Women Executives in Aviation, Aerospace & Defense

Last Updated June 6, 2025

Women Executives in Aviation, Aerospace and Defense provides a snapshot of how women have risen through to the highest levels of management over the past few decades and, rightfully, it is cause of celebration. But that celebration is tempered by the continuing failure to celebrate all the historical role women have had in aviation, from the first woman to take to the air in the 18th Century, to the first woman to earn a pilots license to the first woman in space.

Disturbingly, as this compelling commentary suggests, America lagged behind its international competitiors in these achievements and continues to do so today. Goyer’s narrative in General Aviation News is a must read since, even those working hard to recognize women’s achievements missed this one. AvWeb Guest Blog: Reclaiming the Narrative To Change The Face Of Aviation.

While women are making career strides, we are not making as much progress as it seems judging from recent studies discussed below. To start the change, we must recognize how we’ve been written out of history, how bias continues to color our careers and we must know what needs to happen for women and other minorities to gain their rightful place in aviation, aerospace and defense.

Studies Show Us What Needs to Change

McKinsey & Co and Leanin.Org produced a recent study showing while women are advancing into the C-Suite, they are not in the operational roles that would lead them to become CEO. Women need to get into operational roles early in their careers.

“The biggest change has occurred at the top, where the population of women in the C-suite rose to 29% from 17% in 2015, while the share of women of color climbed to 7%,” wrote the Wall Street Journal in its coverage of the study. “Many of those senior women have been elevated in so-called staff roles, particularly chief HR officers, not as division heads with bottom-line responsibilities, the study data show. Those business-operating jobs, traditional steppingstones to becoming chief executive, continue to be filled mostly by men.

“The Lean In and McKinsey data show women tend to fall behind men in their career progress at the very first promotion opportunity,” WSJ continued. “About eight women get their first promotion to manager for every 10 men—virtually the same rate they did in 2018.” 

To put aviation and aerospace into context with the larger world, LeanIn recently reported women constitute nearly 10% of the CEOs of S&P 500 companies today compared to 2% in 2000. And an analysis conducted by nonprofit Women’s Power Gap proved women CEOs are just as, if not more, qualified to lead than their male counterparts. In fact, women CEOs are 32% more likely to take an additional step as president before becoming a chief executive. 

Click on this link for tips on how to overcome some of these barriers and this link to access Women’s Power Gaps report Barriers and Breakthroughs: A Data-Driven Look at Women CEOs at America’s Largest Corporations.

LeanIn further reported: “And this finding appears to hold true when you examine the Fortune 500 as well: all seven of the women who became Fortune 500 chiefs in the past year held the title of president before being promoted.” 

A World Economic Forum report — The route to true gender equality? Fix the system, not the women — shows we need centuries to achieve gender equity. With interesting insights, it suggests a dramatic shift in strategy, focusing on income equality rather than wage equality. FA/AW News shares such articles in the belief we all need to have the same resources.

That is not to say progress is not being made. Female CEOs represent 19% of total Aerospace & Defense CEOs in the US, according to a study Soaring Through the Glass Ceiling: Taking the Global Aviation and Aerospace Industry to New Heights Through Diversity & Inclusion sponsored by the International Aviation Women’s Association and executed by Korn Ferry. This is well ahead of female CEOS across all industry at 5% but only 3% of airlines have women CEOs and, worse, the pipeline is thin, said the report.

In July 2023, MIT Management reported in — How to hire and support more women in your organization — for the first time in the history of the Fortune 500, women are leading 10% of the United States’ largest companies by revenue. While worth celebrating, it is still a small number.

The International Air Transport Association reported in mid 2023 reported it is behind on its goal, set in 2019, of achieving women holding 25% of airline senior leadership positions by 2025. It cited the fact that not enough of its airline members have pledged to improve gender diversity amongst executives although 191 members have — mostly airlines. However, it did name Yvonne Makolo, the CEO of RwandAir, to its first female chair.

28% of the senior leadership roles among participants in the 25by2025 initiative were held by women, up from 24% in 2021. The figures were derived from the 147 initiative participants that chose to submit data, including 129 airlines, so they could skew higher than overall industry numbers.

The organization also reported 28 airlines now have a female CEO, up 20% from 2021. Among the newer ones are Annette Mann, who became CEO of Austrian Airlines in March 2022; Marjan Rintel, who began as CEO of KLM last July; and Dorothea von Boxberg, appointed CEO of Brussels Airlines this spring. Vanessa Hudson will become the Qantas CEO in November.

But that pipeline might be skewed simply by the advantage held by male networks and hiring.

“The reason for their under-representation in the board room is not a lack of merit or talent, it is structural problems that disadvantage women in their careers, especially when they want to take on leadership roles,” Dutch MEP Lara Wolters said in a recent report on efforts by the EU to redress the imbalance. In November 2022, the EU adopted legislation to increase the number of women on the boards of big companies in the fight against gender discrimination with new rules aiming for at least 40% of non-executive director posts, or one-third of all director posts on publicly-listed firms filled by women by July 2026. EU Observer reported rules “require EU countries to impose ‘effective’ penalties for companies that do not reach the targets, including fines, or being publicly named and shamed.”

A recent study by LinkedIn, published in the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Global Gender Gap Report, showed that while women in leadership has been improving painfully slowly at about 1% a year for the past eight years in the broader economy, in the first quarter of 2023 the percentage of women in senior leadership dropped to only 32% reminiscent of 2020 pandemic levels. Globally, women comprise nearly half of all entry-level positions but only a quarter of C-Suite roles. Particularly in the STEM fields, a mere 12% of C-Suite positions are held by women.

Of equal concern is the number of African American or other minority women in the executive suites. In a new White Paper — Developing a Sense of Belonging for African American Women in the Workplace — from the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies. The paper noted women, and African American women more acutely, are disproportionately underrepresented in senior-level leadership positions in United States corporations. While one in four C-Suite positions are filled by women, only one in 20 is a woman of color. African American women also encounter higher levels of biases in the workplace. The white paper discusses the current workplace challenges faced by African American women, defines inclusion and belonging, and examines what needs to occur for African American women to move into leadership roles within their respective organizations.

Aviation International News reported in June 2023 on the eve of International Women in Engineering Day June 23 women reached 20% and at places like Raytheon Technologies it is more with 32% of those in the executive ranks. The Boeing Company reports women accounted for 17.4% of the company’s engineering cohort, representing an increase since 2020 from 16.5%. Women’s representation in the overall Boeing workforce increased from 23.2% in 2020 to 24.1% in 2022. It’s 23% at BAE which set a target to increase that proportion to 30% by 2030. In its apprentice program, 30% of its apprentice intake were women.

Still, said AIN, just under one-fifth of engineering positions are typically filled by women at a time when the gender ratio for the overall workforce is generally closer to a quarter.

Raytheon participated in Discover Engineering‘s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day as part of Engineers Week in February and partnered with Girls Who Code and Paradigm for Parity. Others are working with Girls, Inc. and Million Girls Moonshot and Code First Girls.

Women Make a Difference

A recent Harvard Business Review article explores why women make a difference when promoted to the C-Suite. Authors suggest similar results would come from studying other types of diversity. Many studies already show it is good for the bottom line.

CNBC recently reported the number of female CEOs in the Fortune 500 rose to a record high in 2022 — 44 — which still means that women run less than 10% of the largest corporations in the U.S.  Despite making up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, women have yet to achieve true equity with their male colleagues in the C-Suite: Only 21% of C-Suite leaders at U.S. companies are women, according to a September 2021 report from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. The CNBC report holds valuable advice for aspiring women leaders.

“Executives in the study were not household names allowing focus to shift from impressive achievements of individual female leaders in making it to the C-Suite to the broader impact of gender equity in the C-suite. After women joined the C-suite, firms became both more open to change and less risk-seeking. these organizations increasingly embraced transformation while seeking to reduce the risks associated with it. Firms shifted from a knowledge-buying strategy focused on M&As towards a knowledge-building strategy focused on internal R&D, The more effectively female executives were able to integrate into the managed team, the greater the impact they were likely to have on its decision-making.”

Flightglobal, in its 2023 survey, found while the number of women leading airlines advanced, “the progress was undermined by falls in female representation elsewhere in the C-suite,” said the publication.  “For the second year running, the number of female chief executives across the top 100 airlines and groups doubled year on year. Overall, however, when five further C-suite roles are taken into account, women accounted for 15% of incumbents at end-2022 – a figure flat with end-2021. When the HR director role, or equivalent, is removed from the data, women accounted for just 10% of incumbents – a figure also flat with end-2021 but masking a small drop in the absolute number.”

“Among the key developments over the past 12 months, the number of female chief executives rose from six to 12 – the latter figure some four times higher than the three female airline leaders recorded in the first year of FlightGlobal’s survey, 2017,” the report continued. “Meanwhile, JetBlue Airways retained its position as the only carrier to employ a majority of women in the six surveyed roles, as North America continued to lead the way globally.”

FA/AW News has been looking for a comprehensive list of women aviation/aerospace executives. Failing that, it curated its own from research, including a recent Flightglobal report — Women have 14% of top airline jobs in slow trend towards parity and Women in Aviation & Aerospace Charter.

The list has four takeaways. While women are making progress we have a long way to go. Still, we must celebrate those who have shattered the glass ceiling by leading airlines, aerospace & defense companies, government, associations, airports, museums and business aviation.

It is also designed to illustrate if someone has a passion — interior design, finance, computer science, operations, personnel, catering, writing, sales, engineering, marketing, politics, government relations, data science, flying, maintenance, they can find a place in aviation & aerospace.

Third, it illustrates women’s entrepreneurial spirit. these are women who believed in themselves to carve out a unique space in aviation/aerospace.

Finally, the list On Their Shoulders at the end of this report illustrates women have always been in aviation/aerospace, they have just been overlooked.

FA/AW News hopes you will help update and correct this list by crowdsourcing your additions. We especially need help with the first women to fly commercial jets for airlines.

Additional Resources:

Inspirational Women Who Flew Before the Wright Bros.

Women in Aviation: Past, Present and Future

Teaching Women to Fly

Trailblazing Women of Air & Space by Dr. Penny Hamilton

Aviation Women Inspiring the Next Generation

For additions or corrections Contact: kcreedy@futureaviationaerospaceworkforce.com

© April 4, 2023, Future Aviation/Aerospace Workforce News

Aerospace & Defense

Linda O’Brien, Vice President and Chief Engineer at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics elected to Board of Directors, Astronics Corporation

Neelofar Ansari, Senior Manufacturing Development Engineer, BAE Systems

Gwynne Shotwell, CEO, SpaceX

Nicole Aunapu “Duke” Mann, decorated pilot, a war veteran and the first Native American woman to go to space. The Wailacki member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, she is also the first Native American woman to spacewalk.  

