Luncheon Meeting

Matt Byrd serves as President & CEO of Hillwood Aviation, associated with The Perot Group of companies, focusing on real estate, investments and aviation related business opportunities.

Being a real estate provider to aviation companies for over 30 years at their AllianceTexas™, AllianceCalifornia™, and AllianceFlorida™ developments, Byrd and Hillwood have demonstrated their commitment to maintaining long term relationships with its customers.

Prior to his current position, Byrd was President & CEO of Gulf Alliance Company, A Perot Company, based in Abu Dhabi where he lived with his family for 7 years. Byrd has held a variety of positions within The Perot Group Companies for the past 20 plus years.

Public service is of the utmost importance to Byrd. Byrd served for 33 years in the United States Air Force. Byrd retired from the United States Air Force Reserves in 2018 where he served as a T-38C Talon Instructor at Sheppard Air Force Base. In the USAF, he flew as an Air Demonstration Pilot with the Thunderbirds, an Instructor Pilot in the F- 117A Stealth Fighter, the A-10 Thunderbolt II and T-38C Talon. Byrd served 3 tours in the Middle East, where he flew combat missions in the F-117 during Desert Storm. While in NATO, Byrd had the opportunity to fly Russian MiGs and Sukois in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

In his 40 years of flying, Byrd has flown over 50 types of fixed wing and rotorcraft airplanes, with a present focus on electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOLs) aircraft.

Byrd received a Bachelor of Science in Math of Operations Research from the United States Air Force Academy and Master of Science from Troy State University. He is a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and the Armed Forces Staff College.

Byrd serves on the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Board of Directors, Chairman of the NBAA Advanced Air Mobility Roundtable, the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) Board of Directors, is the Vice President of The Falcon Foundation Board of Trustees (US Air Force Academy), serves as a board member for The Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Project Recover, and is a member of The World Affairs Council, The Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, and the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council. Previously, Byrd served as Chairman of AmCham Abu Dhabi and Chairman of AmCham MENA and the Board of Directors for the American Air Museum (Duxford) and DynCorp International FZ, LLC. Byrd had the pleasure of working on the Air Force Memorial in Washington DC for 6 years.

At checkin, please purchase raffle tickets from Marshal Teipel to support our YLC programs.

Please indicate that you will attend by registering with the following options: 1. By registering on the chapter web site and paying by PayPal or credit card at dallasmoww.org “events” NLT 5:00PM THE THURSDAY BEFORE ($38.00); 2. Mailing a check ($37) TO ARRIVE NLT 5:00PM THURSDAY THE WEEK BEFORE to MOWW-Dallas; P.O. Box 12081; Dallas 75225.

Once early registration is closed, walk-in attendance is $40. 

Meal price includes buffet by the Park City Club staff and free parking. Coffee/tea available for $4 at check in.