Management Team

John was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of VSE Corporation in April of 2019. John brings 20 years of experience in the aerospace distribution and services market industry.

John previously served as Vice President and General Manager of Boeing Distribution Services Inc. Prior to Boeing's 2018 acquisition of the Aerospace Solutions Group of KLX Inc., John served as its Vice President and General Manager, Consumables Management business beginning in July 2014. From April 2000 to 2014, John served in multiple roles and functions at B/E Aerospace (which was the parent company of KLX, Inc. until 2014), including Vice President & General Manager and Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing & Business Development. Prior to joining B/E Aerospace, John served as an attorney at a large multi-national law firm practicing commercial law, mergers and acquisitions and litigation.

John has a Bachelor of Science in International Business, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida and completed the Advanced Management Program at The Harvard Business School.

Adam Cohn is a seasoned executive finance leader with over 15 years of aerospace and finance-related experience. Adam most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Valence Surface Technologies (“Valence”), an aerospace supplier backed by ATL Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation. Prior to his CFO role at Valence, Adam served in numerous senior leadership roles with Triumph (NYSE: TGI), a publicly traded aerospace manufacturer, including most recently as Treasurer and Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions. Adam executed multiple financing transactions, which included replacing credit facilities, raising new bonds, and issuing equity. Adam also executed several mergers, acquisitions, or divestiture transactions. Prior to joining Triumph, Adam worked as an aerospace Investment Banker at Lazard. Adam holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Finance & Economics from The University of Maryland.

Tarang Sharma has served VSE as Chief Accounting Officer since May 2024. Tarang is responsible for VSE’s finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis, internal audit, and tax functions. Tarang joined VSE in 2015, serving in several leadership positions including Vice President, Controller and Corporate Development and Treasurer. Before joining VSE, Mr. Sharma was a certified public accountant with PwC. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Accountancy from the University of South Carolina.

Garry Snow comes to VSE with over 20 years of aerospace sales, business development, and distribution experience. Most recently, Garry served as Head of Sales and Marketing for Business and General Aviation for Boeing Global Services. Garry has also served in numerous leadership roles over the last 15 years with Boeing Global Services and the Boeing-acquired KLX Aerospace Solutions business, including Vice President of OEM Services Americas, VP of Global Business Development, and Sales Director. Prior to joining KLX Aerospace Solutions, Garry spent over six years with Satair in Sales, Business Development, Strategy, and marketing roles.

Farinaz Tehrani serves VSE as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. Farinaz is responsible for VSE’s legal, compliance and regulatory functions. Farinaz brings more than two decades of expertise in senior legal and compliance roles at global public and private companies across multiple industries. Throughout her career, Farinaz has been integral in building and leading high performing teams, while driving the effective oversight of legal, governance and regulatory matters for both established and emerging growth organizations.  Farinaz began her legal career at the global law firm of Hogan Lovells LLP. She received a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Tufts University.

Krista Stafford joined VSE Corporation as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer in January 2020. She specializes in organizational development, culture transformation, executive compensation, organizational design and employee engagement. She has broad expertise in company-wide human resources initiatives that drive business results through people.

Krista was previously the Vice President, Human Resources at Boeing Distribution Services, a subsidiary of the Boeing Corporation. She has more than 15 years of experience in Human Resources, Learning and Organizational Development. Prior to joining the aerospace industry, Krista spent over 20 years in the restaurant industry both running operations with P&L responsibility and serving in a human resource and training capacity.   She has a Master of Science degree in Human Resource and Organization Development and a Bachelor’s degree in Hotel/Restaurant Institutional Management from Johnson & Wales University.

Ben Thomas is the President of VSE Aviation, Inc. (including the former 1st Choice Aerospace and Kansas Aviation) and GlobalParts, Inc. Mr. Thomas is responsible for the strategic oversight of the MRO services and product distribution businesses, as well as sourcing, customer relationships, capital allocation and acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Thomas managed aftermarket growth strategies in the aerospace consumables market for Boeing Global Services and KLX Aerospace Solutions. He has a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California.