Bernice Kiyo-Glen, Senior Consultant, C5BDI

Melissa (Wallinger) Thorpe, Head of Spaceport Cornwall, Spaceport Cornwall

Kristin Robertson, President, Space & C2, Raytheon Intelligence & Space

Tay Fitzgerald, SVP advanced concepts, Raytheon Intelligence and Space

Pam Robertshaw, Head of Performance, Raytheon UK

Marie R. Sylla-Dixon as Chief Diversity Officer, Raytheon Technologies

Jackie Schmoll, Vice President of Business Develoment, Space & C2 Systems, Raytheon Intelligence & Space

Karen McConnell, Executive Director of Engineering, Blue Canyon Technologies, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies

Kathy Warden, CEO, Northrop Grumman

Mary Petrysqyn, President, Northrop Grumman Defense Systems

Kweilen Hatleskog, Strategy Director, Northrop Grumman

Kirsten Dreggors, Vice President of Engineering, Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems

Janice Zilch, Vice President Manned Airborne Surveillance Programs, Northrop Grumman Aeronautical Systems

Lauren Smith, Program Manager, Satellite Servicing, Northrop Grumman

Candace Givens, vice president of Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) and Geospatial Systems (OGS) business unit, Northrop Grumman

Johanne Lecomte, Vice-President Global Sales & Business Development, NorthStar Earth & Space Inc

Kerry Buckley, Vice President, Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development (CAASD), MITRE

Shannon Hultbert, CEO, Opus Interactive

Lauren Lyons, Chief Operating Officer, Firefly Aerospace

Stephanie Hill, EVP Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems

Marillyn Hewson, Executive Chair, Lockheed Martin

Linda O’Brien, Vice President and Chief Engineer, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Kasey Dixon, Human Performance Engineer, Lockheed Martin

Erica Leonard, Program Management Executive, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Systems

Kelly DeFazio, Orion Director of Production, Lockheed Martin

Lisa Callahan, Vice President Commercial Civil Space, Lockheed Martin Space

Colleen Campbell, Chief Marketing Officer, Maxar Technologies

Rajni Verma, Managing Director, MARS Exploration Pvt Ltd

Eileen Drake, CEO, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO

Michelle Lohmeier, Director, Nammo Defense Systems

Phebe Novakovic, Chair/CEO, General Dynamics

Stephanie Pope, President and CEO, Boeing Global Services Security, Boeing

Lacey Pittman, Vice President of the Global Aerospace Safety Initiative, Boeing

Anna Keeling, Managing Director, Boeing Defense UK

Linda Hapgood, Vice President – Engineering Practices, Processes & Tools, Boeing

Diana Barr, Head of Executive Staffing, Boeing

Heather Ross, Deputy Chief Pilot 777/777X, Boeing

Kristin Robertson, Vice President/General Manager, Autonomous Systems, Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS)

Emily Hughes, Director, Boeing Phantom Works

Megan Davies, CEO, Insitu, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Melissa Orme, Vice President Boeing Additive Manufacturing, Boeing

Stayce Harris, Member, Board of Directors, former United Captain, Boeing

Jacki Konesky, Managing Director, Product Marketing & Product Analysis, Boeing

Rachel Peterson, Government Relations Specialist, Boeing

Heidi Grant, President, Business Development leading Defense, Space and Government Services sales teams, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Elizabeth Lund, Vice President, General Manager, Supply-Chain Chief  overseeing commercial jetliner production programs production, Boeing

Erika Pearson, President, Boeing Business jet, Boeing

Nicole Bennett, Senior Project Manager, Boeing

Krista Campeau, Project Manager, Boeing

Linda Hapgood, Vice President and Program Manager – Digital Transformation, Boeing

Amber Kemmerling, Airplane Systems Engineering Process Architect, Boeing

Dr. Michelle Parker,  Vice President and Deputy Manager for the Space and Launch division, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Mildred Troegeler, Executive Liason to ICAO and the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA) for a safer more sustainable aerospace ecosystem, Global Airspace Integration Director for Advanced Air Mobility, Boeing 

Nicole Nason, Vice President of Federal Affairs for Commercial Aviation, Sustainability, and Corporate Policy at Boeing

Lola Lin, Chief Legal Officer, Howmet Aerospace

Amy E. Alving, Member, Board of Directors, Howmet Aerospace

Sharon Barner, Member, Board of Directors, Howmet Aerospace

Nicole W. Piasecki, Member, Board of Directors, Howmet Aerospace

Jody G. Miller, Member, Board of Directors, Howmet Aerospace

Poppy Khoza, President and First Woman To Be Elected To Serve As President Of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Lori DeMatteis, Career Readiness Officer, MatrixSpace

Catherine Rost, Director, Enterprise Marketing, OneWeb

Peggy Miller, CEO, PacStar

Eren Ozmen, Chair and President, Sierra Nevada Corporation

Janet Kavandi, EVP, Sierra Nevada Space Systems Group

Heidi Hendrix, Chief People Officer, Sierra Space

Pam Melroy, NASA Deputy Administrator, one of only two women to command a space shuttle, NASA

Janet Petro, 11th and First Woman Director, Kennedy Space Center, NASA

Kathryn Lueders, Associate Administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA

Laurie Leshin, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA

Jane Rigby, Senior Project Scientist for JWST, NASA

Huy Kim Tran, Director of Aeronautics, NASA Ames Research Center

Starr Ginn, AAM Strategist, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

Patricia Sanders, Chair Independent Safety Aadvisory Committee, NASA 

Jeanette Epps, First Black woman to join International Space Station, NASA

MiMi Aung, Project Leader, Mars Ingenuity Helicopter mission, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA

Sandy Lozito, Division Chief, NASA Ames Research Center

Vanessa Wyche, Director, Johnson Space Center, NASA

Katherine Calvin, Chief Scientist, Climate Advisor, NASA

Nicole Mann, Native American Astronaut to go to space, SpaceX

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Launch Director, Artemis I, NASA

Kayla Barron, engineer, a submariner, astronaut who aims to be the first woman to walk on the moon. She is one of 18 astronauts on NASA’s Artemis team, which is preparing for the 2025 attempt to land people on the moon for the first time since 1972. 

Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport

Donna J. (DJ) Fox, Chief Financial Officer, Gamma Aerospace

Meghan Thurlow, Global Head of Public Affairs, GE Aerospace 

Carol Craig, Founder/CEO, Craig Technologies & Craig Technologies Aerospace Solutions, Chair, CEO & Founder Sidus Space, Board of Directors, Vaya Space

Hilary King, VP/GM Sensing and Power Systems, Crane Aerospace and Electronics

Dr. Yemaya Bordain, President- Americas, Daedalean AI

Michelle Turner, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), L3Harris

Sandi Lee, SVP-Global Communications, L3Harris

Carol Craig, Founder/CEO, Craig Technologies & Craig Technologies Aerospace Solutions, Chair, CEO & Founder Sidus Space, Board of Directors, Vaya Space

Jessica Curry, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, Sidus Space

Barbara Humpton, President and CEO, Siemens USA

Aisha Bowe, CEO, Founder, STEMBoard

Jane Poynter, Co-CEO and Chief Experience Officer, Space Perspective

Angela Ng, Director of Development, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

Audrey Powers, Vice President of New Shepard Mission and Flight Operations, Blue Origin 

Wally Funk, First Woman Astronaut Aboard Blue Origin First Human Flight, Blue Origin

Yen Matsutomi, Senior Director-Engines Design Office, Blue Origin

Erika Wagner, PhD, Payload Sales Director, Blue Origin

Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense

Admiral Lisa Franchetti, was nominated to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. If confirmed, she will be the first woman in the Navy’s history to hold the job, and the first woman in the joint chiefs, Department of Defense.

Tracy Frost, Director-Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology (OSD Mantech), Department of Defense

Shawn Skelly, Nominee, Assistant Secretary for Readiness, Department of Defense, Co-Founder, VP Out in National Security

Brenda “Sue” Fulton, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of Defense

Heidi Shyu, Nominee, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, Department of Defense

Caroline Krass, Nominee, General Counsel, Department of Defense

Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson, Commander United States Army Southern Command, Department of Defense

Christine Wormuth, Nominee, First Woman Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense

Barbara Barrett, Secretary US Air Force

Kristyn E. Jones, Acting Undersecretary US Air Force

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Nominee, Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base

Col. Nicole Malachowski, first woman Thunderbird pilot, the first woman to fly on any Department of Defense military jet demonstration team, fighter pilot

Capt. Katie Moorkamp, Executive Officer for the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron The Thunderbirds

Maj. Michelle Curran, Lead Solo Pilot for the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron The Thunderbirds

Maj. Remoshay Nelson, Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron The Thunderbirds

Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell, First African American Woman Fighter Pilot, 2000

Eileen A. Bjorkman, Executive Director, Air Force Test Center, US Air Force

Jeannie Leavitt, Chief of Safety and Commander, Air Force Safety Center, US Air Force

Col. Merryl, Tengesdal, USAF (ret.), first Black woman to pilot the Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft

Col. DeAnna Franks, Commander 302nd Operations Group, Peterson Space Force Base

Captain Amy Bauernschmidt, Commander, USS Abraham Lincoln, first woman to command a US nuclear carrier.

Lt. Amanda Lee, the first female demonstration pilot for the Navy’s Blue Angels aerobatics team.

Major Katie Higgins the first women pilot flying in the Navy’s Blue Angels Team in the C-130. 

Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner, in the first class of women designated as Naval Aviators.  She was the first woman to qualify in a tactical jet aircraft (A-4 Skyhawk) and first to fly the A-7E Corsair II, and to command an operational naval aviation squadron (VAQ-34)

Admiral Linda Fagan, 27th Commandant of the Coast Guard, first woman to lead the service, U.S. Coast Guard

Jessica Kinman, Senior Manager Aerospace & Defense Industry Solution Experience, Dassault Systèmes

Sirisha Bandla, Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations, First Female Astronaut for Unity 22 Mission responsible for researcher experience, Virgin Galactic

Beth Moses, Chief Astronaut Instructor, First Female Astronaut, Cabin Lead and Test Director for Unity 22 Mission, Virgin Galactic

Aparna Chitale, Chief People Officer, Virgin Galactic

Aleanna Crane, Vice President Communications, Virgin Galactic

Johnene Vardiman-Ditmanson, Medical & Training Coordinator, Virgin Galactic

Sarah E. Kim, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Virgin Galacti

Allison Odyssey, CEO, Zero Gravity Corporation

Civil Aviation/Aerospace

Zeineb Lassoued, Regional VP – MEA, ACC Aviation

Denise Mangan-Fahy, Head of Portfolio & Rental Operations at AerCap Engines

Martha Neubauer, Associate Consultant, AeroDynamic Advisory

Adefunke Adeyemi, Secretary General Secretary General, African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC)

Alison Faddis, Global Air Director of Air Safety and Operations, Amazon

Heidi Schubert, Creator of Drone Traffic Management Software, Prime Air

Tracey Downes, Head of Component Sales, APOC Aviation

Karla Gill, vice president of business transformation, Airlines Reporting Corp

Harpreet A. de Singh, Executive Director Air India

Annick Guerard, CEO, Air Transat

Lillian Dukes, Senior Vice President, Technical Operations, Atlas Air

Patricia Goodwin-Peters, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Atlas Air Worldwide

