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

JetSuite president Stephanie Chung is joining a slate of speakers scheduled for the 31st Annual International Women in Aviation Conference scheduled for March 5 to 7, 2020, at Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

 


Chung, the first female African American to lead a major private business aviation company, oversees all aspects for the business jet operator, including sales, marketing, revenue management, performance, and guest services. She has more than a 30-year background in commercial and private aviation.

 


Joining Chung on the speaking roster is NASA astronaut Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, who became the first female to pilot a shuttle mission in 1995 and the first female pilot commander of a space shuttle.

 


Maj. Gen. Jeannie "Tally" Leavitt, who has a more than 25-year career in the U.S. Air Force and more than 3,000 hours of flight time, including more than 300 in combat flight, also is on the slate.&nbsp;In 2012, Leavitt became the first woman to command a combat fighter wing. The roster further includes Joan Robinson-Berry, Boeing Global Services v-p and chief engineer who was recognized this year by Black Enterprise as one of the most Powerful Women in Corporate America.

 


In addition, famed aerobatic pilot Patty Wagstaff will speak during Girls in Aviation Day Orlando, scheduled for March 7 on the final day of the WAI conference.

JetSuite's Stephanie Chung Among WAI 2020 Keynotes

Chung is joined by a WAI  roster also including NASA astronaut Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, Maj. Gen. Jeannie "Tally" Leavitt, and Joan Robinson-Berrry.

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