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Nel Stubbs, revered as an expert on business aviation tax and ownership optimization issues, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the NBAA John P. “Jack” Doswell Award. The association is presenting the award, one of its highest honors, during the 2023 BACE in Las Vegas.
Created in 1987 in memory of industry advocate and pioneer Jack Dowsell, the award honors “high standards for lifelong individual achievement on behalf and in support of the aims, goals, and objectives of business aviation,” NBAA said.
The association praised Stubbs as the “foremost strategist in aviation tax planning and audits, cost and financial analysis, budgeting, and aircraft ownership and operating structures."
Stubbs, a v-p at JSSI’s Conklin &amp; de Decker business unit, joined NBAA in 1987 and played a key role in developing its advocacy surrounding tax issues on a national and state level. This included the creation of its State Tax Report, which NBAA called an industry standard, as well as the establishment of the NBAA Tax Committee.
In 1999, she joined the aviation research and consulting firm Conklin &amp; de Decker. Stubbs became an owner in 2000, and remained with the company after JSSI acquired it in 2018. In addition to her role with JSSI, she serves on the National Air Transportation Association’s Air Charter Committee, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Business Industry Advisory Board, and the NBAA Tax Committee.
She also has served on the NBAA Advisory Board, Helicopter Association International’s Finance and Leasing Committee, and boards of directors for the National Aircraft Finance Association and the Arizona Business Aviation Association.
“Nel’s unequaled ability to analyze and articulate critical considerations for optimizing business aircraft use has been essential to success for organizations of all types and sizes,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “We are pleased to present her with our Doswell Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions and service to the business aviation community.”

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A v-p for JSSI's Conklin & de Decker unit, Stubbs is revered as a preeminent expert on industry tax and aircraft ownership optimization issues.

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