Lynda Coffman will join Women in Aviation International as CEO on Jan. 22, 2024.
Coffman recently served as vice president of United Airlines and president of United Ground Express, a subsidiary of United Airlines. She was with United for more than 30 years.
She also has served on multiple private company and non-profit boards, according to WAI officials.
She has a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Santa Clara University and a Master of Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
“I look forward to bringing my experience and passion to continue to strengthen and grow WAI around the world while broadening support for its mission,” Coffman said. “Leading this organization is my dream job, and I look forward to connecting with our members and supporters to continue our expansive and strategic vision and contributions to this industry.”
Ms. Coffman sounds like an ideal fit for WAI. I wish her the best as WAI continues its move into the next chapter (in other words, moving away from the “founder era”). There has been some turnover while WAI looks for the right person, and Ms. Coffman’s experience seems to be a unique match.
I am happy for Lynda, but this sort of article feels a lot like “Ramming It Down My Throat.” And “See We Told You So.” Just let it alone. Mrs. Coffman would be in the same position today even if there were no “Oh wow piece.”
More hyphenated pilots…..I just checked and did not find an organization called “Men in Aviation International”. Odd. Show please how aviation has really been served by promoting hyphenated pilots. Have costs gone down? Are more GA airports being built? Has the accident rate dropped because of more hyphenated pilots and mechanics? Are there more American-owned GA manufacturers in the US?
Agree. GA isn’t getting better with this kind of “promotions”.