Smithsonian Air and House Museum
Ladies and Drones will as soon as once more deliver the UAS/AAM group collectively to have fun the preeminent ladies in enterprise, authorities, and schooling. The nomination course of is underway for the Ladies in Rising Aviation Applied sciences Awards. The seventh Annual World Awards will happen at a brand new venue, the Smithsonian Air and House Museum in Washington D.C. on October twenty fifth.
“We’re proud to proceed the custom of recognizing the unbelievable achievements of girls within the UAS/AAM {industry},” stated Sharon Rossmark, Founder and CEO of Ladies and Drones. “We consider this yearly alternative to have fun will assist us take important steps ahead in positioning the way forward for aviation as an inclusive and dynamic {industry}.”
Nominations Open!
The Ladies in Rising Aviation Applied sciences Awards honors excellent ladies and corporations or organizations in a number of classes. The Ladies to Watch Awards acknowledge those that are driving change and main the best way towards better feminine participation within the uncrewed aviation {industry}. The Corridor of Fame Award acknowledges extremely skilled and completed businesswomen in related rising aviation applied sciences and industry-enabling profession fields. The Firm Innovation and Highlight on Drones for Good Awards are designed to acknowledge firms, companies, or organizations which have a tradition of inclusiveness the place ladies are engaged in key management positions.
Nominees should be employed within the UAS/AAM {industry} or have made a major affect on the {industry} by way of their management, analysis, educating, or advocacy. The deadline for nominations is June 16, 2023. To appoint a deserving girl or firm go to Ladies in Rising Aviation Applied sciences Awards.
2023 Honorary Co-Chairpersons
2022 Ladies in Rising Aviation Applied sciences Corridor of Fame inductees Marilyn Pearson and Miriam McNabb will function honorary co-chairpersons for the 2023 awards.
Marilyn Pearson is a former Aviation Security Inspector on the FAA, the place she was awarded the FAA Administrator’s Award for Excellence in EEO in 2002. Ms. Pearson is now the Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist at CAE. With over 40 years within the aviation {industry}, Ms. Pearson has served as a company and business pilot in a number of jet plane varieties and holds teacher scores for quite a few plane varieties.
“Receiving the Corridor of Fame award for Ladies in Rising Aviation Applied sciences is really an honor, particularly because it has come from individuals within the aviation and aerospace {industry} who’ve been my function fashions and inspirations,” says Marilyn Pearson. “This group of wonderful ladies who I share the award with encourage me to make what appears unimaginable, doable. I’ve met so many unbelievable ladies who at the moment are associates and colleagues due to this glorious recognition and I can’t wait to see what they’ll all create.”
Miriam McNabb is Companion and Editor at DRONELIFE.com, an internet information supply centered on the business drone {industry}, established in 2013. She is a frequent worldwide speaker at drone {industry} occasions and writes for DRONELIFE on present information, monetary developments, and FAA rules.
“I’m extremely proud to be an envoy for this yr’s Ladies and Drones World Awards,” says Miriam McNabb. “This occasion is way extra important than merely at some point: it supplies a wider view of what’s doable in Rising Aviation Applied sciences for girls of any age. Holding the occasion in considered one of our nation’s most vital monuments to aviation is such a privilege – we are able to’t wait to fill these halls with the following technology of aviation professionals.”
The Thought Leaders Summit
Along with the awards ceremony, Ladies and Drones is proud to companion with Industrial Drone Alliance to host the Rising Aviation Applied sciences Thought Leaders’ Summit in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, October twenty fourth. The Summit will convene leaders on the frontlines of progress who’re breaking new floor and constructing a framework to reshape the alternatives for a path ahead within the UAS/AAM {industry}. Company Partnership alternatives can be found for each the awards celebration in addition to the Thought Leaders’ Summit: for info go to Ladies in Rising Aviation Applied sciences Partnership Alternatives.
Nominations at the moment are open for the 2023 awards! Nominate the ladies inspiring you and be taught extra in regards to the World Awards and the occasion right here.
