Journeys Aviation^® Management

Tracey Spence

Tracey is the FBO Manager for the Journeys Aviation Boulder at Boulder Municipal Airport. He is an FAA Gold Seal instructor with over 14 years of flying experience, and was awarded Journeys Aviation 2007 "Flight Instructor of the Year Award." Prior to making a career change in 2004, Tracey performed project planning and management for completion of environmental projects at private and government operated industrial facilities. Tracey holds a B. S. degree in Geology from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Phone: (303) 449-4210

Carolyn Sutherland, Owner

Carolyn is an attorney licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, Georgia and the District of Columbia.  After practicing commercial litigation at Peabody & Brown (now Peabody & Nix) in Boston, Carolyn served as legal counsel to the Federal Aviation Administration in the New England Region where she concentrated on enforcement, environmental, contract and labor issues. Later, she joined the International Affairs & Legal Policy Division of the Chief Counsel's Office at FAA's Headquarters in Washington, D.C. where she provided legal support on airport security and emergency management issues, international and ICAO agreements,  and matters involving the administration of the Aviation Insurance Program. Carolyn has three children.

Cody Sutherland, Owner

Cody Sutherland founded Journeys Aviation in 2002 and opened for business March 1, 2003. He began flying in the 1970s and earned his private pilot certificate at the University of Oklahoma's Part 141 school in 1979. He holds a commercial multi-engine certificate and his instrument rating. Cody also owns and runs a manufacturing business in Denver. His career has spanned oil and gas exploration, high technology mergers and acquisitions, and telecommunications. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma University and an MBA from Harvard University. He and his wife and co-owner, Carolyn, live with their family in Boulder County.

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John Pritchard, Owner

John Pritchard joined Journeys Aviation as a co-owner in 2008 to continue to pursue his passion for aviation. He began his career as an Air Force Officer and later progressed through the management ranks of IBM. He then founded and built a successful software systems integration company whose core business was helping the FAA modernize its Air Traffic Management systems and develop the next generation systems.

John holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University and an M.C.I.S. – Software Engineering from the University of Denver. He and his wife, Syndi, and their two children, Ryan and Jennifer, live in Lafayette.

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