Dean Thomas Drape earned a bilingual doctorate with honors from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and taught at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Dr. Drape is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he worked as a program manager and procurement specialist on multi-million-dollar aerospace projects. His academic administrative experience includes U.S. Air Force Academy chair and deputy director for the Program in Advanced Security Studies at the Marshall Center, director for CBSI’s School of Business, chair of the MBA and Graduate Business Programs in the School of Business at Azusa Pacific University and deputy department Head for Operations in the Department of Management at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Dr. Drape also earned an MBA from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science in Management from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has held faculty appointments at five academic institutions and has led academic study abroad programs on four continents and 15 countries.
Dr. Thomas Drape Dean
Dr. Krishna Sampigethaya Chair of Cyber Intelligence and Security
Professor Tom Foley, J.D. Chair of Global Security and Intelligence Studies
Dr. Jules Yimga Chair of the School of Business
Dr. Sampigethaya received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington and was Boeing’s first Associate Technical Fellow for aviation cyber-physical security. He later became the first associate director for cybersecurity at the UTC Research Center and a graduate program director at the University of Maryland. He founded SAE’s first aviation cybersecurity technical committee and leads aviation cyber tracks at SAE and AIAA/IEEE conferences. With over 65 papers — including three award winning publications, 24 keynotes and 24 U.S. patents. He also taught the first ICAO aviation cyber security course to 150+ participants from 24 countries. His pioneering work in aviation cybersecurity earned him recognitions such as ASEI Engineer of the Year Award, AIAA Associate Fellowship, 2025 AIAA Information Systems Award and Royal Aeronautical Society Fellowship.
Foley earned a J.D. in Law from Indiana University Bloomington. He holds the following professional certifications: Project Management Professional, Certified Protection Professional, Physical Security Professional, Airport Security Coordinator and Airport Certified Employee — Security. He brings more than 15 years of corporate security experience to Embry-Riddle. He is an expert in security operations center management, physical security design, risk assessment, guard force management, workplace violence prevention, behavioral threat assessment, data center security, school shootings and security, active shooter events, emergency planning and response and training program development. Foley also volunteers with the Prescott Valley Police Department consulting on physical security and continuity planning.
Dr. Yimga is a Fulbright U.S. Scholar with a Ph.D. in Economics from Kansas State University. His expertise in air transport economics and policy is demonstrated by an extensive publication record with over 30 papers in top-tier refereed journals. He has also served as an aviation consultant, providing economic modeling services to various organizations. A recipient of multiple Scholar of the Year awards and Best Paper recognitions at academic conferences such as the Air Transport Research Society and the Transportation Research Forum, Dr. Yimga remains actively involved in the field. He has held a visiting position at the Estonian Aviation Academy in Estonia as part of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar program. Currently, he serves on the Best Paper Award Selection Committee for the Air Transport Research Society, is a member of the board of directors of the Arizona Business Aviation Association and holds a senior academic position on the Research Council of the Advanced Air Mobility Institute.
2 | College of Business, Security & Intelligence
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online