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Ricci Family Furthers Innovation Development at ERAU

Donations will sponsor two new faculty positions at the university

Kenn and Pamela Ricci signing document ceremony — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University president P. Barry Butler and ERAU trustee board chairman Mori Hosseini flank Kenn and Pamela Ricci at the ceremony officially establishing two new faculty member endowments at the university. © Daryl Labello/Embry-Riddle

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

October 28, 2025

Business aviation mogul Kenn Ricci and his wife Pamela have established a pair of endowments at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), with the contributions funding two faculty chairs aimed at fostering innovation.

Ricci, the principal of Directional Aviation Capital—which lists aviation companies such as Flexjet, Sentient Jet, 4Air, Nextant Aviation, Everest Fuel, Sirio, and Tuvoli among its brands—joined the university’s board of trustees last year.

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