. Since he took the role of Chairman in 2020, the New England Air Museum has seen exponential growth and the introduction of innovative exhibits incorporating virtual reality and other advanced technologies. Stangarone has also held roles on numerous aerospace industry advisory boards and committees.
He holds a BA degree in Natural Sciences from Adelphi University and an AS degree in engineering from Nassau College. Stangarone has completed executive leadership courses at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, the University of Virginia Darden School and the Hartford Graduate Center.