Annette Mann, CEO, Austrian Airlines

Silvija Jakiene, Chief Communications Officer, Avia Solutions Group

Jaime Crear, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Aviation Capital Group

Sylvia Li, Vice President of Aircraft Trading (AT), Aviation Capital Group

Lisa Savitzky to Senior Vice President, Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Aviation Capital Group

Helen Zhu, Assistant Vice President, Attorney, Aviation Capital Group

Amanda Hartwig, Director of Business Development – Airframe & Components Group, BF Aerospace

Audrone Keinyte, CEO, BBN Cargo Airlines Holdings and Bluebird Nordic

Kathy Savitt, President and Chief Business Officer, Boom Supersonic

Dorothea von Boxberg, CEO, Brussels Airlines

Florence Minisclou as Executive Vice President, CFM International

Amanda Gower, Chief Commercial Officer, CTS Engines

Karen Hong, CEO, Continental Aerospace Technology

Dawne S. Hickton, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Cumberland Additive, Board Member, Vmo Aircraft Leasing

Anastasija Visnakova, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Deutsche Aircraft

Thea Feyereisen, Senior Technical Fellow, Aerospace Electronics, Honeywell

Anita Frew, Chair, first woman in 115 year history of Rolls-Royce

Helen McCabe, Chief Financial Officer, Rolls-Royce

Grazia Vittadini, Chief Technology Officer Designate, Rolls-Royce

Jacqueline Sutton, CCO Commercial Aviation, Rolls-Royce

Amanda Heslop, Chief Design Engineer – TP400 & Legacy Defence Engines at Rolls-Royce, Member We Are Tech Women

Louise Clark, Operations Planning Executive, Rolls-Royce

Nicola Grady-Smith, Chief Transformation Officer, Rolls-Royce

Sophie Chittim, Lead Research and Technology Engineer Fuel Cells and Electric Propulsion Systems, Rolls Royce

Michelle Wu, Head of Commercial, Greater China, CDB Aviation

Brie Carere, Cheif Customer Officer, FedEx

Jennifer L. Johnson, Corporate Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer, FedEx

Leslie Benners, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at FedEx Office, FedEx

Cheryl Pitzer, Chief Pilot, FedEx

Susan Schofield, VP Strategy – Civil Airframe, GKN Aerospace

Jacqueline Jiang, Group Director Airframe Services, HAECO Group Leadership TeamHaeco

Dr. Anita Sengupta, CEO, Hydroplane Ltd

Ciara Ruane,Chief People Officer, Member Executive Leadership Team, Avolon

Trisha Frank, Vice President of Government Programs, Air Transport Services Group

Natalie Atwood, Chief People Officer, Breeze Airways

Iñaki Uriz Millan, CEO, Caravelo

Sophie Dekkers, CCO, easyJet

Pip Spence, CEO & Director Aviation Safety, Australia’s aviation Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)

Dina Ben Tal Ganancia, CEO, El Al Israeli Airlines

Caroline Pappas, General Manager – Americas Etihad Cargo, Etihad Aviation Group

Dr. Fang Liu, Secretary General & CEO, ICAO

Nancy Graham, former FAA and head of the ICAO Air Navigation Bureau.

Capt. Aysha Alhameli, first UAE representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, first female pilot in the United Arab Emirates

Farzaneh Sharafbafi, CEO, Iran Air

Kim Kinsley, President, International Aero Engines

Alison McHugh, Vice President of Safety and Quality, FEAM AERO

Kelly Corn, Vice President of Human Resources, FEAM AERO

Helen Webb, Founder, Director, Helen Webb Marketing, International Airshow Marketing.

Manal Habib, the company’s CEO, MightyFly

Jennifer Homendy, Chair, U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

Sarah Puro, Senior Advisor to Chair Homendy, National Transportation Safety Board

Sharon Bryson, Managing Director, National Transportation Safety Board

Dana Schulze, Managing Director, National Transportation Safety Board

Dolline Hatchett, Principal Deputy Managing Director for Management and Operations, First and Only Black NTSB Investigator, National Transportation Safety Board

Beverley Drake, Program Manager, Government and Industry Affairs &
Federal Women’s Program Manager, National Transportation Safety Board

Zoe Keliher, Aviation Accident Investigator US National Transportation Safety Board

Melissa Sabatine, Vice President, Aviation Carbon Response and Sustainability Lead, Jacobs

Carol Anderson, General Counsel, Gulf Air

Mary Claire Murphy, Executive Director, Government Affairs, Textron

Polina Ball, Special Missions Program, Manager Textron

Lisa Atherton, former president & CEO of the Textron Systems segment, is now COO of Bell Division of Textron

Katherine Bennett OBE, Senior Vice President, Airbus

Sabine Klauke, CTO, Airbus

Amanda Simpson, Vice President of Research & Technology, Airbus Americas

Julie Kitcher, Executive Vice President for Sustainability, Airbus

Mari Mesri, Airline Marketing Director, Airbus

Paige Stanton Wilson, Chief Operating Officer of Acubed by Airbus

Balkiz Sarihan, Head of Urban Air Mobility, Airbus

Daniela Serafini, Head of Flight Hour Services, Airbus

Mary Ellen Jones, VP-Asia Pacific, Pratt & Whitney

Maria Della Posta, the First Female President of a Pratt & Whitney Business Unit, Pratt & Whitney Canada

Irene Makris, VP Sales and Marketing, Pratt & Whitney

Jennifer Caruso, VP Operations Transformation, Pratt & Whitney

Zonda Feulner, Director of Customer Training, Pratt & Whitney

Karine Lavoie-Tremblay, Director, Commercial Engines Digital Transformation, Pratt & Whitney

Emmy Guzmán, Director and General Manager of the APU and Turbojet Business, Pratt & Whitney

Jennifer Reed, VP/GM Evacuation, Water and Lighting Solutions, Interiors Division, Collins Aerospace

Isolde Karro, VP/Chief Communications Officer, Collins Aerospace

Jennifer Schopfer, VP/Chief Information Officer, Digital Technology, Collins Aerospace

Tatum Buse, Chief Financial Officer, Collins Aerospace

Tanya Hooper, VP/Chief Human Resources Officer, Collins Aerospace

Nancy Welsh, Director of Marketing, Collins Aerospace

Kanwal Reen, Senior Technical Fellow, Product Cybersecurity, Collins Aerospace

Terry Stehlik, Program Manager for Government & Special Programs, Duncan Aviation

Amber Garret, Structures Team Leader, Duncan Aviation

Catherine Rost, Senior Director Global Marketing, Satcom Direct

Joanne Walker, General Manager, Satcom Direct

Karen Gathercole, Vice President Human Resources, Satcom Direct

Kim Ashmun, President Components & Accessories, StandardAero

Marsha Woelber, head of Worldwide Executive Jets Customer Support and Aftermarket Sales, Embraer

Alana Forbes, Chief Financial Officer, Flyht

Jessica Koss, Lead Transportation Pilot and Safety Coordinator, Garmin

Victoria Foy, CEO, Safran Seats GB

Beth de Young, VP Business Development Aircraft Interiors-Lease Customers, Safran

Rosemary Brester, President, Hobart Machined Products Inc

Kirsten Rehmann, CEO, Hahn Air Lines

Joan Sullivan Garrett, Founder & CEO, Medaire and Medlink

Riona Armesmith, CTO, MagniX

Martine Gagné, Chief Technology Officer, Meggitt

Merren McArthur, CEO, Lynx Air

Olga Razzhivina, Co-Founder & Senior ISTAT-Certified Appraiser, ORIEL, Inc.

Sonya Branco, EVP, President, CFO, CAE, Inc.

Ruth Jebing, Chief of Staff, CEO Officer, CAE Inc

Stella Hughes, Advanced Air Mobility Strategy, Business Development and Partnerships Leader, CAE

Helene Gagnon, SVP Public Affairs, Global Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility, CAE Inc.

Abby Bried, VP and General Counsel, Panasonic Avionics

Kim Creaven as Director of Advertising Sales, Panasonic Avionics

Dorothea von Boxberg, CEO, Lufthansa Cargo, EVP Lufthansa Group

Linda Markham, President, Cape Air

Jeanne Cook, Principal & VP Operations, Bankair

Tracie Walter, Vice President, Bemidji Aviation Services

Donna Nixon, General Manager, Wiggins Airways

Alexandra Florin, Manager, Aviation Technical Standards, Wing

Sandy Smith, Co-Chair of Board of Directors, Ameriflight

Sheri Larkin, Corporate Controller, Ameriflight

Dawn Deitmen, Director of Materials and Business Processes

Jamie Smith, Director of Corporate Communications

Ashley Gomez, Chief Pilot, Republic Airways

Joanna Geraghty, President/COO, JetBlue

Ursula Hurley, Chief Financial Officer, JetBlue

Melinda Maher, Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis and Structural Cost, JetBlue Airways

Renée Anckner, Vice President Associate General Counsel, JetBlue

Jill Eshbaugh, Vice President Airports Experience, JetBlue

Dr. Nancy Shane Hocking, Manager, Pilot Gateway Programs, JetBlue Airways, Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force

Susan Pfingstler, Vice President, JetBlue University, JetBlue

Carol Clements, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, JetBlue

Jayne O’Brien, Head of Marketing and Loyalty, JetBlue

Dana Shapir Alviene, Vice President, Airports Experience, JetBlue

Whitnee Hawthorne, Vice President, Customer Support, JetBlue

Lisa Studness Reifer, Head of Finance and Treasury 

Katherine Celli, VP Project Management and Continuous Improvement, JetBlue

Laurie Villa, Chief People Officer, JetBlue

Ellen Ham, Vice President Labor Relations, JetBlue

Icema Gibbs, VP CSR and DEI, JetBlue

Carol Clements, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, JetBlue

Amy Burr, President, JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV)

Michelle Horn, SVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Delta Air Lines

Alicia Tillman, Chief Marketing Officer, Delta Air Lines

Kristen Shovlin, VP Sales & Development, Delta Air Lines

Allison Ausband, Executive Vice President,and Chief Customer Experience Officer, Delta Air Lines

Julie Yates, Vice President-Investor Relations, Delta Air Lines

Joanne Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, Delta Air Lines

Pamela Fletcher, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Delta Air Lines

Kristen Bojko, Vice President of Fleet, Delta Air Lines

Sue Kolloru, EVP-Corporate Strategy, Delta Air Lines

Crystal L. Barrois, Manager Pilot Development, Delta Air Lines

Amelia DeLuca, Vice President for Sustainability, Delta Air Lines

Katie Minarik, Lead Program Manager Business Insights and Analytics Delta Tech Ops

Evita Garces, Vice President Line Maintenance, American Airlines

Jessica Tyler, President-Cargo, Vice President Operations Innovation & Delivery, American Airlines

Bobbi Wells, Vice President, Safety, Environment & Regulatory Compliance, American Airlines

