Board of Directors

President
Debra Santos

Boeing Retiree
Seattle, WA
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President-Elect & Acting VP, APAC
Marita Lintener

Managing Director, European
Aviation Consultancy
Frankfurt, Germany/Perth, Australia
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VP, Treasurer/Secretary
Karen Blanks Ellis

Chief Sustainability Officer -
FedEx Corporation
Memphis, TN

VP, Leader Development (Next Gen)
Shelley A. Svoren

CEO + Founder
Infinite Branches, LLC
Napa Valley, CA
Past-President
Kathy Guilfoyle

Member
Campbell Conroy & O'Neil P.C.
Boston, MA
VP, Annual Conference
Cristiane Dart

DEI Communications Head & Senior
Marketing Manager, Americas, STIA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

VP, Association Development & Affiliations
Connie Avery

SMS and Operational Safety Sr.
Manager, Wisk Aero
Phoenix, AZ
VP, Membership
Keren Rambow

Vice President, Airbus Relations
Pratt and Whitney
Cincinnati, OH
VP, Events
MC Ernst

Senior Vice President,
Special Risks Underwriting
Department Manager - USAIG
New York, NY

VP, Americas
Kaaren Cramer

Director of Engineering Strategy & Operations
Long Wave Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK

VP, Africa/Middle East
Sophie Ghezai

Director of Operations
Africa Air Transport Solutions Associates (AATSA) International
Washington, D.C.

VP, Europe
Selda Konukcu

Sr. Director, Commercial Aircraft Sales, Airbus
Dubai, UAE


Advisory Board

Advisory Board, Co-Chair
Katie Callahan

Vice President, United States Aircraft Insurance Group
New York, NY

Advisory Board, Co-Chair
Diana Gurfel

Partner - Condon & Forsyth LLP
New York, NY

Advisory Board
Dr. Sharon DeVivo

President and Chief Executive Officer - Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology
Flushing, NY

Advisory Board
Kris Fellrath

Aviation Advisor
Seattle, WA

Advisory Board
Mary Ellen Jones

VP Sales, Asia Pacific - Pratt & Whitney
Hartford, CT

Advisory Board Elizabeth Freidenberg
Partner
Freidenberg,Freidenberg & Lifsic
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Advisory Board
Zoé Layden

Managing Director  - Claveaux Consulting
London, UK

Advisory Board
Ana Maria Blanco-Persiani

Regional Sales Director - Latin America & Caribbean, Aireon
Miami, FL

Advisory Board
Susan Walsh

Director, Commercial & Int. Programs- Pratt & Whitney
Washington, DC

Advisory Board
Di Reimold

Director of Strategic Operations - Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, DC

Advisory Board
Ellyn Slow

Consultant - Ellyn Slow Consulting, LLC
Weston, CT

Advisory Board
Robbin Page
Vice President of Human Resources
FedEx
Memphis, TN

Advisory Board
Kathy Posner

Partner
Condon & Forsyth
New York, NY

Advisory Board
Ann Thornton Field

Partner
Gordon & Rees LLP
Philadelphia, PA

Advisory Board
Bobbi Wells

Vice President Safety
American Airlines
Fort Worth, TX


Honorary Board

Marion Blakey
President and CEO (Ret.)
Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.
Reston, VA

Sharon Holahan
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Complex Claims
Global Aerospace, Inc.
Parsippany, NJ

Dame Deirdre Hutton
Chair (Ret.)
Civil Aviation Authority, UK
London, United Kingdom

Dr. Fang Liu
Secretary General
ICAO
Quebec, Canada

In Memoriam

Honoring those who are trailblazers in the industry and contributors to IAWA. Click here to view their backgrounds and accomplishments.

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