Speakers Announced for Women in Aviation Conference

37th annual event will be held in Dallas.

Meg Godlewski

Friday, December 26, 2025 at 03:00 PM ET

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Zach Vasile

The 2023 Women in Aviation International Conference features keynote speakers at its general sessions. [Credit: Julie Boatman]

Key Takeaways:

The 37th annual Women in Aviation International (WAI) conference, scheduled for March 19-21, 2026, in Dallas, will feature a lineup of influential female leaders in aviation.
Keynote speakers include Jennifer Homendy, Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Nicole Malachowski, former U.S. Air Force fighter and Thunderbird pilot, and Alex Marren, COO of Air New Zealand.
Other notable speakers include Stephanie Chung, a pioneering private aviation executive, with Sarah Kalmeta emceeing the general sessions.

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Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), is one of the featured speakers who will be part of the 37th annual Women in Aviation International conference slated for March 19-21, 2026, in Dallas.

Homendy is the 15th chairperson of the NTSB, having held the position since November 2021, and has been a member of the NTSB since 2018. She has presided over multiple public hearings that scrutinized transportation accidents, including aviation, rail, nautical transport, and ground operations, all with the intent of identifying risk factors and reducing them to make transportation safer.