Board of Directors
Debra Santos
Boeing Retiree
Seattle, WA
President-Elect, COO
& Acting VP, Asia
Marita Lintener
Managing Director, European Aviation Consultancy
Frankfurt, Germany
Karen Blanks Ellis
Managing Director-Strategic Envir. Mgmt & Sustainability - FedEx Express
Memphis, TN
VP, Leader Development (Next Gen)
Shelley A. Svoren
CEO + Founder
Infinite Branches, LLC
Napa Valley, CA
Past-President
Kathy Guilfoyle
Member Campbell Conroy & O‘Neil P.C.
Boston, MA
Selda Konukcu
Sr. Director, Commercial Aircraft Sales, Airbus
Dubai, UAE
VP, Association & Affiliations Development
Connie Avery
Flight Test Safety Lead, Wisk Aero
Phoenix, AZ
VP, Stakeholder Experience
Sheila Remes
Vice President, Environmental Sustainability - The Boeing Company
Seattle, WA
VP, Events
MC Ernst
Senior Vice President,
Special Risks Underwriting Department Manager - USAIG
New York, NY
Keren Rambow
VP Americas Sales
GE Aerospace
Cincinnati, OH
VP, Europe
Carol Anderson
Assistant Director Legal Services, IATA
Geneva, Switzerland
VP, Africa/Middle East
Sophie Ghezai
Aviation Safety and Operations
Washington, D.C.
VP, Marketing & Communications
Cristiane Dart
DEI Communications Head & Senior Marketing Manager, Americas, SITA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2024 Board Meetings
- Wednesday, January 24
- Tuesday, April 9 – Wednesday, April 10
- Thursday, June 27
- Thursday, September 12
- Sunday, November 3 –Monday, November 4
In Memoriam
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Advisory Board
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
Andi Sims
Vice President of Marketing
HPM
Birmingham, AL
Advisory Board
Andrea Brantner
SVP & Lead Counsel - GE Capital Aviation Services
Norwalk, CT
Advisory Board
Dr. Sharon DeVivo
President and Chief Executive Officer - Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology
Flushing, NY
Kris Fellrath
Aviation Advisor
Seattle, WA
Mary Ellen Jones
VP Sales, Asia Pacific - Pratt & Whitney
Hartford, CT
Partner
Freidenberg,Freidenberg & Lifsic
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Zoé Layden
Managing Director - Claveaux Consulting
London, UK
Ana Maria Blanco-Persiani
Regional Sales Director - Latin America & Caribbean, Aireon
Miami, FL
Susan Walsh
Director, Commercial & Int. Programs- Pratt & Whitney
Washington, DC
Di Reimold
Director of Strategic Operations - Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, DC
Mylene Scholnick
Principal - ICF International
New York, NY
Advisory Board
Ellyn Slow
Consultant - Ellyn Slow Consulting, LLC
Weston, CT
Advisory Board
Robbin Page Vice President of Human Resources
FedEx
Memphis, TN
Partner
Condon & Forsyth
New York, NY
Advisory Board
Ann Thornton Field
Partner
Gordon & Rees LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Advisory Board
Bobbi Wells
Vice President Safety
American Airlines
Fort Worth, TX
Honorary Board
Marion Blakey
President and CEO (Ret.)
Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.
Reston, VA
Sharon Holahan
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Complex Claims
Global Aerospace, Inc.
Parsippany, NJ
Dame Deirdre Hutton
Chair (Ret.)
Civil Aviation Authority, UK
London, United Kingdom
Secretary General
ICAO
Quebec, Canada