My IAWA Holiday Card
We are nearing the close of 2022 and many of us prepare to celebrate various holiday traditions with our families. I am beginning to receive holiday cards from friends and family members depicting a collage of photographs of adventures and exciting events from 2022 that they want to share. These cards made me think about this challenge: What highlights would I choose from the Lisbon Conference if I were preparing to send an IAWA holiday card? It was a very difficult task. There were so many exciting moments at the Conference, focusing on building connections, industry updates, and encouraging growth and development of the next generation, that it was truly hard to choose. But as I am sure you will agree, to have an effective holiday card, you need to focus on a few things—if you try to cram in too many photographs, they simply get too small. With that added pressure of only choosing a few for my card, here are what the photographs would be on my card.
My first photograph would be of the New Member Chat with the President. The event was simple but powerful. It was a group of new members and scholarship recipients in a very large circle introducing themselves, and explaining how they became involved in IAWA, and more importantly, what they hoped to achieve through their IAWA membership. My role was as a facilitator and answering questions. In the space of one hour, this group expanded their connections, set up group meetings for people in their field or region, and came up with ideas for future events to consider in their regions. If there were specific attendees that they wanted to meet, those of us who knew the attendee offered to make the introduction. The increased traffic on social media since the conference has been wonderful to see and I hope it continues. This is our future.
My second photograph would be of lunch on either day of the conference. While choosing lunch as a favorite event seems similar to kids selecting recess as their favorite part of the school day – I think that the kids may have been right all along. All you need to do is look at the conference photographs and see the restaurant of various size tables filled with engaged attendees. During lunch each day, attendees met with current and prospective clients or business partners, they met with their committees or potential committees, and they connected with new members. The small table set up in the restaurant, albeit a little challenging for the planned committee events, nonetheless, were very conducive for
initiating, strengthening and expanding our connections.
My final photograph would be of Divya Kamania, Alina Nassar and me at the Boeing dinner. Dyvia was a scholarship recipient when I served as VP of Scholarship and Alina was serving as President-Elect. I was amazed by Dyvia’ s accomplishments, her drive, and her gratitude. I told Dyvia in one of our first communications not only how proud I was of her but also, I encouraged her to take advantage of the opportunity that IAWA provided her. Dyvia has followed through. She has attended the Annual Conference and met as many people as she could, and she has tried to attend other IAWA events to foster these connections. Dyvia was also inspired by Alina who spoke about and exemplified the commitment of IAWA to the next generation of women leaders. When Dyvia asked Alina and I to take a picture with her, we were honored.
These three pictures are IAWA in a nutshell.
Wishing you a happy and healthy 2023 and see you in San Diego!
Kathleen M. Guilfoyle President, International Aviation Womens Association |
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34th Annual Conference Recap & Photos |
Our 34th annual conference took place in November in Lisbon, Portugal where we were embraced with a fantastic energy.
As mentioned by our President Kathleen Guilfoyle in her speech, just like the 7 hills of Lisbon, there are 7 good reasons why our association is as stronger as a city that was once hit by earthquake, tsunami and fire:
1. We have an active voice
2. We are working to effectuate change
3. We support career growth and mentoring
4. We are innovative
5. We build connections
6. We support the next generation
7. We are sustainable
The excitement about and interest in IAWA could not be more powerful. Thank you to everyone that attended!
Special thanks to our producers team, our sponsors and our Board Members for making our event successful.
Carol Anderson, Connie Avery, MBA, Andrea J Brantner, Kathryn Callahan, Kaaren Cramer, Cristiane Dart, Christine De Gagne, Katia De Loose, Jacquelyn Gluck, Kathleen Guilfoyle, Selenita Jimenez Williamson, PMP, Divya K., Laura Kang, Dr. Selda Konukcu, Zoë Layden, Marita Lintener, Kimberly Pearson, Sheila Remes, debra santos, Shelley A. Svoren, Gabrielle Timok, Danielle Nicole Vardaro, Valentina Vecchio, Kristelle Wells, Christine Ford (Yasaitis), Ann Thornton Field, Bobbi Wells, Connie Avery, MBA, Karen Blanks Ellis, Sheila Remes, Sophia Ghezai, Marita Lintener, Dr. Selda Konukcu
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Annual Conference Photos - If you would like to view all the amazing photos from the annual conference, please click here. |
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IAWA President, Kathleen Guilfoyle with the Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas |
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Annual Conference Article & Initiatives Thank you to Cordula Barzantny for writing this wonderful synopsis of the IAWA Annual Conference and the different initiatives discussed such as sustainability and gender parity. Cordula is a Professor at Toulouse Business School and leader of the Aerospace Management programs.
Click here to read the article. |
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IAWA DC Holiday Celebration |
IAWA members, current and future, joined together for an IAWA holiday celebration in Washington, DC on 8 Dec. The Waldorf Astoria hotel provided an utterly elegant ambiance for a sumptuously delicious feast expertly served. Sharing the festivities of the season with our wonderful membership, amidst such wonderful surroundings, has left us all deeply enriched and excited for new opportunities to Connect, Inspire, and Lead in 2023. Thank you to our contributing sponsor, Holland & Knight LLP!
