Butler National Corporation announces the appointment of Joseph P. Daly, Jeffrey D. Yowell, and Butler National Chief Executive Officer Christopher J. Reedy to the Board of Directors of the Corporation. With these appointments, the Butler National Board will comprise seven members. Joseph P. Daly, age 62, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Essig Research Inc., a leading provider of high-tech engineering and manufacturing services with more than 30 years of expertise in aircraft powerplants. Mr. Daly is also currently a director at Autoscope Technologies and serves as Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee. Since 2012, Mr. Daly has instructed courses in economics, global supply chain, and operations management at Northeastern University. Mr. Daly received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his MBA and MS in Finance from Northeastern University. Jeffrey D. Yowell, age 56, is Board Chairman, Chairman of the Marketing Committee and Trustee of the Trust of Buffalo Funds, a family of ten mutual funds. Mr. Yowell is also the 2002 recipient of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year honors for business services in the Kansas and Western Missouri region and the company he founded, DATACORE Marketing, was the 2003 Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's Ewing Kauffman Small Business of the Year for exceptional financial performance and future business viability. Mr. Yowell sold DATACORE Marketing and exited the business in 2014. Prior to DATACORE, Mr. Yowell was involved in Aviation Marketing. He now runs JDY Inc., a C-Suite consulting business, as well as Getter Farms, LLC, a 2,000-acre agricultural operation. Mr. Yowell received a B.S. in Marketing from Trinity University and an M.B.A. from the University of Missouri ? Kansas City. Christopher J. Reedy, age 57,President and CEO, joined Butler National in November 2000, served as Secretary starting in 2005, was appointed COO in January of 2023 and CEO in May of 2023. Mr. Reedy's unique combination of legal and engineering expertise has built a remarkable record of achievement in both the gaming and aerospace segments of Butler National. Mr. Reedy holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The Board also remains comprised of R. Warren Wagoner, Chairman, David B. Hayden, John M. Edgar and Aric Peters.
On February 10, 2024, Bradley Hoffman notified Butler National Corporation (the ?Company?) that he resigned as a member of the Company?s Board of Directors (the ?Board?) effective immediately.