Director Candidate - ( Incumbent ) Ralph 'Tony' Hirsch - W8RSH 6229 Olentangy River Road Worthington, OH 43085-3469 (614) 880-4466

Tony has been a member of the QCWA Finance Committee and served as its Chairman 2002-2004 A ham first licensed in 1955, and a pilot since 1959, Tony is a financial consultant for municipal governments and small businesses in Columbus, Ohio after serving as President of a $325 Million bank-owned leasing company. Tony founded his company, Cambridge Financials, in 1983 and placed it in trust while serving as lease company President.

Tony has participated in MARS, emergency communications for Red Cross, ARES, state and national CAP. He is active in Air Force AIS investigations, airline and general aviation crash investigations and has been an aviation insurance risk manager for over 35 years. He is a CFI with single, multi, instrument and jet aircraft type ratings, and has logged over 4,800 total flight hours. Tony founded the International Aviation Theft Bureau and was a member of several FAA task force committees including the National Airspace Review, and served on the NBAA Airspace and Air Traffic Control committee.