President’s Update

News & Views S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 2 0 0 9

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

• Letter from our President

• Conference Pictures

• Members in the News

• New Members

• Scholarship Update

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Greetings IAWA mem-bers and industry col-leagues, I am pleased to report in this edition of News & Views that we had a fantastic meeting in Brussels. The 21st Annual IAWA Conference was a

wonderful event attended by over 100 women executives from all over the world and from all areas of the aviation industry. The European Commission graciously co-hosted the conference and we were very fortunate to have the Director General of Transport for the European Commission, Daniel Calleja, deliver the opening re-marks. In keeping with the IAWA commit-ment to excellence, the program was truly outstanding thanks to the tireless efforts of our conference planning committee, Katherine Staton, Ann Field, Marianne Barnabo and Mia Wouters. Kudos also go to Kathy Posner, for once again doing an extraordinary job with our sponsorship efforts. All of these women did an abso-lutely fantastic job putting together an event of the highest quality and we are grateful for their hard work and dedication to IAWA. I also want to express our sin-

cere appreciation to each of our sponsors for their generous support. I have said this before but it bears repeating, without our sponsors’ commitment to IAWA, the annual conferences would not be possi-ble. To each of you and/or your firms who sponsored this program, we give you our sincerest thanks. Of course I must also thank each of our speakers. Throughout the two days of the program, we heard presentations and discussions on topics which are at the forefront of our industry, all delivered by women who are experts in their fields. We heard from Carol Hallet, US Chamber of Commerce, Jacqueline Foster, Member of the Euro-pean Parliament, Nancy LoBue Federal Aviation Administration, Emmanuel Maire, European Commission; and Kathryn Leahy, from Virgin Atlantic Airways. These are just a few of the truly amazing women who delivered remarks. For a complete list of all of the speakers we were fortunate to have with us at the con-ference, please see the IAWA website. Each of the presentations was excep-tional and we were fortunate to have these women share their time and wis-dom with us.

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Debra Fowler

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Also joining us for the conference were two of our scholarship recipients, Ana Cristina Rosa from Leiden University in the Nether-lands and Rachel Pachoud from McGill in Montreal. Additionally, Lisa Sullivan, the first woman in our mentorship program, was also in attendance. It was wonderful to have these women with us and to see IAWA ’ s outreach to the next generation in effect! Although we have barely unpacked our bags from Brussels, we are already making plans for next year’ s conference in Boston. Mark your calendars; the 22nd Annual Conference

will take place October 6-8th, 2010. Remem-ber, we are always anxious to hear from you. Please let us know your thoughts about our programs: topics to discuss, events to include in the program, changes or additions to the program...whatever is on your mind, let us hear from you so we can continue with our efforts to make IAWA the best organization it can be. Best regards, Debra Fowler

