Al Gorthy

Captain
USN Ret.

Al has a proven success in executive leadership positions in both the public and private sectors. His military background included 26 years of active-duty service in the U.S. Navy where he flew as an operational pilot in numerous single seat attack and fighter aircraft. He made combat deployments during the Vietnam conflict.

Al commanded several operational carrier-based squadrons, the ‘Top Gun’ Adversary Squadron and the west coast F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron. He was Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations for Battle Force Seventh Fleet during the end of the First Gulf War. Al retired from active duty as the Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. His passion for excellence earned him the prestigious Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership.

For approximately 12 years, Al worked in the Office of Runway Safety for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and is considered a subject matter expert on runway incursions and excursions.

He has been the keynote speaker at multiple aviation symposiums and has conducted numerous aviation safety presentations and workshops. He has traveled internationally to present on runway safety.

He holds a FAA Airline Transport Pilot certificate and has accumulated more than 5,000 flight hours and 600 carrier landings.