Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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NBAA urged the Senate Commerce Committee to support the nomination of Jared Isaacman to become the next NASA administrator. The White House nominated Isaacman in January to succeed Bill Nelson, who had stepped down as the new administration arrived.
The Senate panel yesterday held a confirmation hearing on the nomination. Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) noted that with Isaacman’s background in the commercialization of space exploration, “He brings a unique perspective to challenges facing NASA and the space industry.”
Known for commanding Inspiration4, the first all-civilian mission to orbit, Isaacman has founded Shift4, a payments solution provider, and defense contractor Draken International. NBAA honored him in 2023 with its Meritorious Service to Aviation Award for his groundbreaking contributions to aviation and aerospace, as well as his charitable work. In 2009, he set a round-the-world record in his Cessna Citation Mustang to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
“Jared is exceptionally qualified to lead NASA at this critical point in the history of aeronautics and astronautics. As a renowned civilian astronaut, accomplished aviator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Mr. Isaacman is an aerospace trailblazer,” NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said.
In a letter to the committee, Bolen noted that Isaacman’s aviation experience is particularly important given NASA’s collaboration with the FAA on safety and technology efforts such as the voluntary Aviation Safety Reporting System and research on integration of advanced air mobility into the national airspace.

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NBAA recognized Isaacman with one of its top honors, the Meritorious Service award, in 2023

NBAA asked the Senate Commerce Committee to support Jared Isaacman, a space explorer and entrepreneur, to become the next NASA administrator.

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