{"id":19964,"date":"2021-11-09T14:27:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19964"},"modified":"2021-11-09T14:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:27:18","slug":"joan-sullivan-garrett-medaire-founder-and-chairman-enshrined-into-the-national-aviation-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/joan-sullivan-garrett-medaire-founder-and-chairman-enshrined-into-the-national-aviation-hall-of-fame\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Joan Sullivan Garrett, MedAire Founder and Chairman, Enshrined into the National Aviation Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MedAire Founder and Chairman Joan Sullivan Garrett was\nceremoniously enshrined into the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) on\nOctober 13, 2021, during the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)\nConference and Expo in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joan Sullivan Garrett<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Garrett was inducted into the NAHF’s Class of 2020 for being\na visionary that pioneered telemedicine and founded the aviation industry’s\nfirst global remote medical emergency response company, MedAire, which directs\nreal-time safety services to thousands annually throughout aviation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Public Law that established the NAHF entrusts us\nto recognize people who advance aviation with their life’s work. Joan Sullivan\nGarrett not only revolutionized aviation but also transformed it and made the\nworld safer for every single person in the air. She also set herself apart by\nachieving so much at such a young age. Her foresight, aptitude and impact make\nher more than worthy for induction into the NAHF,” said Amy Spowart, the\nNAHF’s President and CEO. With her enshrinement, Garrett joins the company of\nother aviation pioneers such as the Wright brothers, William Boeing, Charles\nLindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garrett recently published her autobiography, One Life Lost, Millions Gained, The Story of a Flight Nurse turned MedAire CEO. The book, now available on Amazon<\/a>, tells the story of how her vision and entrepreneurial spirit led her to connect ground-based emergency physicians with flight and maritime crews from anywhere in the world in real-time, whether 36,000 feet in the air or the middle of an ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“On behalf of everyone at her MedAire family, I would\nlike to congratulate Joan on receiving this high honour. We could not be\nprouder of her, and of course, prouder to continue to fulfil and evolve her\nvision each day,” said Bill Dolny, CEO of MedAire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, MedAire is the leading global provider of 24\/7 integrated\nsafety solutions for the aviation and maritime industries. Their products and\nservices are on board more than 4500 private aviation aircraft, over 1,100\nyachts, and utilized by over 180 global airlines. Additionally, MedAire’s\nassistance service and medical kits come standard on new aircraft from the\nworld’s top business jet manufacturers. In addition to medical assistance,\nequipment, and training solutions, MedAire offers a suite of aviation security\nsolutions to help flight departments mitigate risks to their people, aircraft,\nand operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MedAire Founder and Chairman Joan Sullivan Garrett was ceremoniously enshrined into the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) on October 13, 2021, during the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. Garrett was inducted into the NAHF’s Class of 2020 for being a visionary that pioneered telemedicine and founded the aviation […]<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19964","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=19964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19967,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19964\/revisions\/19967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}