Opening of 2020 Conference Begins New Chapter for WAI
Allison McKay cut the ribbon to open the annual event for the first time as WAI CEO. McKay,
Allison McKay (left), recently stepping into the role of CEO of WAI, kicks off the organization's 2020 conference with a ribbon-cutting ceremony along with (from center left) Deborah Hecker, WAI board member and American Airlines' chief pilot in Dallas; Wally Funk, retired NTSB; and Rhonda Larance, WAI board member and industry relations manager for Boeing unit Jeppesen. (Photo: Mike Ullery for WAI).
Allison McKay (left), recently stepping into the role of CEO of WAI, kicks off the organization's 2020 conference with a ribbon-cutting ceremony along with (from center left) Deborah Hecker, WAI board member and American Airlines' chief pilot in Dallas; Wally Funk, retired NTSB; and Rhonda Larance, WAI board member and industry relations manager for Boeing unit Jeppesen. (Photo: Mike Ullery for WAI).

The 31st Annual International Women in Aviation Conference formally kicked off yesterday afternoon beginning a new chapter for the organization and its hallmark event. Allison McKay cut the ribbon to open the annual event—which is being held this week in Orlando, Florida—for the first time as WAI CEO. McKay, the former v-p of the Helicopter Association International Foundation, became only the second CEO in the organization’s more than 25 years after its founder, Peggy Chabrian, retired recently.


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