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

U.S. Transportation secretary Elaine Chao has named seven government, aviation and business leaders to fill openings on the FAA’s Management Advisory Council (MAC), which advises FAA senior management on policy, spending, long-range planning and regulatory matters.

 


The latest appointees are Phillip Trenary, former CEO, Pinnacle Airlines; Brian Wynne, CEO, Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International; William Ris, ex-senior v-p of government affairs, American Airlines; Donna McLean, former Transportation assistant secretary for budget and programs and CFO; Jeffrey Shane, former Transportation undersecretary for policy; Huntley Lawrence, director, aviation department, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; and Richard DeVos, Windquest Group president, former Amway CEO and founder of West Michigan Aviation Academy.

 


"These new members bring extensive experience and over a century of combined expertise in the operation, business and policy of aviation that will be invaluable to improving the FAA," said Secretary Chao. Among departing members they are replacing is Craig Fuller, the former AOPA president who had been the council's sole business/general aviation representative.

 


Remaining on the board are Jeffrey Rosen, Department of Transportation deputy secretary; Maj. Gen. (ret.) Rowayne Schatz, associate deputy chief of staff for operations, U.S. Air Force; Paul Rinaldi, National Air Traffic Controllers Association president; Steve Alterman, Cargo Airline Association president; John Potter, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority president and CEO; and Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX president and COO.

New FAA Management Advisory Council Board Named

New members bring background in government, unmanned systems and business.

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