Priya Aiyar, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Legal Officer

Stacy Morrissey, VP Engineering and Quality, American Airlines

Maya Leibman EVP/CIO, American Airlines Airlines

Molly Wilkinson, Vice President – Regulatory Affairs, American Airlines

Grace Hwang, Manager of Leisure Sales at American Airlines

Mecole “Cole” Brown, Chief People Officer, American Airlines

Cynthia Barnes, Director of Strategic Market Initiatives, American Airlines

Caroline Clayton, Vice President of Global Engagement, American Airlines

Capt. Lori Legat, Managing Director Pilot Recruitment & Crew Accommodations, first female pilot to reach MD level, American Airlines

Julie Rath, Vice President Customer Experience, American Airlines

Heather Samp, Managing Director, AAdvantage, American Airlines

Jessica L. Ast, Manager-Aviation Porgrams, American Airlines

Audra Leseckaite, Senior Manager Global Diveristy, Equity & Inclusion, American Airlines

Kozetta Chapman, Senior Manager of Tech Ops Recruiting and Development, American Airlines

Lynne Embleton, CEO, Aer Lingus

JoAnn Tan, Divisional Vice President Business Transformation, Singapore Airlines

Anne Correa, senior vice president for forecasting and modeling, mba Aviation

Anne Larilahti, Vice President Sustainability, Finnair

Christine Rovelli, Senior Vice President Finance & Fleet Management, Finnair

Kristin Colvile, first female CEO of a global airline alliance, SkyTeam Alliance

Robyn Grassanovits, VP Travel Products and Emerging Business, Cirium

Sylvia Bianchi, Head of Aircraft Architecture, 328 Support Services GmbH

Anna Galoni, CEO, Marsh Brothers Aviation

Olfa Hamdi, CEO, Tunisair

Genevieve Rosario, Head of Product Development & Service Design, Qatar Airways

Jayne Hrdlicka, CEO, Managing Director, Virgin Australia

Marjan Rintel, July 1 to become President and CEO, KLM

Jean Lydon-Rodgers, President & CEO, GE Aviation Services

Nathalie Tarnaud Laude, CEO, ATR

Tiziana Masullo, Managing Director and President, ATR Americas

Mirta De Benedictis, Head of Communications and Corporate Branding, ATR

Lalitya Dhavala, Aviation Engineering Consultant, McLarens Aviation

Maria Della Posta – President, P&WC

Güliz Öztürk, CEO and first woman CEO of a Turkish airline, Pegasus Airlines

Stephanie Margras, COO, responsible for ground and flight operations, St. Barth’s Commuter.

Sumati Sharma, Vice President Special Projects, Virgin Atlantic

Dorota Bratowska, Managing Director. LOT Polish Airlines

Jóhanna á Bergi, CEO, Atlantic Airways

Yvonne Makolo, CEO, RwandAir

Veranita Yosephine, CEO, AirAsia

Aireen Omar, President, AirAsia Digital

Darshini Velayutham, Senior Executive, Network Management Center Operations Analyst, Air Asia

Anne Rigail, CEO, Air France

Anne Brachet, Executive Vice President, Air France-KLM Engineering & Maintenance, Air France-KLM

Maria Jose Hidalgo, CEO, Air Europa

Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, CEO, VietJet Air

 Daniele Cagnatel, CEO SEKISUI Aerospace Corporation

Chelsea McLaughlin, Senior Director, Sekisui Aerospace

Sasha Johnson, VP Corporate Safety, United Airlines

Maria Deacon, Senior Vice President of Technical Operations, United Airlines

Lauren Riley, Chief Sustainability Officer, United Airlines  

Bonnie Turner, Managing Director, Airframe Repair and Overhaul, United Airlines

Kate Gebo, Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Labor Relations, United Airlines

Doreen Burse, Senior Vice President-Worldwide Sales, United Airlines

Mary Ann Schaffer, Systems Chief Pilot, United Airlines

Jessica Kimbrough, Chief Diversity Equity & Inclusion Officer, United Airlines

Linda Jojo, Executive Vice President of Technology and Chief Digital Officer, United Airlines

Deneen DeFiore, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, United Airlines

Becky Selzer, Senior Principal Architect – Platform Architecture/Engineering, United Airlines

Rachel Lyons, Executive Director, Space for Humanity

Carolina Cortizo, Managing Director, Wingo

Yvette Hollingsworth Clark, Board Member, Air Lease Corporation

Anna Goranson, Head of People, Airspace

Oana Petrescu, CEO, Blue Air

Nathalie Stubler, CEO, Transavia France

Veranita Yosephine Sinaga, CEO, Indonesia AirAsia

Vanessa Hudson, CEO, Qantas Group.

Shilpa Bhatia, CCO, SpiceJet

Charlotte Svensson, CIO, SAS

Maria Jesus Lopez Solas, Director Commercial, Network Development and Alliances, Iberia

Leanne Geraghty, Chief Customer and Sales Officer, Air New Zealand

Constance von Muehlen, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, COO, Alaska Airlines

Kirsten Amrine, Vice President-Revenue Management and Network Planning, Alaska Airlines

Laurie Baur, Vice President-Tax, Alaska Airlines

Brooke Vatheuer, Vice President-Audit Programs, Alaska Airlines

Emily Halverson, Vice President Finance and Controller, Alaska Airlines

Charu Jain, Senior Vice President Merchandising & Innovation, Alaska Airlines

Diana Birkett Rakow, Senior Vice President Public Affairs & Sustainability, Alaska Airlines

Toni Freeberg, Managing Director of Sales Alaska Airlines 

Captain Kisa Wiley, Base Chief Pilot, Horizon Air

Captain Kat Pullis, Base Chief Pilot, Alaska Airlines

Tammy Romo, EVP and CFO, Southwest Airlines

Angela Marano, VP Business Transformation, Southwest Airlines

Whitney Dix, Manager, Dispatch Training at Southwest Airlines, Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force

Lauren Woods, Senior Vice President Technology & Chief Information Officer, Southwest Airlines

Elise May, Senior Program Manager, Inflight Safety and Regulatory Compliance, Southwest Airlines

Stacy Malphurs, Vice President Supply Chain Management, Southwest Airlines

Kay Weatherford, Vice President Revenue Management & Pricing, Southwest Airlines

Ellen Torbert, Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, Southwest Airlines

Elizabeth Bryant, Senior Vice President of People, Learning & Development

Sonya Lacore, Executive Advisor, Southwest Airlines

Leah Koontz, Executive Advisor, Southwest Airlines

Julie Weber, Vice President and Chief People Officer, Southwest Airlines

Linda Rutherford, Executive Vice President People & Communications, Southwest Airlines

Whitney Eichinger, Managing Director, Culture and Engagement, Southwest Airlines

Kristi Owens, Vice President Talent & Leadership Development, Southwest Airlines

Christa Lucas, Vice President Governmental Affairs, Southwest Airlines

Lindsey Lang, Vice President People, Southwest Airlines

Julia Landrum, Vice President Investor Relations, Southwest Airlines

Jennifer Bridie, Vice President, Marketing Communications and Strategy, Southwest Airlines

Carrie Mills, Vice President of Cybersecurity, Southwest Airlines

Jennifer Shinn, Chief of Dispatch, Southwest Airlines

Malissa Chambliss, Chief Human Resources Officer, StandardAero

Tan Lee Chew, President Commercial, Member of the Group Executive Committee, ST Engineering

Carol Tomé, CEO, UPS

Iris Rich, VP, International Air Operations, UPS

Karen Gutman, SVP & Chief Sales and Solutions Officer, UPS Global Healthcare

Laura Lane, Chief Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Officer, UPS

Charlene Thomas, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Nicole “Nikki” Clifton, President, The UPS Foundation

Louise Martin, VP Membership, Flight Safety Foundation

Mindy Drummond, Chief Administrative Officer, FlightSafety Interntional

Sheri Bartz, Engineering and Manufacturing Transformational Leader, Spirit Aerosystems

Sam Marnick, President, Commercial Division & Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Spirit AeroSystems

Mindy McPheeters, Chief Legal Officer, Spirit Aerosystems

Rachel Woods, CH-53K Program Manager, Spirit AeroSystems

Cindy Hoover, Vice President, Research & Development & Growth Programs, Spirit AeroSystems

Christine Ourmieres-Widener, CEO, TAP Air Portugal

Rachel Barrie, CEO, Global Aerospace Group

Mindy Gross, Director & Chief Business Development Offers, Rizse

Dominique Roland, Head of Policy, Innovation & Knowledge Department, European Aviation Safety Agency

Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretrary, Department of Transportation

Jen Howard, Chief Competition Officer, Department of Transportation

Polly Trottenberg, Acting FAA Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration

Jodi Baker, Deputy Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Federal Aviation Administration

Kathryn “Katie” Thomson, Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration

Caitlin Locke, Acting Deputy Executive Director, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration

Dr. Susan Northrup, US Federal Air Surgeon, Federal Aviation Administration

Shannetta R. Griffin, P.E.m Associate Administrator for the Office of Airports, Federal Aviation Administration

Abigail Smith, deputy executive director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, Federal Aviation Admnistration

Teri Bristol, Air Traffic Organization Chief Operating Officer, Federal Aviation Administration

Lirio Liu, Executive Director of the Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration

Patricia Mathes, Manager, National FAA Safety Team, Federal Aviation Administration

Diana Liang, Enterprise Portfolio Manager, Federal Aviation Administration

Jane Hanson, Non-Executive Director, UK Civil Aviation Authority.

Jean Rollo, President and COO, Launch Technical Workforce Solutions

Marie-Claude Payant, Vice President of Finance, Launch Technical Workforce Solutions

Natalie Rollo, Director Human Resources, Launch Technical Workforce Solutions

Monica Newhouse-Rodriguez, Managing Principal, Newhouse & Associates, LLC

Bianca Rhodes, President & CEO, Knight Aerospace

Sheryl Barden, President & CEO, Aviation Personnel International

Kay Ryan, Chief Commercial Officer, Loganair

Gina Radke, Owner/CEO, Galley Support Innovations, Vice Chair, Career Education Development Board, Washington State

Jessica Webster, Founder & President, The Hera Aviation Group

Colleen Back, Director Strategic Accounts, StandardAero

Caroline Vandedrinck, Senior Vice President, SR Technics

Susan Johnson, Project Engagement Manager, VP Aviation Technical Services

Heather Halvorson, SMS Program Manager, Frontier Airlines

Rebecca Henry, SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer, Allegiant Air

Preeti Asthana, Director & Head of Global Programs, Innovation and Partnerships, Aon PLC

Captain Maria Ziadie-Haddad, first woman captain for Air Jamaica

Ellen M. Lord, Board of Directors Member, AAR Corp.

