{"id":14801,"date":"2020-02-11T13:50:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T13:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14801"},"modified":"2020-02-11T13:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T13:50:40","slug":"wai-board-appoints-allison-mckay-new-ceo-to-lead-strategic-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/district-of-columbia\/wai-board-appoints-allison-mckay-new-ceo-to-lead-strategic-vision\/%20","title":{"rendered":"WAI Board Appoints Allison McKay New CEO To Lead Strategic Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/allison_mckayedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14802\" width=\"208\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/allison_mckayedit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/allison_mckayedit-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><figcaption><em>Allison McKay<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The WAI Board of Directors has announced that Allison McKay\nwill join Women in Aviation International as CEO on February 18, 2020 and will\nbe responsible for the future strategic vision of the 14,500-member strong\norganization while overseeing the board of directors, professional staff, and\ndaily operations. Ms. McKay previously served as vice president of the\nHelicopter Association International Foundation since 2015 commissioning the\nfirst academic study of staffing projections for the rotorcraft industry as\nwell as creating a workforce development initiative. She will draw from more\nthan 20 years of experience in the development and implementation of highly\nstrategic initiatives with other aviation companies including Safran USA and B\/E\nAerospace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe WAI board of directors formed an executive search\ncommittee to conduct an extensive search for a new leader to continue our\norganization\u2019s critical role in encouraging more women to pursue careers in\naviation and aerospace,\u201d Marci Veronie, board chair, said. \u201cAllison\u2019s\nsubstantial experience in corporate philanthropy, event management, and\ngovernment relations, plus her strategic thinking and long-term relationships\nwith key industry stakeholders established Allison as the best candidate to\nlead WAI into a strong future while inspiring the next generation as they enter\nour industry,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to work for this great organization, to meet\nmany members at our conference next month, and to move WAI in a direction that\nwill construct programs and initiatives to propel women of all ages and\nbackgrounds to follow their own personal aviation dreams,\u201d Allison McKay said.\n\u201cThanks to Dr. Peggy Chabrian\u2019s dedication to this industry and her vision to\ncreate the annual conference and the organization, I am honored to carry on\nthis work and direct the future of this organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Peggy Chabrian, WAI founder and former president\/CEO,\nannounced her retirement from the organization last fall, and plans to attend\nthe 31st Annual International Women in Aviation Conference. \u201cIt\u2019s been my\npleasure and honor to serve as WAI president for the last 25 years since the\norganization was founded. I wish Allison all the best for continued growth and\nnew opportunities for WAI in the next 25 years,\u201d Peggy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WAI Board of Directors has announced that Allison McKay will join Women in Aviation International as CEO on February 18, 2020 and will be responsible for the future strategic vision of the 14,500-member strong organization while overseeing the board of directors, professional staff, and daily operations. Ms. McKay previously served as vice president of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-of-columbia","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14803,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14801\/revisions\/14803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}