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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Kerry Lynch

President Donald Trump has selected another former senior U.S. Coast Guard official to become the next head of the Transportation Security Administration. The White House last week announced its intention to nominate retired Coast Guard vice commandant David Pekoske as assistant secretary of Homeland Security, TSA. In that role Pekoske would succeed Peter Neffenger, also a former Coast Guard vice commandant, who led TSA for 18 months under the previous administration.


Pekoske had a 33-year career with the Coast Guard, retiring in 2010 as the second-in-command and COO of the service. He held numerous leadership roles while with the Coast Guard, including commander of the Coast Guard Pacific Area and Coast Defense Forces West.


More recently he held leadership roles with government mission support specialist PAE and is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at American University. “Throughout his career, he worked closely with the men and women in federal, state, and local law enforcement and public safety organizations to protect the American people,” the White House said.

Retired Senior Coast Guard Officer Picked To Lead TSA

David Pekoske, the White House's selection for TSA chief, was a vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, similar to form TSA head Peter Neffenger.

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