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). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Collins Aerospace CEO Kelly Ortberg is stepping in as chairman of Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Board of Governors for 2020. Northrop Grumman chairman, CEO, and president Kathy Warden is taking the role of vice-chair for AIA.

 


In those roles, Ortberg and Warden will serve on the Executive Committee, which meets throughout the year to shape policy goals for the association and the industry.

 


"I feel fortunate to be coming into this role at a time when the dynamics of our industry are rapidly changing—and with that change comes opportunity," said Ortberg. "I'm committed to working alongside the leaders in our industry to explore new and better ways to build the future workforce, drive global innovation and address regulations to drive economic growth, public safety, and national security."&nbsp;

 


Other Executive Committee members include AIA president and COO Eric Fanning and secretary-treasurer Ginette Colot, along with the heads of Mercury Systems (Mark Aslett), L3Harris (William Brown), BAE Systems (Gerard DeMuro), Textron (Scott Donnelly),&nbsp;Aerojet Rocketdyne (Eileen Drake), Spirit AeroSystems (Tom Gentile), Lockheed Martin (Marillyn Hewson), GE Aviation (David Joyce), Raytheon (Thomas Kennedy), Leidos (Roger Krone), Eaton (Nanda Kumar), Aero-Mark (Mark Lee), Honeywell Aerospace (Mike Madsen), Boeing CFO Greg Smith to be succeeded later in January by incoming CEO David Calhoun, General Dynamics (Phebe Novakovic), Huntington Ingalls Industries (Mike Petters), Arconic (John Plant), and Ball Aerospace (Rob Strain). InterConnect Wiring’s Clare McGarrey is an associate member representative.

Collins Aerospace's Ortberg To Chair AIA in 2020

Collins Aerospace's Ortberg joins Northorp Grumman's Warden on the AIA Executive Committee for 2020.

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