Brussels Photos

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Brussels Attendance

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ACE Group  Underwriter Aerofin Advisors LLC  Principal Air Berlin PLC & Co Luftverkehrs KG  Manager Insurance Air Transport Association  Vice President, Environmental Affairs Airbus Americas, Inc.  Senior Counsel Airbus Financial Services  Head of Corporate Affairs Allianz Aviation Managers LLC  Vice President Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty AG  Product Line Manager ‐ Airlines AON  Associate Director Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma  Associate Aviation Consultant  Aviation Consultant Bank of Scotland Corporate  Director, Aerospace Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP  Partner Baumeister & Samuels, P.C.  Managing Partner Bird & Bird  Partner Bird & Bird  Partner Bird & Bird LLP  Partner Booz Allen Hamilton  Senior Associate BOPS Law firm  Partner Burson‐Marsteller  Consultant to Continental Airlines Butler Snow  Senior Counsel Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, PC  Shareholder Cannata Pierallini & Associati  Partner Catlin  Senior Claims Adjuster Aerospace Catlin  Underwriter CIT Aerospace  VP, Fleet Management Communicate with Power and Ease  Speaker Coach Condon & Forsyth LLP  Partner Condon & Forsyth LLP  Partner Continental Airlines  Managing Director International and State Affairs Continental Airlines  Managing Attorney ‐ International and Global Compliance Continental Airlines  Managing Director, International & State Affairs Cozen O'Connor  Attorney Crowell & Moring LLP  Counsel Delta Air Lines, Inc  Senior Attorney II Delta Air Lines, Inc.  Senior Paralegal DLA Piper UK LLP  Associate EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.  Head of Legal Affairs Embraer ‐ Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.  Senior Legal Counsel Emirates  Legal Adviser European Aviation Safety Agency  Rulemaking Directorate European Commission  Directorate ‐ General Air Transport European Commission  Head of Sector, Directorate ‐ General Justice, Freedom & Secu‐rity European Parliament  Member of European Parliament Federal Aviation Administration  Deputy Assistant Administrator FedEx Express  Managing Director Freidenberg, Freidenberg & Lifsic  Partner Attorney Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer  Lawyer Gates and Partners  Solicitor Gates and Partners  Partner Global Aerospace  Claims Adjuster Global Aerospace  Underwriter Global Aerospace  Underwriter Go‐Ahead Group PLC  Group Legal Advisor Gulf Air  Director Financial Controlling Gulf Air  Doctor Harris Corporation   HBOS  Director Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP  Partner IAWA  Executive Director International Air Transport Association  Regional Director, Europe International Maritime Organization  Senior Advisor International Maritime Organization  Senior Advisor, Maritime Environment Division 

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Jackson Walker L.L.P.  Partner Jones Day  Partner Kirstein & Young, PLLC  Managing Partner Landesbank Baden‐Württemberg  Vice President Law Firm TLD Legal  Lawyer Law Office of Cecile Hatfield  Attorney Leiden University  Lovells LLP  Lawyer LPLG Avocats  Partner LVP Law  Attorney at Law Marsh USA, Inc.  Senior Vice President McCullough, Campbell & Lane, LLP  Partner MedAire, Inc.  Founder & Chairman of the Board Mendes & Mount, LLP  Partner Mendes & Mount, LLP  Partner Merlo Kanofsky & Gregg Ltd.  Attorney/Director Morrison Foerster  Attorney NARA  President National Business Aviation Association  Senior Vice President, Gov't Affairs NetJets, Inc.  Senior Vice President Paterson, MacDougall LLP  Partner Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad  Head Pratt & Whitney  Director, Commercial & International Programs QBE  Senior Claims Adjuster QBE Nordic Aviation Insurance A/S  Senior Underwriter RJ Kiln Group  Aviation Underwriter RJ Kiln Group  Underwriter RL International Chartered  Partner Schellenberg Wittmer  Senior Attorney  SkyWorks Capital LLC  Senior Vice President Stewarts Law LLP  Partner Swiss International Air Lines  Managing Director International Relations & Government Affairs Swiss Re  Assistant Vice President The Boeing Company  Vice President Program Management Treasury Attorney General's Office  Legal Counsel in International Affairs TUI Travel PLC  Head of Group Insurance U.S. Chamber of Commerce & the National Chamber Foundation Of Counsel U.S. Department of Justice  Senior Aviation Counsel U.S. Department of Transportation  Chief, US Air Carrier Licensing Division UAN Aviation Consulting  Legal Counsel United Airlines  Senior Counsel United Airlines  Senior Counsel United Technologies  Director Government Affairs Europe Urwantschky Dangel Borst & Partner   Virgin Atlantic Airways  Head of Risk Management Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd  Head of Risk Management Willis Ltd.  Executive Director 

Thank you to our Sponsors!

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Thank you to our Sponsors!

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Law Offices of Cecile Hatfield

Thank you to our Sponsors!

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Suzon Franzke Mary H. McDaniel

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Members in the News Renee Mar t in Nagle ( Airbus ) is now the chair of the ABA Forum on Air and Space Law.

