Wendy O'Connor
Executive Director of FAA Advanced Air Mobility, FAA
Wendy has over 25 years of federal service and 9 years of military service in the United States Navy. She was an Air traffic Controller at Kansas City ARTCC for 14 years, then made the transition to FAA Headquarters as a staff specialist in Mission Support Services within the ATO working Operational Requirements for acquisition programs and the F&E budget. Wendy most recently served as the Director, Operations Planning & Integration in Air Traffic Services and took over for her peer Directorate for Operation Policy and Implementation providing executive direction and leadership for the modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) programs, operations policy, staffing and day to day air traffic operations. She is recognized as an expert in change management, NAS modernization initiatives and the FAA Budgets.