The Frontiers of Flight Museum will host a luncheon in October to celebrate the impact of women in aerospace.
Titled “Women Take Flight: Fashion to Fission,” the Oct. 1 luncheon will feature keynote speaker Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, which houses America’s astronaut corps, Mission Control Center, International Space Station and the Orion and Gateway programs. Wyche will share her experience as a flight manager for several missions of the retired Space Shuttle Program and emphasize the importance of women in aviation and aerospace.
Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Photography courtesy of Frontiers of Flight Museum.
Joining Wyche, the event will include a panel discussion with four women in the aviation and aerospace industry: Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security; Dyan Medina Gibbens, pilot, SpaceWERX, and U.S. Space Force adviser; Caeley Looney, CEO and founder of Reinvented Inc. and flight director at Firefly Aerospace; and Amy Spowart, CEO of the National Aeronautic Association.
“These leaders will be given a robust platform to engage in conversation around their journeys to success – what they faced to get there, and what message we should be sending to all leaders in the aerospace field,” Abigail Erickson-Torres, CEO of Frontiers of Flight Museum, said. “We need to promote young women to go for it – from fashion to fission. Let’s change the conversations at home, in the classroom, on the playground and in the media, so that growing up, they will automatically feel like they belong.”
The luncheon will also recognize its supporters with awards, including the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, PPG Aerospace, UPS Foundation, and event chairs Olin and Pamela Lancaster.
The luncheon will take place at the aviation museum from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
