{"id":25416,"date":"2023-04-24T18:40:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T18:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25416"},"modified":"2023-04-24T18:40:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T18:40:57","slug":"mama-emerging-leaders-take-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/massachusetts\/mama-emerging-leaders-take-action\/%20","title":{"rendered":"MAMA Emerging Leaders Take Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Massachusetts Airport Management Association\u2019s (MAMA) newly\norganized Emerging Leaders Committee has quickly developed into an active force\nwithin the 50-year-old organization that advocates for Massachusetts&#8217; 38\npublic-use airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a mission to cultivate future MAMA leaders through\nknowledge sharing, educational opportunities, networking, and mentorship, the\ncommittee serves to support and develop leaders under the age of 35 or those\nwith less than 10 years&#8217; experience in the aviation industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Committee Leadership <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Natalie-Pavelock-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25417\" width=\"165\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Natalie-Pavelock-edit.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Natalie-Pavelock-edit-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><figcaption><em>Natalie Pavelock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Natalie Pavelock chairs the committee which now boasts\neighteen members. She is an aviation planner for Jacobs and is based Bedford,\nNH. She has worked on projects throughout New England and beyond, but her\nbackground originates in airport operations while employed at PSM. Natalie\nobtained her private pilot license and associates degree in aviation science\nthen attended Daniel Webster College\/SNHU where she earned her bachelor\u2019s\ndegree in aviation management. Natalie also served as the first chair of the\nYoung Professionals Committee of the Northeast Chapter of AAAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samantha-Smithies-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25418\" width=\"168\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samantha-Smithies-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samantha-Smithies-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samantha-Smithies.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><figcaption><em>Samantha Smithies<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Samantha Smithies co-chairs the committee and has been named\nrecently as a Civil Engineer with the Safety and Standards Branch of the FAA\nNew England Regional Office. Previously she served as a civil designer and\nresident inspector for Stantec, based in Burlington MA. Samantha holds a\nbachelor&#8217;s degree in civil engineering from Wentworth Institute and says she\nbelieves each airport is unique and deserves its own special attention and\nconsideration during design and construction. Samantha holds a high value on\nthe impact the aviation industry has on communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Off and Running<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smithies said their direction is clear, \u201cThe Emerging\nLeaders Committee was created with the goal to support the people who are the\nfuture of our industry, and to support the missions of MAMA as an organization.\nIt\u2019s important to get motivated minds involved to better understand the ways we\ncan uplift and support the aviation industry, as airports are a critical part\nof all our communities. Aviation is ever-growing, and so is the Emerging\nLeaders Committee \u2013 we welcome anyone interested in joining to get involved\nwith the group, as it will make our impacts and our future stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After organizing in February, Pavelock said the group dug\nright in, &#8220;After receiving an overwhelming amount of support from MAMA, we\nheld our first member-led meeting in March. Topics discussed included\nlegislative updates, upcoming MAMA events, and a passionate guest speaker who\ndiscussed the challenges currently facing the industry and how emerging leaders\ncan help. Up next was a one-on-one with STEM staff from the FAA New England\nRegion. Now, we are planning our first in-person meeting which will be hosted\nat Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport on May 12.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the first two well-attended meetings, MAMA\nPresident Matt Ellia said, &#8220;The MAMA Board of Directors is thrilled with\nthe exciting start of our Emerging Leaders group. Natalie and Sam have gone\nabove and beyond to drive this effort which is already exceeding\nexpectations!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts Airport Management Association\u2019s (MAMA) newly organized Emerging Leaders Committee has quickly developed into an active force within the 50-year-old organization that advocates for Massachusetts&#8217; 38 public-use airports. With a mission to cultivate future MAMA leaders through knowledge sharing, educational opportunities, networking, and mentorship, the committee serves to support and develop leaders under the age [&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":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-massachusetts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25416","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=25416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25419,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25416\/revisions\/25419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}