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Joel Brookshire

Executive Vice President

Joel Brookshire brings over 30 years’ experience in aviation to an already outstanding leadership team at the Leviate Air Group. Joel began his business career in the early 1980’s as the founder of a watersports apparel manufacturing company which he operated until selling it in 2006. While managing the apparel business, Joel co-founded an aviation company in the late 1990s alongside Randall Reed. That company grew to become a prominent FAA Part 135 air carrier and was eventually acquired by Leviate Air Group in 2017.

Under Joel’s leadership as Managing Partner of the aviation business the company grew from its first aircraft, a Cessna Citation 560, to over 30 managed aircraft and twelve different aircraft types. A commercial fixed wing and helicopter pilot, Joel led the company’s air carrier certification process from production of the company’s operating manuals to piloting the FAA (Part 135) proving runs.

Following initial certification, the company added Worldwide Operating Authority which included establishing an office in Singapore to support both executive charter and air medical operations throughout Asia. Still a leading FAA Part 135 Air Carrier, that company is now owned and operated as one of the primary business units of the Leviate Air Group and recently celebrated its 22nd year of operations.

After initially stepping back from aviation, Joel served as Director, Executive Committee member and Executive Director for an international Non-Profit Equine Sports association. These positions allowed Joel and his wife of 34 years, Carla, to travel the country supporting their daughter Cali as she became a 26-time national and world champion by the age of 18.

Joel rejoined the aviation industry in 2023 to bring his extensive industry expertise and strategic insight to Leviate Air Group. Focusing on corporate growth across Leviate’s core business units, he collaborates closely with senior leadership to drive the company’s expansion and reinforce its commitment to excellence in the aviation industry.

Joel, Carla, and Cali reside in Crosby, Texas on their private waterski lakes that Joel developed in the late 1980’s. Cali attends Texas A&M University where she is pursuing a degree in Biomedical Sciences.

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