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| IAWA Special Happy Hour in DC |
Ahead of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section’s Aviation Litigation Conference, IAWA members and guests gathered for a happy hour at Off the Record at the Hay Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C. organized by IAWA members Brittany Wakim and Orla Brady.
This was an amazing opportunity to bring members and guests together ahead of the annual two-day conference and to inform potential new members about IAWA. We had IAWA members and guests from near and far, spanning from Chicago to Dubai! |
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Congratulations to our 2022 Scholarship Recipients! |
IAWA is very proud of our scholarship recipients for 2022 and appreciate their dedication and passion to the field of aviation. The scholarship recipients for 2022 were - Sadia Akhi, Vaughn College, New York, USA
Beatrice Dragomir, McGill University, Quebec
Lylith Turner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, USA
Rosibeth Torrealba, UTP Panama, Panama
Gaia Roncalli, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Ruby Ryan, Swinburne University, Australia
Zoe Ashford, Cranfield University, England
Carina Manase, Ecole Nationale De L'Aviation Civile (ENAC), France
Pauline Hodencq, Southern Methodist University, Texas, USA |
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| IAWA Webinar - Developing The Workforce Pipeline
On December 1st, IAWA presented a webinar on developing the workforce pipeline. The Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force (YIATF) was directed by Congress to look at how to grow the aviation and aerospace workforce pipeline particularly with underrepresented groups. In the session, the speakers reviewed the 21 recommendations made by Task Force. To view this webinar, click here.
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Start the New Year Off with the Q1 Career Growth Webinar
Staying Healthy - Communication with Self Thursday, January 12, 2023 - 11:00 AM ET
This event will take you from simple mindful exercises, like chair meditation, to an in-depth look at Neuro Linguistic Programming. We will uncover simple strategies to improve nutrition, change limiting beliefs, and prevent /overcome from burn out. With a focus on progress over perfection, we aim to start the New Year with achievable goals for a healthful and successful 2023. |
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| Career Growth Webinar Series Q3 Recap |
On October 13th, IAWA presented the third webinar of their Career Growth Series entitled “Empowering Yourself With Financial Literacy”. In this event, our speakers showed how improving your financial literacy can positively impact the decisions that you make and enhance your leadership. For those who were unable to attend the event, the recording is now available in the IAWA Member Portal under the Career Growth section - Videos.
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IAWA LinkedIn Background Help promote your membership in IAWA with these four LinkedIn background graphics.
To download the backgrounds, there should be an arrow in the lower right corner of each graphic to click on. If you have any questions regarding the graphics, please email Cindy Dady. |
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Available now on the IAWA Career Growth section of the website is a new podcast series - Connect, Inspire and Lead. This podcast series is more than just introducing you to IAWA Members located throughout the globe; you will hear from women of all generations and our Advocates on how they connect, inspire and lead and how you can take those concepts, apply it to what you do, and empower others to do the same. To access the podcasts, log into the Member Portal of the website, go to the Career Growth section - Podcasts.
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| IAWA Connect at Aviation Issues Conference - Ritz Carlton Kapalua - Maui Date: January 10th
Time: 5:00-6:00 pm HST Location: Maui, Hawaii |
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Career Growth Q1 Webinar: Staying Healthy - Communication with Self Date: January 12th
Time: 11:00 a.m. EST Location: Virtual |
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Washington D.C. Happy Hour Date: January 12th
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST Location: 750 15th Street, NW |
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IAWA Connect @ the Airline Economics Dublin Date: January 17th Time: 4:30 - 7:30 pm GMT Location: Dublin, Ireland |
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Congratulations! IAWA recognizes the accomplishments of our members - |
Member Highlight
The accomplishments of IAWA members are an integral part of who we are. It‘s important our members and future members know who has helped make our organization what it is today. If you would like to be featured in a Member Highlight on our social media channels, please click here to fill out the form. (please note this may require signing into the IAWA website)
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New Members
During the third quarter of 2022, IAWA welcomed 61 amazing women as new members of IAWA. Additionally, IAWA also welcomed 7 Apprentice Members and 13 Scholar Members to its membership.
Please join us in welcoming our new IAWA Members by visiting the New Member webpage. Learn more about each of our new members by clicking on their name or photo. More new members will be added soon! |
Welcome to our New Advocates
IAWA offers an opportunity for men to participate as an Advocate. An Advocate is a man, or a person who identifies as male, who otherwise meets the requirements of membership in any other category. An Advocate is not a member, but will support, promote, back, encourage and sponsor IAWA. The Advocate fee is directed to IAWA’s scholarship programs. To become an Advocate, start your application here.
The newest IAWA Advocates - Mario Asselin, Asselin, Inc. Benoit Defforge, Airbus Corporate Jets Pradeep Fernandes, The Boeing Company Jack Gilchrist, Gilchrist Aviation Law Brian Glod, Marsh McLennan
David Hernandez, Vedder Price P.C. Kenneth Quinn, Clyde & Co US LLP Simone Roeder, Midwifery Association, BDH
David Walton, BOC Aviation
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| Are You Hiring?
Submit your company's open positions to IAWA's Career Hub, a member's only resource. It's a great area to share openings with your fellow IAWA members. Postings will also be shared to IAWA's LinkedIn group for members only. |
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Enormous Thanks to Our Corporate Partners |
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Take a look at the many benefits available to sponsors in our new 2022 Giving Brochure. |
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