Jessica Garascia, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, AAR Corp

Tracey Patterson, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, AAR Corp

Lori Knudson, Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, AAR Corp

Lauren Sammes, Hydrogen Systems Fellow, subject matter expert on hydrogen technology and hydrogen safety, Universal Hydrogen

Anna Goranson, Vice President-People, Universal Hydrogen

Lindsey Gamell, Program Manager, TP Aerospace

Nancy Graham, President, Graham Aerospace International, former Director, ICAO Air Navigation Bureau

Carol Giles, President, The Giles Group

Dawn Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, TUI Airways

Diana Sands, Chair of the Board of Directors Audit Committeea, Vmo Aircraft Leasing

Sherrexcia Alexis Rolle, Vice-President of Operations and General Counsel, Western Air

Jessie Melvin, First Female Lead Technician, West Star Aviation

Katie Hazelwonder to Citation Project Manager, West Star Aviation

Yvonne Moynihan, Chief Corporate Officer, Wizz Air

Marion Geoffroy, Managing Director UK, Wizz Air

Julie Sims, Director of Marketing and Communications, Valence Surface Solutions; Member Board of Directors of the Southern California Aerospace Club as the Director of Scholarships

Associations

Di Reimold, Vice President of Civil Aviation, Aerospace Industries Association

Katherine Nettrour, Vice President, Finance, and Treasurer, Aerospace Industries Association

Kristie Primmer, Senior Executive Assistant to the President & CEO, Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace Industries Association

Alison Lynn, Vice President, Communications, Aerospace Industries Association

Marta HernandezSenior Director, Communications, Aerospace Industries Association

Katrina Hill, Director, American Rocketry Challenge, Aerospace Industries Association

Ananda Miles, Senior Manager, Communications, Aerospace Industries Association

Sue Perez, Manager, Digital Assets, Aerospace Industries Association

Savannah Horton, Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Aerospace Industries Association

Erica D. Osowiski, Senior Coordinator, Communications & Legislative Affairs, Aerospace Industries Association

Katarina Defilippo, Director, Legislative Affairs, Aerospace Industries Association

Kayla Renner, Manager, Legislative Affairs, Aerospace Industries Association

Karina Perez, Director, Unmanned and Emerging Aviation Technologies, Aerospace Industries Association

Peggy Boyd, Senior Coordinator, Civil Aviation, Space Systems, & Technical Operations, Aerospace Industries Association

Ilsa Mroz, Senior Manager, Space Systems, Aerospace Industries Association

MaryLee Pollitt, Director, International Affairs, Aerospace Industries Association

Emma Hamilton, Manager, International Affairs, Aerospace Industries Association

Chloe Wolchko, Standards Engineer, National Aerospace Standards (NAS) Program, Aerospace Industries Association

Sherry Epperson, Director, International Programs, Aerospace Industries Association

Bry Spinella, Senior Manager, International Programs, Aerospace Industries Association

Denise Brassé, Director, Membership, Aerospace Industries Association

Tiffany Brumfield, Manager, Database & Membership Operations, Aerospace Industries Association

Taylon Terrell, Manager, Member Engagement, Aerospace Industries Association

Farah Hussain, Manager, Facilities & Operations, Aerospace Industries Association

Madeline Carlson, Coordinator, Membership & Standards, Aerospace Industries Association

Monika Nielsen, Vice President, Corporate Events, Aerospace Industries Association

Kristyn Walecka, Manager, Corporate Events, Aerospace Industries Association

Nadia Kader, Manager, Corporate Events, Aerospace Industries Association

Alaina Grays, Director, Human Resources & People Operations, Aerospace Industries Association

Lara Gaerte, President, Air Race Classic

Donna Harris, Vice President, Air Race Classic

Sherry Kandle, Secretary, Air Race Classic

Linda Evans, Treasurer, Air Race Classic

Karen Kuhlman, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Rebecca Hupp, Sectretary/Treasurer, First Vice Chair, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Jacky Sher Raker, Executive Vice President Meetings, Membership, Marketing, Admin, Foundation & Global Operations, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Holly Ackerman, Associate Vice President, Global Operations, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Molly Balkam, Manager, Marketing, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Gwen Basaria, Vice President, Member Experience & AAAE Foundation, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Maria Bremis, Senior Vice President, Compliance, Diversity & Human Resources, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Jordan Bydume, Coordinator, Outreach & Engagement, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Amy Caliari, Vice President, Accreditation & Certification Programs, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Colleen Chamberlain, Vice President, Transportation Security Policy, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Brigida DeMoraes, Manager, Training & Certification Programs, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Natalie Fleet, Senior Vice President, Meetings,The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Heba Gouda, Vice President, Global Operations, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Stephanie Gupta, Senior Vice President, Security & Facilitation, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Trina Hadden, Vice President, Operations, Training & Technology Services, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Cathy Haggerty, Director, Training & Business Development, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

April Harrison, Senior Manager, Training & Business Development,The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Erin O’Connor Senior Manager, Leadership & Events, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Christal Hill, Staff Accountant, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Alison Paylor, Producer, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Sarah Pilli, Vice President, AAAE Services, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Jennifer Richards, Associate Vice President, Membership, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Marisa Sterline-Abram, Director, Meetings, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Katie Sullens, Senior Manager, Regulations and Compliance, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Jonna Thoma, Associate Vice President, Meetings & Events, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Amy Trivette, Vice President, Corporate Engagement & Partnerships, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Danielle Whalen, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Sherri Zetlin, Director, Exhibits & Sponsorships, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Danielle Phelps, Graphic Designer, The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)

Henrietta Brown, A.A.E., MBA, Deputy Director – Finance & Administration, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Board of Directors, AAAE

Melinda Montgomery, A.A.E., Airport Manager, Trenton-Mercer Airport, Board of Directors, AAAE

Judy Ross, A.A.E., Assistant Director of Aviation, San Jose Mineta International Airport, Board of Directors, AAAE

Colorado Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera, Chair, Aerospace States Association 

Sarah MacLeod, Executive Director, Aeronautical Repair Station Association

Alison McHugh, Member Board of Directors, Aeronautical Repair Station Association

Eboni Wimbush, President & CEO, Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC)

Elizabeth Tennyson, Executive Director, You Can Fly program, AOPA

Emily Williams, Board Member, Air Charter Association

Sharon Pinkerton, SVP Legislative & Regulatory Policy, A4A

Patricia Vercelli, General Counsel, A4A

Lauren Beyer, Vice President for Security and Facilitation, A4A

Ivon Aheart, Coordinator of the Office of the General Counsel, A4A 

Jana Williams, President and CEO, Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) and MedEvac Foundation International (MFI)

Lauren Beyer, President Cargo Airline Association

Cornelia B. Fischer, Co-Chair, Aviation Round Table, Thailand and German Aviation Research Society

Zipporah Marmor, Vice Chair, International Association of Aircraft Dealers

Kathleen M. Guilfoyle, President-Elect, COO & VP Affiliations through the end of 2021, President from January 2022 – December 2023, International Aviation Womens Association

Helena Sjöström, Deputy President, International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (IFATCA)

Patricia Gilbert, Executive Vice President Americas Region, International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (IFATCA)

Cheryl Yen-Chun Chen, Executive Vice President-Asia Pacific, International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (IFATCA)

Megan Eisenstein, Managing Director, Industry Affairs and Innovation, National Air Transportation Association

Karen Huggard, Vice President of Government Affairs, National Air Transportation Association

Kimberly (Kim) Blankenship, Director, Finance and Operations, National Air Transportation Association

Paige Kroner, Senior Advisor, Industry Relations, National Air Transportation Association

Jilliam Williams, Conference & Events Manager, National Air Transportation Association

Jacqueline Rosser, Regulatory Affairs (Air Charter) Senior Advisor, National Air Transportation Association

Megan Eisenstein, Managing Director, Industry Affairs & Innovation, National Air Transportation Association

Kathy Yodice, Vice-Chair Legal Advisory Council, Experimental Aircraft Association

Janine Iannarelli, Chair, European Business Aviation Association Associate Member Advisory Council

Montserrat Barriga, Managing Director, European Regions Airline Association

Elizabeth Clark, Executive Director, Women in Corporate Aviation

Laura Scanlan, President, Women in Corporate Aviation Int’l

Suzanne Neufang, Executive Director, Global Business Travel Association & Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)

Delphine Millot, Senior Vice President of Sustainability, Global Business Travel Association 

Carol Dean, Founder and Chairman, Grand Dames of Aviation

Ann Richart, Regional Director – Central Region NASAO

Amy Ludwig, Secretary- Executive Committee, NASAO

 Taylor Bryan, Manager of Marketing & Communications, NASAO

Tori Emerson Barnes, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy, US Travel Association

Candace S. McGraw, Vice Chair, Airports Council International, ACI World

Nancy Zimini, Chief Administration and Operations Officer, Airports Council International

Annie Russo, Chief Political and Congressional Strategy Officer, Airports Council International-North America

AmyClair Brusch, Managing Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Airports Council International-North America

Melinda Pagliarello, Managing Director, Environmental Affairs, Airports Council International-North America

Angela Gittens, former Director General of ACI World, program ambassador for ACI-ICAO Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme (AMPAP)

Veronica Gerson, Senior Director, Member Services, Airports Council International-North America

Kathleen Henderson, Director, Aviation Security and Committee Affairs, Airports Council International-North America

Raechel Rucker, Director, Communications and Marketing, Airports Council International-North America

Caitlin Sloan, Director, Conferences, Airports Council International-North America

Kathleen Henderson, Director, Aviation Security and Committee Affairs, Airports Council International-North America

Kathleen Henderson, Director, Aviation Security and Committee Affairs, Airports Council International-North America

Kathleen Henderson, Director, Aviation Security and Committee Affairs, Airports Council International-North America

Kathleen Henderson, Director, Aviation Security and Committee Affairs, Airports Council International-North America

Véronique Demers, Vice President of Communications and Marketing, Airports Council International (ACI) World

Deirdre L. Clemmons, Senior Vice President, Events and Strategic Partnerships, Airports Council International

Liying Gu, Vice President, Economic Affairs and Research, Airports Council International

Lieutenant Colonel Olga E. Custodio, Board Member, Latino Pilots Association, Executive Director, Women in Aviation International, first Hispanic woman to complete U.S. Air Force military pilot training, first female Hispanic U.S. military pilot

 Amy Spowart, President and CEO, National Aeronautic Association

Karen Kalishek, DPE, ATP, Master CFI/CFII/MEI, CFI-G, Board Chair, National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI)

Aimee Maruyama, CEO and President, National Aviation Hall of Fame

Pamela Williams, Board Vice Chair, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

Angela Carter, Chief Strategist, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

Vanessa Blacknall-Jamison, Board of Advisors, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

Carole Hopson, Board of Advisors, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

Valerie Manning, Board of Advisors, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

Anya Kearns, Program Director, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

A. Tomica Adams, Director Relationship Development, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

Elizabeth Tennyson, Board of Advisors, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

Bethoyia (Beth) Powell, Board of Advisors, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

Samantha Magill, Vice Chair, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Dr. Mary Johnson, President, University Aviation Association

Dawn Vinson, Executive Director, University Aviation Association

Crystal Maguire, Executie Director, Aviation Technical Education Council

Gloria Guevara, CEO, World Travel & Tourism Council

Dr Alice Bunn, CEO, head of UK delegation to the European Space Agency, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Jo Damato, senior vice president, education, training and workforce development, NBAA

Heidi Williams, Director-Air Traffic Services and Infrastructure, NBAA

Sierra Grimes, Senior Manager for Government Affairs, NBAA

Sacha Carey, CEM, Vice President-Exhibits, NBAA

Martine Rothblatt, a pilot and aviation trailblazer and a pioneer in electric helicopters and advanced air mobility with Beta Technologies, received NBAA Meritorius Service Award 2021.

