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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Kerry Lynch

NTSB member Michael Graham was appointed to serve as vice chair, filling the slot vacated last year after the White House ousted&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2025-06-05/former-ntsb-vice-chair-brown-sues-reinstatement">Alvin Brown</a> from the safety agency. Graham joined the Safety Board as the 45th member in January 2020 and has been nominated for a second term as a member that would extend through Dec. 31, 2030. His initial appointment as vice chair, meanwhile, is for three years.
Appointment to the vice chair role comes less than a month after the U.S. <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2026-03-13/senate-panel-approves-graham-nom-another-ntsb-term">Senate Commerce Committee voted</a>&nbsp;21 to seven to forward the nomination for full Senate consideration.
Graham joined the NTSB with extensive operational experience and deep business aviation knowledge. He previously served as director of flight operations safety, security, and standardization at Textron Aviation, overseeing safety management systems, emergency response planning, air safety investigations, and airport operations. A former naval aviator, he was also active in business aviation organizations, including serving as an Air Charter Safety Foundation chairman and on safety committees at NBAA.
While on the Board, Graham has served as member on the scene for several major investigations, including the May 2025 accident involving a Mexican naval vessel striking the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City; February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio; November 2022 Wings Over Dallas midair collision; and October 2021 MD-87 runway excursion in Brookshire, Texas.

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White House Appoints Michael Graham as NTSB Vice Chair

Graham has served on the board since 2020 and was renominated for a term extending through 2030

Michael Graham was appointed NTSB vice chair, filling a role that was vacated last year.

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