Board of Directors

President
Debra Santos
Boeing Retiree
Seattle, WA

President-Elect & Acting VP, APAC
Marita Lintener
Managing Director, European Aviation Consultancy
Frankfurt, Germany/Perth, Australia

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

VP, Association Development & Affiliations
Connie Avery
SMS and Operational Safety Sr. Manager, Wisk Aero
Phoenix, AZ

VP, Membership
Sheila Remes
Boeing Retiree
Seattle, WA

VP, Events
MC Ernst
Senior Vice President,
Special Risks Underwriting Department Manager - USAIG
New York, NY

VP, Americas
Keren Rambow
Cincinnati, OH

VP, Special Projects
Andi Sims
Vice President of Marketing
HPM
Birmingham, AL

VP, Africa/Middle East
Sophie Ghezai
Director of Operations
Africa Air Transport Solutions Associates (AATSA) International
Washington, D.C.

VP, Marketing & Communications
Cristiane Dart
DEI Communications Head & Senior Marketing Manager, Americas, SITA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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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

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