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 U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Kirstjen&nbsp;Nielsen as the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), succeeding John Kelly, who departed the agency at the end of July to become White House chief of staff. Nielsen served as Kelly’s chief of staff at DHS before moving with him over to the White House to become principal deputy chief of staff. She was among the team that originally set up the Transportation Security Administration.

 


Citing a substantial background in security issues, NBAA welcomed Nielsen to her new role, saying the association looks forward to working with her.&nbsp;NBAA noted that she played an instrumental role in shaping the framework for a number of TSA initiatives, including those related to aviation. Also during the George W. Bush administration, she helped coordinate security policies across a federal interagency as special assistant to the President for prevention preparedness and response on the White House Homeland Security Council. Nielsen further served in the private sector as president of a consulting firm that specialized in security preparedness.

 


"NBAA has always had a productive and collaborative relationship with the Department of Homeland Security in the development of effective, risk-based policies, which recognize the characteristics that are unique to business aviation operations," said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. "Secretary Nielsen has extensive experience in the security arena, including in matters related to aviation, and we look forward to working with her, as we have with her predecessors."

Senate OKs Nielsen Nomination as DHS Secretary

NBAA cites Nielsen's extensive experience in security matters, including in the aviation arena, in welcoming her as secretary.

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