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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The Senate Commerce Committee late last week approved by a 19-to-9 vote the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator. This approval clears the nomination for full Senate consideration.
Both committee chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and ranking member Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) voted in favor of the nomination. Cruz called him a “successful entrepreneur with a bold boundary-pushing vision for space exploration,” while Cantwell also is backing the nomination.&nbsp;“He comes before us with a wealth of business experience and space experience. I do think that…at this point in time—a commitment to keeping the moon mission is the key requirement that we have to have in this position,” she said. Cantwell, however, also expressed reservations about proposed budget cuts at NASA.
Isaacman has garnered support for the role in the business aviation community. NBAA wrote the committee, saying his “experience at the intersection of aviation, space, and technology will be invaluable in supporting NASA’s mission and advancing the aerospace sector.”
Isaacman founded payment solutions provider Shift4 and defense company Draken International, but is best known for his role as the commander of Inspiration4, the first all-civilian mission to orbit the Earth.
“As a renowned civilian astronaut, accomplished aviator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Mr. Isaacman is an aerospace trailblazer,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen.&nbsp;NBAA recognized Isaacman in 2023 with its Meritorious Service to Aviation Award.

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