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 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is shifting its senior management with the decision by Katie Pribyl, senior vice president of aviation strategy and programs, to return to her family’s 130-year-old cattle ranch in Montana as its fourth-generation manager.

 


After serving with the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and Atlantic Coast Airlines, Pribyl joined AOPA in 2012 as vice president of communications and moved into her current role in 2016. In that capacity, she has had responsibility for both the Air Safety Institute (ASI) and the You Can Fly program.

 


Richard McSpadden, executive director of the ASI, will now report directly to AOPA president Mark Baker. ASI recently completed a record-breaking year with its safety programs viewed five million times in 2018, Pribyl noted.

 


As for the You Can Fly program, Elizabeth Tennyson was named executive director. Tennyson has served with AOPA since 1998, holding various positions with the association’s Flight Training and Pilot magazines, as well as the roles of vice president of publications, vice president of e-media, and senior director of communications. She joined the You Can Fly program in 2017 as vice president of aviation program operations, leading Flight Training and Rusty Pilot teams.

 


AOPA further will hire a vice president for You Can Fly to assist with day-to-day management.

 


“Working to get people flying and keep them flying safely has been the most gratifying and important work I’ve ever had the privilege of doing,” Pribyl said in a letter announcing her departure. “With your help, we’ve proven that the You Can Fly program and the Air Safety Institute are critical to the future of general aviation.”

AOPA Realigns You Can Fly, ASI with Pribyl Departure

Elizabeth Tennyson is promoted to executive director of You Can Fly, while Richard McSpadden now reports directly to AOPA president Mark Baker.

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