Kali Hague, pilot, flight instructor and attorney Kali Hague, Young Professional Director, Board of Directors, NBAA

Christa Lucas, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Public Policy & Advocacy, NBAA

Faye Black, President, Regional Airline Association

Jennifer Iversen, Vice President, Aviation Operations & Regulatory Affairs, Regional Airline Association 

Yvonne Makolo, First Woman/First African Chair, IATA. Makolo is also CEO of Rwanda Air

Jane Hoskisson, Head of Diversity, IATA

Adefunke Adeyemi, Regional Director of Advocacy and Strategic Relations for Africa, IATA

Kim MacCaulay, Chief Data Officer, IATA

Karen Clayton, General Counsel, IATA

Marie Owens Thomsen, Chief Economist, IATA

Nikki Malcolm, Chair, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance

Shelli Brunswick, Chief Operating Officer, Space Foundation

Holly Roberts, Chief Financial Officer, Space Foundation

Elizabeth Y. Wagner, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Space Foundation

Jane Rasplicka, Vice President Finance & Accounting, Space Foundation

Laura Chadwick, CEO, Travel Technology Association

Tiffany Taylor, Senior Policy Director, United Aerial Firefighters Association (UAFA)

Lynda Coffman, CEO, Women in Aviation International

Stephanie Kenyon, Chief Operating Officer, Women in Aviation International

Kelly Murphy, Director of Communications, Women in Aviation International

Jabili Kandula, Associate Editor, Women in Aviation International

Annie Stikeleather, Manager of Youth Programs, Women in Aviation International

Jennifer Moore, Art Director, Women in Aviation International

Kerisa Citro, Director of Conferences & Events, Women in Aviation International

Trish Steineke, Conference and Events Coordinator, Women in Aviation International

Donna Wallace, Exhibits and Sponsorship Coordinator, Women in Aviation International

Molly Martin, Director of Member Engagement, Women in Aviation International

Stephanie Gordon, Manager of Membership Services, Women in Aviation International

Rorie Ainbinder, Chapter Relations Specialist, Women in Aviation International

Cambria Bilinski, Professional Development Education Coordinator, Women in Aviation International

Captain Deborah Hecker, Board Chair, Women in Aviation International

Sumati Sharma, Co-Chair, Women in Aviation & Aerospace Charter

Victoria Foy, EVP of Safran Seats GB, Co-Chair, Women in Aviation & Aerospace Charter

Sharon Rossmark, CEO, Women and Drones

Nicole Alexander, President, Wichita Aero Club (WAC)

Lauren Lacey Haertlein, General Counsel & Director, Safety & Regulatory Affairs, General Aviation Manufacturers Association

Cate Brancart, Director of European Safety and Sustainability Development, General Aviation Manufacturers Association

Zanthe Jordine, Airworthiness and Regulatory Specialist, General Aviation Manufacturers Association

Joan Serra, Regulatory Affairs Manager – Europe, General Aviation Manufacturers Association

Megan Brien, Manager of Meetings and Member Engagement, General Aviation Manufacturers Association

Stacey Rudser, President, Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance

Lynette Ashland, VP, Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance

Stacey Rudser, Board Member, Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance, Women in Aviation Advisory Board

LeeAnn Levesque, Vice President Business Development, Security Products with Analogic was elected as Vice-Chair Security Manufacturers Coalition.

Yvette Rose, SVP &Board Member, Cargo Airline Association

Lizzie Kerr, Director, UKspace

Business/General Aviation, Advanced Air Mobiility

Federica Berra, Senior Vice President Integrated Gas & Power, Air BP

Zipporah Marmor Vice President, Aircraft Transactions, ACASS

Andrea Winning, Market Research Director, Aero Asset

Kirsten Bartok Touw, Managing Partner, AirFinance, (Formerly, Vice President, Structured Finance & Corporate Development, Hawker Beechcraft and Co-Founder, Board Member and CFO of XOJET).

Bethan Holland, Senior Programs Manager, Airlink Flight

Claudia Watt, Senior Business Development Manager, Air Partner

Meg Annand, COO, Applied Aeronautics

Melissa Tromkiel, President and General Counsel, Blade

Renée Sweany, Director of Marketing , Bohlke International Aviation

Kerry Searle, Managing Director, CFS – Comair Flight Services

Claire Geary, Group Marketing Director, Chapman Freeborne

Kari Bigot, Vice President Passenger Sales – Americas, Chapman Freeborn

Catriona Taylor, Global Supplier Relations Director, Chapman Freeborn

Jenny van Wyk, Country Manager – South Africa, Chapman Freeborn

Michelle Roemer, Senior Vice President of Information Technology, Cirrus Aircraft

Ivy McIver, Director SR Product Line, Cirruss Aircraft

Tracy Chaplin, Vice President of Resources & Partnerships, Clay Lacy Aviation

Alex Blake, Chief of Staff, Elroy Air

Bridget Gonchar, Chief Operating Officers, Epic Fuels a Signature Aviation Company

Rena Davenport, CEO, Exquisite Air Charter

Cat Howeard, Director of Strategy, JSX

Laura Heltebran Chief Legal Officer, Wheels Up

Julia Zhang, Senior Vice President Pricing and Revenue Management, Wheels Up

Jessica Fisher, CEO-Founder, FlyJets

Jessie Naor, CEO, FlyVizor

Helina Teshome, Managing Director, Krimson Aviation

Sonya Sheldon, Vice President of Sales-East Coast, JetHQ

Rebecca Johnson, President EMEA, JetHQ 

April Gafford, CEO/Founder, JATO Aviation

Kathryn Purwin, CEO and Owner, Helinet Aviation Services

Ève Laurier Vice President, Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing, Bombardier

Tonya Sudduth, Head of U.S. strategy, Bombardier

Kathy Savitt, President & COO, Boom Supersonic

Susan Ying, Senior Vice President Global Operations, Ampaire, Vice President Aerospace, SAE Internation

Michele Rutledge, CEO, LighHawk

Rene Bangledorf, CEO, Charlie Bravo Aviation

Alexandria Colindres, CEO, Registry of Aruba

Jessica Naor, Member Board of Directors, Air Charter Safety Foundation

Debi Carpenter, Executive Director, Air Charter Safety Foundation

Alyssa Sleight, Director of Safety, Air Charter Safety Foundation

Denise Waye, Founder & President, AirCARE1

Paula Kraft Founding Partner, DaVinci Inflight Training Institute

Kristen, Founder Luxe Interior Finishes, Business Aviation,
Yacht and Motorcoach Representative, The Delos Company

Mary Miller, Corporate Vice President, Industry and Government Affairs BBA Aviation/Signature Flight Support

Megan Barnes, President, Paragon Aviation Group

Crystal Kubeczka, Vice President-Sales, Paragon Aviation Group

Deborah Aharon, CEO, Provo Air Center

Bonny Simi, Founder, Head of Air Operations and People, Joby Aviation

Kate Fraser, Head of Safety, Joby Aviation

Halimah DeLaine Prado, Google Generall Counsel, Member, Board of Directors, Joby Aviation

Laura Wright, Former Southwest CFO, Member, Board of Directors, Joby Aviation

Flavia Ciaccia, VP User Experience, Eve Urban Mobility

Alice Altissimo, VP Program Management, Eve Urban Mobility

Jessica Naor, COO, GrandView Aviation 

Denise Wilson, Founder & Past President/CEO, Desert Jet

Robin Eissler, Owner, jetAVIVA

Emily Deaton, CEO, jetAVIVA

Kathy Oberbroeckling, VP Financial/Human Relations, JetAVIVA

Kandi Spangler, Director, JetAVIVA

Freshta Farzam, Founder and CEO, LYTE Aviation

Cristine Kirk, President and CEO, Malone AirCharter

Shannon Hotchkin, Director of Maintenance, Nike

Janine Iannarelli, Founder & President, Par Avion

Kellie Roby, Vice President Safety Services, Polaris Aero

Danielle McLean, CEO, Happy Take Off

Joan Sullivan Garrett Founder and Chair, MedAire  

Caycee Bradley, Managing Director, Van Allen

Jenna Mattison, Program Manager, Van Allen

Lisa Swartzwelder, Director Shuttle Operations & Flight Administration, L Brands

Nel Stubbs, Vice President, Conklin & deDecker

Lisa Holland, President, Sheltair

Mary Miller, Vice President Industry and Government Affairs, Signature Aviation

Beatrice Enckell Ashe, Director of Aircraft Management & MRO, Jet Aviation

Megan Wolf, Chief Operating Officer, Flexjet

Susan Friedenberg, CEO, Corporate Flight Attendant/Tech Training

Wendy Gavigan, VP Manager of Flight Operations, Citicorp

Candace Covington, Senior Director-Aviation, Adobe

Melanie Carney, Director of Aviation, Visa

Erin Reed, Chief Pilot, Visa

Catrina Capistrant, Assistant Chief Pilot, Visa

Kellie Rittenhouse, Director of Aviation, Hangar Aviation Management/Pilot Career Center

Leigh Ann Beckett, Assistant Manager of Aviation, Xcoal Energy & Resources

Elaine Karabatsos, Director of Maintenance, Encompass Health Corp

Shannon Hotchkin, Director of Maintenance, Nike flight department, Member Society of Women Engineers

Laura Everington, Senior Manager of Government and Industry Affairs, Universal Weather and Aviation

Katie Johnson, VP Human Resources, West Star Aviation

Madelyn Pagano Pierce, Interior and Paint Designer, West Star Aviation

Jennifer Alessio, Director of Aviation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Elaine Karabatsos Director of Maintenance, Aviation, Encompass Health Corp.

Jennie Ator, Director Aviation Services, Xcel Energy

Traci Beck, Chief Pilot, Verizon

Rachel McKay, VP of Programs, Overwatch Imaging

Kelly Jost, Managing Engineer, C&S Companies

Ashley Udick, General Manager Aero Center Lakeland, SAR Trilogy Management

Kriya Shortt, SVP Parts & Programs, Textron Aviation

Victoria Tuffy, VP, Human Resources, Piper

Jacqueline Carlon, Senior Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Piper

Bethany Davis, Director Flight Innovation/Advanced Flight Deck, Gulfstream Aerospace

Kimberly Perkins, Founder and President of Aviation for Humanity 

Lynn Gordon, Vice President of Business Development, Arconas Corporation

Tracy Miller, President, Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex

Jodie Brown, Founder Summit Solutions

Sharon Barner, VP and Chief Administrator, Cummins

Susan T. Friedle, Co-Founder, CE Avionics

Karen McKinnon, President & Treasurer, CE Avionics

Denise Wilson, CEO, The Jet Agent

Katherine Minty, CFO, JETNET

Julie Mandello, Controller, JETNET

Leona Qi, President, VistaJet U.S

Airports/State Aviation Officials

Lotta Sandsgaard, CEO, Aarhus Airport, Denmark  

Lillie B. Rentz, C.M., Airport Director, Airglades International Airport

Jay Richardson, President, Airport Electronics

Angela Wagner, Director of Administration & Human Resources, Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority (GARAA)

Elise Durham, First-Ever Assistant General Manager of Business Diversity, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport 

Meredith Fox, Airport Manager, Glenwood Springs Colorado Municipal Airport

Gloria Bouillon, Airport Director, Beverly Regional Airport

Caryn Seidman-Becker, Co-Founder and CEO, CLEAR Secure, Inc.