On October 27, The AirFinance Journal

published an article on IAWA within an

interview conducted by Sophie Segal, editor of the AFJ, on the finance panel held at IAWA ’ s Brussels conference. IAWA members Mylène Scholnick, Laurence Vigeant-Langlois and Vicky Goodenough were featured in the arti-cle. The AirFinance Journal was a media sponsor to the Brussels confer-ence. Please visit the AFJ online at www.airfinancejournal.com.

Third 2009 Regional Reception

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

This is a fantastic way for you to visit with your aviation colleagues before the Holiday rush is on!

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5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Members on The Move

Susan M. Baer, who has spent 21 years in several aviation department roles at the Port Authority, has been appointed Director of Aviation , the head of the Agency ’ s aviation de-partment. After 32 years at Port Authority, she is the first woman in Port Authority history to as-

sume the job. She replaces William R. DeCota, who died unexpectedly in Sep-tember. She takes over one of the world ’ s largest and busiest aviation systems, with oversight responsibilities for John F. Kennedy International, New-ark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports. Last year alone, more than 107 million fliers used the Port Authority air-ports, which also handled roughly 2.4 million tons of cargo. Susan, who has held the department ’ s No. 2 slot since last year, will continue the agency focus on modernizing facilities at all its air-ports, as she takes the helm of a de-partment with a $1.3 billion operating budget and a $594 million capital budget in 2009. Additionally, she will focus on making NextGen satellite navi-gation technology a reality in the avia-

tion industry, while also encouraging airspace improvements to help reduce flight delays and maintain safety in the New York/New Jersey region. Joining the Port Authority as a management analyst in the late 1970s, she quickly rose through the agency ’ s ranks in the Tunnels, Bridges and Terminals Depart-ment before joining the aviation depart-ment in 1988. Among her aviation achievements is being the only person in Port Authority history to manage the agency ’ s three major airports: JFK, Newark Liberty and LaGuardia. From 1988 to 1994, she served as general manager of aviation customer and mar-keting services before managing La-Guardia until 1998. From then until 2007, she was at the helm of Newark Liberty with responsibilities that in-cluded oversight of Teterboro. In 2007, she became JFK ’ s general manager before being appointed the agency ’ s deputy director/chief operating officer in 2008. Susan earned her bachelor ’ s degree from Barnard College in urban studies and anthropology and an MBA from New York University. Congratu-lations to Susan, this is an outstanding achievement and IAWA is very proud to have Susan as one of its long standing member and regular speaker!

Suzanne Garber

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Scholarship Update

During IAWA ’ s Brussels conference Gala Dinner on October 16, IAWA board member Lisa Piccione ( r ight ) pre-sented Ana Cristina Rosa, student at Leiden University, her IAWA interna-tional scholarship. Ana Christina is a Brazilian candidate for a Master ’ s of Law in the Air and Space program at Leiden University.

A Joint IAWA/Wings Club Scholarship was presented to McGill student Rachel Pa-choud on October 23, 2009 during The Wings Club annual Dinner & Dance. An-other presentation will also be made at McGill ’ s International Liability and Insur-ance Conference by IAWA board member Kathy Posner.

Lisa Piccione, Rachel Pachoud and Ana Cristina Rosa

Rachel Pachoud, Ana Cristina Rosa, Mia Wouters and Mylène Scholnick

Affiliation with the Wings Club

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The Wings Club in New York held its monthly luncheon on September 17, 2009 at the Yale Club in New York. The speaker for the Aviation Leader Series was Todd Kallman, Pratt & Whitney's President, Commercial Engines & Global Services. The lunch was attended by

several IAWA members: Mylene Scholnick, Alice Chan, Ellyn Slow, Susan Walsh, Christine Sadofsky and Mary Ellen Jones ( from left to right ) as well as Al-ison Mason. You are en-couraged to look at The Wings Club website for more follow up information.

The next Aviation Leader Series monthly lunch will be held on November 19, 2009 and will feature Mr. Robert Fernaro, CEO of AirTran Airways. The last luncheon of the year will be on December 17, 2009 with Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Air-lines.

