{"id":24459,"date":"2023-01-02T16:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=24459"},"modified":"2023-01-02T16:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T16:34:04","slug":"keynote-speakers-will-inspire-at-34th-annual-wai-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/california\/keynote-speakers-will-inspire-at-34th-annual-wai-conference\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Speakers Will Inspire at 34th Annual WAI Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Women in Aviation International members and conference\nattendees will no doubt be inspired with the stellar roster of speakers\nscheduled for the 34th Annual Women in Aviation International Conference,\nFebruary 23-25, 2023, at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach,\nCalifornia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are excited that our annual three-day gathering,\nfeaturing an inspiring group of keynote speakers, will enable thousands of our\nmembers to take advantage of educational opportunities, networking events, and\nexhibit hall visits with a variety of industry companies and organizations,\u201d\nAllison McKay, WAI CEO says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wai.org\/2023-keynote-speakers\">roster of speakers<\/a> includes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Maya Ghazal, first female Syrian refugee pilot<\/li><li>Dr. Michelle Parker, Boeing Defense, Space &amp;\nSecurity vice president and deputy manager for the Space and Launch division<\/li><li>Sherrexcia &#8220;Rexy&#8221; Rolle, vice\npresident of operations and general counsel for Western Air<\/li><li>Col. Merryl, Tengesdal, USAF (ret.), first Black\nwoman to pilot the Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft<\/li><li>Huy Kim Tran, NASA Ames Research Center director\nof aeronautics<\/li><li>Dr. Susan Ying, Ampaire senior vice president of\nglobal operations<\/li><li>Stephanie Chung, Wheels Up chief growth officer\nand the first African-American president of an aviation brand, will be the\nGirls in Aviation Day Long Beach luncheon speaker.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in Aviation International members and conference attendees will no doubt be inspired with the stellar roster of speakers scheduled for the 34th Annual Women in Aviation International Conference, February 23-25, 2023, at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. \u201cWe are excited that our annual three-day gathering, featuring an inspiring group 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":[4,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24459","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=24459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24460,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24459\/revisions\/24460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}