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

The European Business Aviation Association is expanding its reach by filling two new senior roles.&nbsp;The association brought in seasoned business aviation executive Robert Baltus to serve as chief operating officer and Eric Drosin as communications director.

 


The new appointments follow the hiring of Brandon Mitchener earlier this year to lead the association as CEO. Mitchener, a veteran journalist and communications executive, had cited among his early goals plans to elevate the association’s outreach and communications efforts to regulators and the public.

 


On the operational front, Baltus brings nearly 20 years of business aviation experience, including with aircraft management, fractional-share and charter operators.&nbsp;He has served with Executive Jet Management and NetJets, and has advised and supported senior management and executive boards of several aviation-related companies.

 


Similar to Mitchener, Drosin has a background that spans more than 20 years in communications and journalism. He has worked with global news organizations, but also has experience in communications, public affairs and advocacy across the transport, energy, sustainability, apparel and luxury goods sectors.&nbsp;

EBAA Expands Staff with New COO, Comm Positions

Robert Baltus brings a background in charter, management and fractional operations, while Drosin has more than two decades of communications experience.

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