The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has named Heidi Williams vice president, air traffic services and infrastructure, expanding her role in overseeing the association’s policies and coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), state and local officials.
“Heidi has been instrumental in advocating for business aviation at the highest levels of government, helping to ensure that our members retain equitable access to airports and airspace across the National Airspace System (NAS),” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “Her technical expertise and experience in air traffic system operations has helped ensure that business aviation is well understood by regulators and other policymakers.”
Williams and other NBAA Air Traffic Services staff represent business aircraft operators on the floor of the FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC), a coordination hub from which government and industry collaborate on a daily basis regarding aviation system management and decision-making. Other industry segments represented at the center include the passenger, cargo, low-cost and international carriers.
Williams also leads the association’s emerging technologies initiatives and airspace and air traffic modernization efforts, including notice to airmen (NOTAM) modernization. She recently served as the industry chair on the NOTAMs Task Force.
Prior to joining NBAA in 2016 as director, air traffic services, Williams held roles at Lockheed Martin and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). A 25-year veteran of the aviation industry, Williams is a commercial pilot and flight instructor.
She received her bachelor’s degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
