{"id":27508,"date":"2024-01-06T15:41:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27508"},"modified":"2024-01-06T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:42:00","slug":"wai-board-selects-lynda-coffman-new-ceo-to-lead-worlds-largest-organization-to-advance-women-in-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/wai-board-selects-lynda-coffman-new-ceo-to-lead-worlds-largest-organization-to-advance-women-in-aviation\/%20","title":{"rendered":"WAI Board Selects Lynda Coffman New CEO to Lead World\u2019s Largest Organization to Advance Women in Aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Women in Aviation International (WAI) board of directors has announced that Lynda Coffman will join WAI as CEO on January 22, 2024. She will lead the future business development and strategic direction of the 17,000-member strong nonprofit organization while partnering with the board of directors and overseeing staff and daily operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most recently, Lynda served as vice president of United\nAirlines and president of United Ground Express, a wholly owned airport\noperating subsidiary of United Airlines. She will draw on her over 30 years of\nsuccessful leadership positions at United in various roles that highlight her\npassion for financial management, operational oversight, strategic planning,\nand talent retention. Lynda has served on multiple private company and\nnonprofit boards and has received several awards for her influential contributions.\nA strong communicator dedicated to inspiring youth in aviation and aerospace,\nLynda has also held numerous leadership and sponsorship roles supporting\ninitiatives to champion diversity. She has a Bachelor of Science in mechanical\nengineering from Santa Clara University and a Master of Management from the\nKellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Lynda resides\nin Barrington, Illinois, with her husband, and they have a daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI look forward to bringing my experience and passion to\ncontinue to strengthen and grow WAI around the world while broadening support\nfor its mission,\u201d Lynda Coffman, WAI CEO said. \u201cLeading this organization is my\ndream job, and I look forward to connecting with our members and supporters to\ncontinue our expansive and strategic vision and contributions to this\nindustry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WAI Board Chair Captain Deborah Hecker added, \u201cThe\nboard\u2014through an extensive search for a new leader\u2014is thrilled to announce\nLynda\u2019s appointment as WAI CEO. Without a doubt, her strengths and talents as\nan experienced president and senior operations executive who has delivered\nexceptional performance will be an enormous asset to continue our\norganization\u2019s critical role in encouraging more women and girls to pursue\ncareers in aviation and aerospace. We are looking forward to supporting Lynda\nas she leads WAI\u2019s strong future and critical role in the international\naviation and aerospace industry. The board also expresses its gratitude to\nStephanie Kenyon, WAI chief growth officer, for serving as interim CEO during\nthis time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Women in Aviation International (WAI) board of directors has announced that Lynda Coffman will join WAI as CEO on January 22, 2024. She will lead the future business development and strategic direction of the 17,000-member strong nonprofit organization while partnering with the board of directors and overseeing staff and daily operations. Most recently, Lynda […]<\/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-27508","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\/27508","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=27508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27510,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27508\/revisions\/27510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}