Board of Directors

President
Kathy Guilfoyle
Member Campbell Conroy & O’Neil P.C.
Boston, MA

President-Elect COO & Affiliations
Debra Santos
Boeing Retiree
Seattle, WA

Treasurer/ Secretary
Ann Thornton Field
Partner, General Litigation Department - Gordon & Rees LLP
Philadelphia, PA

VP, Leader Development (Next Gen)
Shelley A. Svoren
CEO + Founder
Infinite Branches, LLC
Napa Valley, CA

Past-President
Bobbi Wells
Vice President Safety, American Airlines
Dallas, TX

VP, Americas
MC Ernst
Senior Vice President,
Special Risks Underwriting Department Manager - USAIG
New York, NY

VP, Membership
Karen Ellis
Managing Director, Global Environmental Management - FedEx Express
Memphis, TN

VP, Annual Conference
Sheila Remes
Vice President, Environmental Sustainability - The Boeing Company
Seattle, WA

VP, Events
Sophie Ghezai
Director, Aviation Safety and Operations, Airlines for America
Washington, D.C.

VP, Marketing & Communications
Cristiane Dart DEI Communications Head & Senior Marketing Manager, Americas, SITA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

VP, Europe/Africa
Marita Lintener
Head of International Affairs, Skyguide
Zurich-Geneva, Switzerland

VP, Asia/Middle East
Selda Konukcu
Regional Business Development Director of Honeywell High Growth Regions
Dubai, UAE

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Advisory Board

Advisory Board, Co-Chair
Katie Callahan
Vice President, United States Aircraft Insurance Group
New York, NY

Advisory Board, Co-Chair
Diana Gurfel
Partner - Condon & Forsyth LLP
New York, NY

Advisory Board
Carol Anne Anderson
Global Aviation Professional Support Lawyer, Clyde & Co LLP
London, UK

Advisory Board
René Banglesdorf
CEO - Charlie Bravo Aviation
Georgetown, TX

Advisory Board
Andrea Brantner
SVP & Lead Counsel - GE Capital Aviation Services
Norwalk, CT

Advisory Board
Abby Bried
Vice President and General Counsel - Panasonic Avionics
Chicago, IL

Advisory Board
Dr. Sharon DeVivo
President and Chief Executive Officer - Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology
Flushing, NY

Advisory Board
Kris Fellrath
Aviation Advisor
Seattle, WA

Advisory Board
Mary Ellen Jones
VP Sales, Asia Pacific - Pratt & Whitney
Hartford, CT

Advisory Board
Zoé Layden
Managing Director - Claveaux Consulting
London, UK

Advisory Board
Ana Maria Blanco-Persiani
Regional Sales Director - Latin America & Caribbean, Aireon
Miami, FL

Advisory Board
Susan Walsh
Director, Commercial & Int. Programs- Pratt & Whitney
Washington, DC

Advisory Board
Lisa Piccione
Mentoring Committee, IAWA
Washington, DC

Advisory Board
Di Reimold
Director of Strategic Operations - Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, DC

Advisory Board
Mylene Scholnick
Principal - ICF International
New York, NY

Advisory Board
Ellyn Slow
Consultant - Ellyn Slow Consulting, LLC
Weston, CT

Marion Blakey
President and CEO (Ret.)
Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.
Reston, VA

Elizabeth Freidenberg
Partner
Freidenberg, Freidenberg & Lifsic
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sharon Holahan
Executive Vice President, Director of Claims
Global Aerospace, Inc.
Parsippany, NJ

Dame Deirdre Hutton
Chair (Ret.)
Civil Aviation Authority, UK
London, United Kingdom

Dr. Fang Liu
Secretary General
ICAO
Quebec, Canada

Kathy Posner
Partner
Condon & Forsyth
New York, NY