{"id":18018,"date":"2021-03-22T22:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18018"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:48:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:48:16","slug":"saj-names-karen-allen-managing-director-will-focus-on-launch-of-nc-skybrief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/saj-names-karen-allen-managing-director-will-focus-on-launch-of-nc-skybrief\/%20","title":{"rendered":"SAJ Names Karen Allen Managing Director; Will Focus on Launch of NC Skybrief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The State Aviation Journal has named Karen Allen as the Managing Director of the company which publishes the weekly Skybrief and Focus. Ms. Allen will initially lead the launch of the SAJ&#8217;s newest publication, NC Skybrief, which will focus solely on aviation and aerospace in North Carolina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karen-Allenedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18019\" width=\"127\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karen-Allenedit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Karen-Allenedit-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><figcaption><em>Karen Allen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise to have Karen Allen, from Holly Springs, NC\njoin our team as Managing Director, to expand the wealth of knowledge that\nsurrounds North Carolina\u2019s aviation and aerospace industries,\u201d said Kim\nStevens, Publisher. \u201cWhat better place to have our new publication, NC\nSkybrief, take-off than where is all started, here in North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Allen recently retired after a 35-year career, from SAS\nInstitute, the leader in Analytics in Cary, NC.&nbsp;\nTogether with her technical, savvy background and communication skills, she\nspent most of her career influencing, connection and building trust and\nengaging a global workforce of over 14,000 in her role as Global Head of\nInternal Communications.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NC Skybrief will be published twice per month on Thursdays beginning May 6<sup>th<\/sup>. Content will include the latest news from airports, the pilot community, aviation and aerospace education, manufacturing, state aviation, drones, military and federal policy impacting the industry in North Carolina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ms. Allen\u2019s position at SAS, community Relations and\npartnerships for education were also a big part of her role and this is where\nshe had the opportunity to unleash her love for aviation and build a STEM\nprogram around aviation data that could be analyzed to increase safety in the\nairspace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program called Data on the Fly was a huge success and\none of most popular in the NC Science Festival.&nbsp;\nThe STEM program allowed future aviators to have an interaction with\nData Scientists, Aviation leadership in NC and a tour with the Air Traffic\nControl team in Raleigh. Needless to say the students left ready to engage\naviation, aerospace or aeronautical engineering.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To add more power to her love in aviation, Karen also comes\nfrom a family of aviators and has been around it all her life.&nbsp; Her father was an aeronautical engineer, her\nbrother a 40-year veteran commercial pilot, her son an Air Traffic Controller\nand now, her nephew is studying Aeronautical engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the side: Karen is a professional photographer, enjoys\nastrophotography, doing her family history, cooking in her vintage kitchen,\ntraveling and spending time with her family.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Aviation Journal has named Karen Allen as the Managing Director of the company which publishes the weekly Skybrief and Focus. Ms. Allen will initially lead the launch of the SAJ&#8217;s newest publication, NC Skybrief, which will focus solely on aviation and aerospace in North Carolina. \u201cIt\u2019s no surprise to have Karen Allen, from [&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":[115,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18018","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=18018"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18026,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18018\/revisions\/18026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}