Joan Hertz, Board Chair, Edmonton International Airport

Cathryn Stephens, A.A.E., Airport Director, Eugene Airport

Kirsten Ruus, Enterprise Director of Finance, Broward County Aviation Department. 

Nicole Bertrán Executive Vice President, The Edward J. Malloy Initiative for Construction Skills, Inc.

Nicole Noll-Williams, President and CEO, Capital Region Airport Authority, Lansing, MI

Barbara J. Cohen Executive Director, Gateway JFK

Jessica Cracchiolo Director of External Partnerships, Grant Associates

Joyce Abou Moussa, Deputy Director International Development, AAM Global Program Lead, Groupe ADP

Rosemary Vassiliadis, C.M., Director, Aviation, Harry Reid International Airport

Heather Bay, Airport Manager, The Lebanon Municipal Airport

Kathleen Pettit, Regional Director of New Business Development, HHM Hersha Hospitality

Maggie Bishop, Director, Air Service Development, Indianapolis Airport Authority

Marsha Stone, Senior Director Commercial Enterprise, Indianapolis Airport

Clorinda Antonucci, Executive Vice President, Insignia Renovations

Dayna Harap President, JFK Air Cargo Association

Helena Williams, CEO, JFK Millennium Partners

Charlene Reynolds, Airport Director, John Wayne Airport – Orange County

Denise Garcia, Deputy Administrator, Aeronautics Division, Massachusets Department of Transportaton

Amy Squitieri, Chief Operations Officer (COO)/President, Mead & Hunt

Suzette Noble, Chief Operating Officer, LaGuardia Gateway Partners

Lysa Leiponis, CEO and Principal, LL Aviation Advisors LLC

Kelly Campbell, A.A.E., Executive Director, Aviation, Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

Kim Becker, President & CEO, San Diego International Airport

Marge Basrai, EVP/CFO, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority

Davita Taylor, VP Procurement and Business Diversity, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority

Vivian Cheung, Executive Director of Airport Operations, Hong Kong International Airport

Susan Warner Dooley, Aviation Chief Commercial Officer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Jeanne Olivier, Assistant Director-Security Operations and Programs Department, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Patty Clark, Chief Aviation Strategy Officer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Ulla Lettijeff, SVP, Helsinki Airport & member of Finavia’s Executive Group

Karen Taylor, Managing Director, Gloucestershire Airport

Stephanie Wear, Vice President Aviation Development, London Gatwick Airport

Rosina Kotey, Innovation Lead, Royal Schiphol Group

Angela Giddens, President, Schiphol USA

Jacqui Johnson, Managing Director & Founder, JCJ Consulting Ltd; Board Member, British Aviation Group; Deputy Chair Airport Consultants Group

Barbara Yamamoto, Director of Business Development, PSM Squared, Inc, formerly CEO, Los Angelese World Airports

Alice Bimrose, Executive Program Director, PSM2

Judy Ross,  Assistant Director-Aviation, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport

Amber Casarez, Marketing Manager, San Bernardino Interational Airport

Courtney Pene, Deputy Director Planning & Outreach, San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport

Kim Day, CEO, Denver International Airport

Janet Bressler, Director of Risk Management, Denver International Airport

Gladys Brown, Airport Director, Yuma Interernational Airport

Corinne Nystrom, Airport Director, Mesa-Falcom Field Airports

Tracy Williams, Director, Bend Municipal Airport, First African American female to become an accredited airport executive through the American Association of Airport Executives

Sara Freese, Director of Maintenance Services and Asset Management Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport (MSP)

Samantha Porter, VP of Finance and Revenue Development, Metropolitan Airport Commmission, Minneapolis

Judith-Ann Jarrette, Director, Orlando Executive Airport

 Jamie L. Rhee, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation,

Maria Sheridan, Airport Manager, Teterboro Airport

Chellie Cameron, CEO, Philadelphia International Airport,

Candace McGraw, CEO, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

Stéphane Poirier, president & CEO, Quebec City Jean-Lesage International Airport

Christina Cassotis, CEO, Pittsburg International Airport

Emma Gilthorpe, Executive Director of Expansion, Heathrow

Anne Hustinx, General Counsel, Company Secretary, Schiphol Group

Deborah Ale Flint, CEO, Toronto Pearson Airport

Joyce Carter, CEO, Halifax Stanfield International Airport

Kate Sherry, Aviation Airector, Edinburgh airport

Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, CEO, St. Louis Lambert International Airport

Sandra Shore, Airport Director, St. Louis Downtown Airport

Monica Lambrana, CEO, El Paso International Airport

Tamara Vrooman, CEO, Vancouver International Airport

Cindy Nichol, CEO, Sacramento International Airport

Rebecca Hupp, CEO, Boise Airport

Danette Bewley, President/CEO of the Tucson Airport Authority, Member Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) Board of Directors 

Yasmina Platt, Senior Airport Planner, AECOM

Shelly deZevallos, Ed.D., president of West Houston Airport.

State Aviation Officials

 Dr. Amber Wilson, PhD, Aviation Technology Manager, Virginia Department of Aviation

Ann Richart, Director for the Aviation Division, Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) 

Joanna Boatwright, Aerospace International Trade Specialist for Washington State Department of Commerce

Aviation/Aerospace Educators

Kristen Conklin, President, HCH Aviation, Partner to Stephen F. Austin State University to provide professional pilot training

Sharon DeVivo, President/CEO, Vaughn College, Chair Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force

Graciela Tiscareno-Sato, CEO, Author Good Night Captain Mama, Gracefully Global Group LLC

Dr. Karrie Dixon, Chancellor; The University of North Carolina System, Women in Aviation Advisory Board

Timiebi U. Aganaba, DCL, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University and Member, Science Advisory Board, Seti Institute

Christina Martinez, Executive Director, Dee Howard Foundation

Lynn Strickland, Executive Director, Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee

Dr. Katie Leonard, President and CEO, Johnson College

Lindsey Dreiling, Executive Director of Aviation Strategy; Kansas State University, Women in Aviation Advisory Board

Dr. Mary Johnson, President, Purdue University, Board Member, University Aviation Association

Dr. Rebecca Lutte, Associate Professor; the University of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation Institute, Women in Aviation Advisory Board

Suzanne Markle, President & CEO, Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, Women in Aviation Advisory Board

Colonel Martha Morris, Civil Air Patrol, Women in Aviation Advisory Board

Susan Mallett, Educational Outreach, Civil Air Patrol National HQ

Kasey Herzberg, Executive Director, Challenger Learning Center of Minnesota, Director of Engineering, Aircraft Data Fusion, Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force

Tammera Holmes, President and Chief Executive Officer; Aerostar Avion Institute, Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force

Laura Jones, Executive Director and Founder, Flight Club 502, Women in Aviation Advisory Board

Shannon Morrison, Assistant Director, Academics and Program Assessment, The Ohio State University Center for Aviation Studies

Lee Brewster, Director Communications & Industry Engagement, ATP

Lashonda Clarke, Assistant Professor Aviation Maintenance Scient, Department of Aviation Maintenance Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Derren Kuhn, Assistant Professor Aviation Maintenance Science, Departmetn of Aviation Maintenance Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Elizabeth Booker, Founder, Literary Aviatrix

Karen Johnson, Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Treasurer & Journal Editor at Aviation Technician Education Council,,Southern Illinois University

Irene Miller, Ed.D, C.M., Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Elizabeth Ameke, Founder, STEMClever.org

Major General Heather Pringle Chief Executive Officer, Space Foundation

Sheryl Oxley, Aviation Program Coordinator, Tulsa Tech

Heather Wilson, President, The University of Texas at El Paso

Heather Wilson, President, The University of Texas at El Paso

Aviation Museums

Ellen Stofan, Director, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum

Dorothy Cochrane, Aeronautics Curator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Stephanie Abrams, Executive Director, New England Air Museum

Kathy Wadsworth, President, Kat Baloons, Board of Directors, New England Air Museum

Erica Leonard, Board of Directors, New England Air Museum

Unions

Sara Nelson, President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

Maryanne DeMarco, Executive Director, Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations

Patricia Gilbert, Executive Vice President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association

Trish Gilbert, Executive Vice President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association

Kassandra Bernskoetter, Chair, National Membership Committee, ALPA

On Their Shoulders….

Colleen Barrett, former President and President Emeritus of Southwest Airlines and the woman who gave the airline its heart.  

Ann Elizabeth Monahan Archibald, Assistant Vice President and first female executive in commercial aviation, Pan American World Airways. For 20 years, she presided as social/political powerhouse and company cornerstone. “Her technique was not to catch flies with honey, but to command government bureaucrats to do Pan American’s bidding,” wrote Selig Alstschul and Marilyn Bender, authors, in The Chosen Instrument. She was critical to launching Pan Am’s Africa 1941 operation and was known as the doyenne of Pan American’s Washington office. Appreciative of her wartime service, Portugal awarded her it’s highest civilian award, “The Most Ancient and Noble Order of Christ,” the first woman so honored, and decorated by the U.S. Navy for her World War II efforts, with its “Certificate of Merit.” Archibald was never promoted beyond the rank of assistant vice-president, despite the fact that she performed vice-presidential duties. She is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Brenda Robinson, president of Aviation Camps of the Carolinas, first Black female Navy pilot, first Black woman to earn Wings of Gold as a Naval Aviator, second woman to land on an aircraft carrier, inducted into the Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame.

Maureen O’Hara, CEO and President, Antilles Air Boats, first woman president of a scheduled airline in the United States succeeding husband and founder Charles Blair, former Pan Am Clipper Chief Pilot .

Michele Evans, EVP, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Fiona McKay, Former Deputy Executive Director, Director-Business Development, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance,

Angela Gittens, Former Director General of Airports Council International (ACI World), Former Director Atlanta & Miami Airports

Debby McElroy, Former EVP Airports Council International – North America, Former President Regional Airline Association

Heather Wilson, former Secretary of the Air Force

Deborah Lee James, former Secretary Air Force

Marta Bohn-Meyer, first woman crewmember aboard SR-71

Linda Hudson, President of BAe Systems in 2009

Colleen Barrett, President of Southwest Airlines in 2001

Ginger Hardage, Senior Vice President of Culture and Communications, Southwest Airlines 

Camille Keith, VP Special Marketing, Southwest, First Woman Officer of major US airline

June Morris, CEA, Morris Air

Christa McAuliffe, First Teacher in Space, perished in the Challenger accident 1987

Barbara Morgan, Educator Astronaut, first flew in 2007

Dr. Dorothy M. Simon, once referred to as “the most important woman in space science and possibly the most important lady scientist in the country,” combustion researcher at the NACA’s Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, leading expert on rocket propulsion systems, a pioneering female in corporate management, and a lifelong advocate for women in the sciences.

Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, Educator Mission Specialist, 2010 First Astronaut to begin her space pursuit at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Space Camp

Sally K Ride PhD, First American Woman in Space, NASA

Kathryn Sullivan, Member of the first space shuttle astronaut class, first American woman to walk in space, NASA

Mae Jemison, First African American Woman Astronaut to fly in space, NASA

Stephanie Wilson, Second African American Woman Astronaut to fly in space, three missions. 2006-2010

Judith Resnick, First Jewish Astronaut, perished in the Challenger accident, NASA

Margaret Hamilton, Software Engineer-Apollo Missions, NASA

Linda Godwin, Retired Astronaut, NASA

Sandra Magus, PhD, Retired Astronaut, Former Executive Director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Eileen Collins, First Woman Shuttle Pilot and Commander, NASA

Lucy Stone, First Woman Mechanical Engineer, NASA Simulation Laboratories

Kitty O’Brien Joyner,  electrical engineer, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and its successor, NASA  

Shana Dale, Deputy Administrator and highest ranking woman at NASA 2005-2009

Cady Coleman, first woman to fly aboard Mir space station, 1996

Dorothy Johnson Vaughan, mathematician and human computer, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and NASA Langley Research Center

Mary Jackson, First Black Woman Aeronautical Engineer National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and NASA

Katherine Johnson, Mathemetician Critical to Space Flight, Introduced Geometry to Figure Orbital and Lunar Flight Paths, NASA

Annie Easley, Mathemetician working on Centaur Project which led to launch of Cassini space probe.

Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s First Female Executive, Founder, Space Astronomy Program as First Chief of Astronomy, NASA

Ellen Ochoa, director of the Johnson Space Center, Engineer, First Hispanic Female Astronaut, NASA

Anna Lee Fisher, First Astronaut Mom in Space, NASA

Marcia Buckingham, First Female Ground Spacecraft Operator, NASA

Wally Funk, First Woman to Complete Mercury Test Program, NASA, First Woman to Complete FAA GA Operations Inspectors Course and Safet Inspector, FAA

Sunni Williams, US Astronaut, First to Run the Boston Marathon in Space, NASA, Boeing Starliner Pilot

Laura Hoppe, First Female Instrument & Communications Officer Flight Controller, NASA

Susan Helms, First Woman Crewmember Aboard International Space Station, NASA

Peggy Whitson, First Woman to Command the International Space Station, NASA

Kalpana Chawla, First Indian-American Woman astronaut, first Indian woman in Space, perished in Columbia accident 2003

Chiaki Mukai, First Japanese Woman to Fly in Space, 1994

Ellen Ocha, First Hispanic woman in space in 1993 as Director Flight Crew Operations, retired as Director Johnson Space Center, NASA

Dava Newman, Deputy Administrator for NASA, professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics at MIT, best known for her designs of a pressure by tension BioSuit

Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir teamed in 2019 to be the first all-women spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS).

Dr. Elizabeth Bailey, First Woman to Serve on the Civil Aeronautics Board, was appointed in 1977. She helped shepherd through the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978 and worked to ban smoking on flights. She also headed the economic-research team at Bell Laboratories, was dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s business school and taught economics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Mary E. Peters Secretary of Transportation, Department of Transportation

Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Transportation, Department of Transportation

Jane Garvey, First Women Administrator for U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Later she became First Woman Chair of United Continental Holdings

Marion Blakey, Administrator, FAA

Peggy Gilligan, former head of Aviation Safety (AVS-1), Federal Aviation Administration

Wally Funk, first female Federal Aviation Administration inspector, FAA; first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board

Lauretta Schimmoler, first woman in the country to manage an airport, Port Bucyrus Airport, Ohio

Velta Snyder Haney Benn, Women AirForce Service Pilot (WASPs), FAA Pilot Examiner and Accident Prevention Counselor, awarded the Congressional Gold Medal with her WASP pioneer sisters.

Maria Jeanmaire, Retired Chief Pilot, Harley Davidson Company

Leanne Caret, Former President/CEO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Peggy Chabrian, Founder and Past President, Women in Aviation International

Helen Holcombe Boeing’s first woman engineer in 1917 in its Drafting Department, Boeing

Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo, First Female Pilot for a Major Airline, American Airlines, 1973

Elise Eberwein, EVP, People, Communications & Public Affairs, American Airlines retired

Alison Taylor, Chief Customer Officer, American Airlines retired

Emily Howell Warner, first woman captain of a scheduled US airline, Frontier Airlines, 1976

Captain Deborah Lawrie, in the late 1970s, was the first woman to become a pilot at a major Australian airline after winning a landmark discrimination case against Ansett Airlines

Jeana Yeager, Circumnavigated the globe with Burt Rhutan in Voyager in 9 days, 1986

Nancy Grace Roman, mother of the Hubble Space Telescope, pioneer of modern space-based astronomy who made such telescopes a reality, first female executive at NASA and became the first Chief of Astronomy

Cornelia Clark Fort earned an instructor rating in March 1941 and became Nashville’s first female flight instructor. First U.S. pilot to encounter the Japanese air fleet during the attack of Pearl Harbor, second member of what was to become the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), first female pilot in American history to die on active duty. 

Col. Peggy A. Phillips, (retired) of the U.S. Air Force, was the first woman selected by the 702nd Military Airlift Squadron to attend undergraduate pilot training, first female reserve pilot to serve as director of mobility forces supporting the Katrina Operation. She rose to the position of first female C-17 squadron commander and served more than two years during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After logging over 5,200 hours, including 240 combat hours, she was promoted to the rank of Colonel and transferred to the Tactical Airlift Command Center, where she fulfilled the role of senior director of operations. 

Capt. Rosemary Bryant Mariner, U.S. Navy was the first woman admitted to the Purdue University Professional Pilot program, and after graduation was selected in the first group of eight women to train as naval aviators in 1973 earning her Navy wings in 1974. She racked up a number of firsts including the first military woman to qualify in a tactical jet aircraft, first female naval aviator to fly the A-7E Corsair II, first Navy woman to fly the vintage F-86, the first woman aviator to qualify as a Surface Warfare Officer, and the first military woman to command an operational aviation squadron. 

Irene Trowell-Harris, first African-American women woman to achieve rank of Major General in the US National Guard, 1987

Katherine Sui Fun Cheung was the first licensed Asian American woman aviator in an era when only !% of licensed American pilots were women

Elsie MacGill, First Female Aircraft Designer, First Female to Earn an Advanced Degree in Aeronautics, ‘Queen of the Hurricanes’

Pauline Gower, Founder Women’s Branch British Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II

Virginia Norwood, a pioneering aerospace engineer who used design innovations, emerging technologies and seasoned intuition in projects that scanned the lunar surface for safe Apollo landing sites and mapped the Earth from space with digital imagery never before seen

Eleanor Roosevelt, Instrumental in creation of Women’s Flying Training Detachment which later became the WASPs and getting the Tuskeegee Airmen into combat

Marion Alice Powell, pioneering Canadian aviator who was the first woman to run a flying school, served in the Air Transport Auxiliary, completed 21,000 pilot hours most as a training instructor when it was unheard of for women to be instructors.

Patty Wagstaff, First Woman to Earn Title US National Aerobotic Champion

Valentina Tereshkova, Cosmonaut, First Woman in Space

Sr. Lt. Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, (White Lily of Stalingrad), first female fighter ace, Soviet Air Forces

Svetlana Savitskaya, First Woman to Space Walk, 1984

Gloria Heath, Co-Founder, Flight Safety Foundation

Anousheh Ansari, first self-funded woman to fly on International Space Station

Maggie Gee, pioneering aviator and physicist who became one of only two Chinese-American women to fly with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during WWII

Hazel Ying Lee, first Chinese American woman to fly for the US military, when she joined the Women AirForce Service Pilots (WASPs) in World War II.

Velta Snyder Haney Benn, Women AirForce Service Pilot (WASPs), FAA Pilot Examiner and Accident Prevention Counselor, awarded the Congressional Gold Medal with her WASP pioneers

Willa B. Brown, first Black woman to earn a commercial pilot’s license in the United States, and the first woman in the U.S. to have both a pilot’s license and an aircraft mechanic’s license.

Harriet Quimby, First Woman Licensed Pilot in US

Emma Lilian Todd, Inventor, opened America’s first Junior Aero Club to support the training of future female aviators 1908

Thérèse Peltier, the first female passenger and pilot, 1908

Katherine Wright, joined her two brothers, the Wright Bros, in Europe as their spokesperson. “If ever the world thinks of us in connection with aviation, it must remember our sister,” Wilbur Wright.

Elise Raymonde Deroche, first woman to receive a pilot license, 1910

Hilda Hewlett, pilot and entrepreneur; opened the first flying school in the United Kingdom with aviation engineer Gustav Blondeau; first UK woman to earn a pilot’s license and went on to teach her own son how to fly; first woman to co-found an aircraft factory.

Sabiha Gökçen, the first Turkish fighter pilot, Enrolled in the Turkish Air Force Academy, she learned combat training on the Breguet 19 light bomber and the Curtiss F11C Goshawk fighter

Beatrice Shilling, solved the problem of engine cutouts in dives of the venerable Spitfire during World War II, contributed other engine modifications for flight in freezing weather and high altitudes. Pioneer in women in engineering in Britain. Royal Aircraft Establishment’s Senior Principal Scientific Officer working on rocketry, ramjets and guided weapons. In 1949 she was make an Officer in the Order of the British Empire for designing the RAE-Hobson injection carburetor, overcoming the problem of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines losing power during negative-g maneuvers. Shilling also worked on the Blue Streak Missile, researched the effect of a wet runway upon braking, and helped design and build a bobsled for the Royal Air Force’s Olympic team.

Jacqueline Auriol, first European woman to break the sound barrier.

Bessie Coleman, First African American to Earn Pilots License

Amelia Earhart, Founder 99s, First Woman to Fly West-East Across Atlantic

Beryl Markham, First Woman to Fly East-West Across Atlantic, African Aviator, Author

Jacqueline Cochran, Founder, Women Airforce Service Pilots, First Woman to Break the Sound Barrier

Anne Morrow Lindberg, First Woman to Earn a Glider License

Berta Moraleda, first Cuban woman to fly a plane in 1932

Micky Axton, American test pilot during World War II

Grace Hopper, First Woman Ph.D. in Mathematics from Yale, Worked as rear admiral and computer scientist and her programming lead to the development of COBOL

Anne Baumgartner Carl, First Woman to Fly a Jet, Bell YP-59A

Lilian Bland, First Woman to Design, Build and Fly Her Own Plane, August 1910

Élisabeth Thible, first woman on record to fly in an untethered hot air balloon in 1784. 

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