RAF
I was very disappointed to see someone who has essentially been a government employee all their life appointed to 'revitalize' GA. Money, time, form filling - none of this matters to those in government positions, in fact, it is what keeps them employed and what their unions actively encourage. What we as a GA community need would likely reduce government employees labour requirement.
For example,
1) Why on earth are we still travelling hundreds of miles to sit exams that can be done anywhere on computers in the US? (allergy to technology)
2) Why on earth do we all pretend to use ADFs for exams and then bin them for GPS (allergy to technology)
3) Why can't we use E6B calculators like the US (allergy to technology)
4) Why is glass cockpit, autopilot, GPS 'stuff to beware of' but vacuum, unreliable old nav (guess where the mountain is - surprise!) is glamourised? (allergy to technology)
So what do we do to solve the lack of progress? We appoint someone from an organisation that invented most of the road blocks to fix it?! If he wants to make a positive contribution, he needs to recognise how we fly - shared access, SkyDemon, electronics, with limited budget & time outside of work etc.