Lisa Swartzwelder, director of shuttle operations and flight administration at L Brands, was named the recipient of the 10th annual NBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers Outstanding Achievement and Leadership Award at the opening session of NBAA's Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference. She is also a board member of the Ohio Regional Business Aviation Association (ORBAA).

A former SDC committee chair, Swartzwelder continually strives to bring training and development resources to the business aviation community in her region. Engaging within academic aviation programs has also been a crucial part of her work with ORBAA, as has leading programs and conferences at the national level. With L Brands for more than a quarter century, she is involved with company programs such as the L Brands’ flight operations internship program, which she co-leads, and its crisis response team. Each year through her efforts with the Corporate Angel Network, nearly 300 cancer patients are transported to treatment aboard her company's business aircraft.

“There’s no one person I know who has worked harder and done more for our industry than Lisa,” said Dan Wolfe, associate vice president, general manager and aircraft captain for Nationwide Aviation Business Center, who has known Swartzwelder for many years. “The more you give Lisa, the more she can do, and will do.”

Jo Damato, NBAA senior director of educational strategy, recognizes Swartzwelder as one of the first volunteer leaders in 2001 on the Schedulers and Dispatchers Committee. “She has always worked to consistently demonstrate that schedulers and dispatchers are critical to a high-functioning, safe flight operation. Through her example, that is how they have evolved to be recognized.”

The award was created in 2008 to honor aviation visionaries with outstanding expertise and significant contributions to the scheduling and dispatching function.