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IAWA and The Wings Club jointly awarded Rachel Pachoud, a student in Air and Space Law at McGill University The Joint IAWA/Wings Club Scholarship on October 23, 2009 during the Wings Club Annual Dinner & Dance. Many thanks to Katherine Posner of Condon & Forsyth for contributing to travel expenses for the student.

New Members

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Tara Palmer serves as Claims Manager – Airlines at AIG Aviation Adjustment Ser-vices, Inc., in Atlanta Georgia. In this position, she manages four airline adjust-ers and oversees their files, reviews and assigns new lawsuits and claims, han-dles airline claims and lawsuits to a reso-

lution, and assists the various airlines with questions they have on claims they are handling in house. Prior to joining AIG in 2006, Tara spent 15 years with Delta Air Lines, working in Operations, as a Claims Analyst and as Passenger Claims Supervisor.

Heidi De Hoogh is the Manager of Flight Operations Standards and Compliance for Mesaba Airlines in Eagan, Minnesota. She has ten years experience in the avia-tion industry working as a pilot, instructor and flight operations manager. Heidi is currently responsible for managing the Flight Operations Publications Depart-ment, Flight Operations Records Depart-ment, and Advanced Qualification Pro-

gram ( AQP) for Mesaba Airlines. She created and currently manages the Flight Operations internship program while also working extensively with the FAA to en-sure compliance with federal regulations for all Flight Operations. Heidi received a Master ’ s Degree in Management ( M SM ) specializing in Air Transporta-tion from Embry Riddle Aeronautical Uni-versity in 2008.

Laura Pierallini is founder and name part-ner of Cannata Pierallini & Associati, a multidisciplinary law firm based in Rome and Milan, which has for years teamed with the Legal and Tax Department of Arthur Andersen Worldwide Organiza-tion, and was affiliated with the interna-tional law firm Coudert Brothers from March 2001 to December 2005. She contributed Italian and International books and articles in various publica-

tions, and is recommended as leading lawyer in various Italian and international magazines and guides, such as Top Le-gal, Aircraft Financing, The International Who ’ s Who of Aviation Lawyers, Corpo-rate UK and World ’ s Leading Aviation Lawyers - Expert Guides. She has been practicing aviation law since 1988 and is professor of commercial law and profes-sor of law at the Master in Aviation and Tourism at the LUISS University of

Heidi De Hoogh

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Monica Slater Stokes is Managing Direc-tor of International and State Affairs at Continental Airlines. Monica manages external affairs programs in support of the company’ s public policy objectives, advises on legislative and regulatory is-sues and develops and executes lobby-ing strategies to protect the airline’ s interests in key domestic and global mar-kets. She also directs political and com-munity outreach initiatives geared to-wards building and strengthening rela-tionships with state and local elected offi-cials, business groups, industry partners and other key stakeholders. In addition,

she sits on several boards and commit-tees, including the Newark Workforce Investment Board; the NJ Legislative Black Caucus Foundation and the Women ’ s Fund of New Jersey, where she serves as vice co-chair of the Inno-vation and Planning Committee. In that role, she helped launch the organiza-tion ’ s Women ’ s Policy Institute, a pro-gram designed to educate local women leaders on the legislative process and train and empower them to draft and pro-mote legislation that would positively im-pact women and girls in New Jersey.

Cécile Di Meglio obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Private International Law and International Commercial Law ( DEA de Droit International Privé et Droit du Com-mercial International ) from the Univer-sity of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, as well as an LL.M. from New York Univer-sity School of Law. She was admitted to the New York Bar in 2004 and joined the Lovells Dispute Resolution Practice the same year. She was called to the Paris

Bar in February 2005. Cécile provides assistance to the firm ’ s clients in litiga-tion relating to product liability and com-mercial contracts, especially in the avia-tion industry, as well as in insurance/reinsurance-related disputes. As an attor-ney qualified in both France and New York, Cécile developed a specific exper-tise in multi-jurisdictional disputes, espe-cially between France and the US.

