Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Rolland Vincent Associates’ inaugural RVA Summit continues to pick up momentum as the event—scheduled for February 15 to 16 at the historic Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.—lines up speakers, sponsors, and a growing number of attendees. The two-day event will precede the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s (GAMA) annual State of the Industry gathering.&nbsp;
Led by Rolland Vincent, RVA had staged a summit in tandem with former partner JetNet for the past 15 years. But with the end of that partnership this year, the 2027 event will mark the first time the firm hosts the summit solely under its purview. Vincent was enthusiastic about the early plans, saying the summit is shaping up to be one of RVA’s strongest yet, with most of the speakers confirmed and the agenda set. “I am proud of what we’ve built,” he said.
With the summit leading into the annual GAMA event, it is drawing several OEM chiefs as speakers, along with other leaders in the business aviation supply chain, who will engage in conversations about their business and the industry. They include Gulfstream president Mark Burns, Embraer Executive Jets president and CEO Michael Amalfitano, and Dassault Falcon Jet CEO Thierry Betbeze.
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Held in the Grand Ballroom at the Mayflower, the summit will also mark the legacy of aviation. The Grand Ballroom was the site where the National Geographic Society awarded Charles Lindbergh the Hubbard Medal in 1927, the year he completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The summit, which comes a few months ahead of the 100th anniversary of that event, will also recognize the centennial of Textron Aviation’s Cessna brand.

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