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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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has sworn in David Cummins as the eighth administrator of an agency stood up in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. He was confirmed to the role by the full U.S. Senate late last week as part of a package of 74 nominations, also including Thomas Chapman for another term at the NTSB. Approval was largely along party lines in a 51-47 vote.
Cummins steps into a role that had been filled on an acting basis since January 2025, when the previous administrator, David Pekoske, departed the agency. He brings more than two decades of government contracting experience to his new role. Most recently, Cummins was senior v-p of Serco’s Citizen Services group, where he managed the company’s work with federal, state, and local governments in the U.S. and Canada. He has also served as senior v-p for Conduent.
“Administrator Cummins brings valuable private-sector transportation experience and a practical understanding of how technology, policy, and operational realities must work together,” said NATA president and CEO Curt Castagna.&nbsp;
Chapman, meanwhile, was confirmed to continue as an NTSB member through the end of 2028. A former minority counsel for the U.S. Senate aviation subcommittee who also held senior roles with US Airways, Southwest Airlines, and AOPA, Chapman was initially sworn in as an NTSB member on Jan. 6, 2020.

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David Cummins Steps In as TSA Administrator

Tom Chapman additionally was confirmed for another term at NTSB

David Cummins was sworn in as TSA administrator, while Tom Chapman received an extension at the NTSB.

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