Sarah Walker is a commercial litigator with a wide range of experience in resolving commercial disputes. She qualified in 1995 and joined Bird & Bird as a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Group in London in 2005, following 8 years at DLA Piper in London. Sarah specialises in dispute evaluation and resolution by litigation ( H igh Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords ) , arbitration, mediation and ne-

gotiation. She also frequently advises her clients on their risk management strate-gies and procedures and the drafting of contractual mechanisms for dispute reso-lution. Sarah is referred to as “ highly rec-ommended ” in the 2007 edition of The Legal 500 and ranked as a leader in Dis-pute Resolution in the 2008 edition of Chambers and Partners.

Sarah Walker

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Susan Sheets started her career in avia-tion with the French aerospace manufac-turer, Aerospatiale, Inc. ( n ow EADS) . Her twelve year ’ s experience at its headquarters in Washington, DC, in-cluded responsibilities in personnel, ad-ministration, corporate and financial man-agement. During this time, she earned an M.B.A. in International Business at George Washington University. In 1991, Susan joined the National Aircraft Resale

Association ( N ARA ) as its Executive Director. Promoted to president in 2003, Susan represents the membership in Washington and collaborates with other general aviation trade associates as an advocate for the industry. She served as President of the International Aviation Club in 1997, and President of the Aero Club of Washington in 2008. As a student pilot, she has 80 hours in a Cessna 172 and expects to be licensed in early 2010.

Tara Nicola is an Associate with Reed Smith. Her practice focuses on prod-ucts liability and aviation litigation. She represents aircraft manufacturers, com-ponent part manufacturers and aircraft maintenance facilities in products liabil-ity cases arising out of aircraft accidents throughout the country. Tara also repre-sents commercial airlines in lost prop-

erty claims and personal injury actions throughout New Jersey. Her practice includes the representation of construc-tion lift, medical device, pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers in litigation arising from product liability or negligence claims. Tara also has experi-ence in complex mass tort litigation.

Tara Nicola

Susan Sheets

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Diana Gurfel

Diana Gurfel is a Partner at Condon & Forsyth in New York and joined the firm in 2001, after serving as Principal Court Attorney to the Honorable Bernard J. Fried, Supreme Court, New York County ( 1 999-2001) . Her practice encom-passes all aspects of international avia-tion law, products liability and commercial litigation. She has worked on several major multidistrict aviation disaster litiga-tions, represented foreign air carriers in

commercial fraud litigation and counseled manufacturers of commercial aviation products regarding liability exposure. She graduated from NYU in 1995, receiv-ing a B.A in Political Science and Metro-politan Studies. Diana received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1999. She is admitted to the bar of New York and is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York State and American Bar Associations.

Geneva A. Collins is an associate in the aviation and aerospace practice group in the San Francisco office of Clyde & Co US LLP. Geneva has extensive ex-perience in defending airlines, products manufacturers and their insurers. She is Geneva is a 1996 graduate of the Uni-versity of California at Davis School of Law, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the U.C. Davis Journal of Inter-national Law & Policy and a Member of the U.C. Davis Law Review. She is a 1993 cum laude graduate of the Univer-sity of California at San Diego, where she received a degree in Political Sci-ence, with a minor in French Studies. Her experience includes defending an aerospace product manufacturer in liti-

gation arising from the 1994 crash of a US Airways' aircraft in Pittsburgh, Penn-sylvania. She also was part of the de-fense team that represented a major Asian based air carrier in litigation aris-ing from the 1997 crash of a Boeing 747-300 aircraft in Guam. Geneva's experience also includes representing a Korean based consumer product manu-facturer in multi-state class action litiga-tion. Her trial experience includes par-ticipating in the successful defense of an air carrier in litigation arising from the death of birds during the course of inter-national transportation. Geneva is ad-mitted to practice in the state and fed-eral courts of California.

Geneva Collins