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Considerations for Equity in Advanced Air Mobility


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Agenda  

Welcome and Opening Remarks 

Anne Aylward
Director, U.S. DOT Volpe Center

Featured Speakers

Yolanka Wulff
Executive Director and Co-founder, Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI); Member, FAA AAM Advisory Committee

Okeoma Moronu
Head of Global Aviation Regulatory Affairs, Zipline International

 

Recap and recording available now.

 

*The views of the speakers may not represent the views of U.S. DOT.

The U.S. DOT Volpe Center and FAA are committed to principles of accessibility and inclusion. If you require reasonable accommodations, please contact collateral duty Disability Program Specialist Stephanie Chase and carbon copy EEO Manager Eliot Sutler on your request.   

About the Speakers

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Yolanka Wulff

Executive Director and Co-founder, Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI)

Member, FAA AAM Advisory Committee 

Yolanka Wulff, JD is a leader in the innovative aviation ecosystem—an experienced Executive and Program Director with mission-driven organizations. She possesses the excellent ability to create and execute on strategic visions, solves problems creatively, mediates stakeholder differences collaboratively, and communicates effectively. Wulff is a leader and a bridge builder with a passion for the human effort to make our world sustainable. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Washington, a certificate in sustainable transportation from the University of Washington, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Whitman College. 

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Head of Global Aviation Regulatory Affairs, Zipline International  

Okeoma Moronu is an emerging leader in developing new regulatory approval frameworks that enable high-volume drone operations in various national airspaces. She is currently the Head of Global Aviation Regulatory Affairs at Zipline International—the only drone logistics company operating at a national scale. At Zipline, Moronu works alongside regulators, policymakers, and experts in emerging technologies to unlock safe and reliable autonomous operations that will benefit the communities Zipline serves around the globe.  
 
Most recently, she was selected by the U.S. DOT to serve on the Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC). This builds on her experience as an industry lead on FAA’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). In that role, Moronu worked closely with FAA to develop a regulatory framework for routine BVLOS operations of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the U.S. She also serves as the Vice Chair on the Board of the Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA). In addition to her work at Zipline, Moronu brings more than a decade of experience providing strategic advice and legal counsel in the aviation industry. She graduated with a JD from Columbia University School of Law and an LLM from the University of Amsterdam. 

This series will be moderated by U.S. DOT Volpe Center Director Anne Aylward. 

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Anne Aylward

Director, U.S. DOT Volpe Center

Anne D. Aylward has served as director of the U.S. DOT Volpe Center in Cambridge, MA since 2016. The U.S. DOT Volpe Center is a unique fee-for-service federal organization that conducts more than $230 million annually in transportation technology and innovation projects. 

As director, she steers the work of more than 580 engineers, scientists, and analysts engaged in a portfolio of projects carried out on behalf of all U.S. DOT modal administrations, numerous other federal agencies such as the Departments of Defense and Interior, state and local governments, as well as international, academic, private, and non-profit organizations facing transportation challenges. 

Prior to serving in this role, Aylward was the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s deputy director for Research and Technology. She has more than 30 years of experience in transportation planning, operations, and program management, and she is a nationally recognized expert in freight and intermodal transportation planning, policy analysis, and operations. 

Aylward began her career in public service with the Massachusetts Port Authority and served for 10 years as director of the Port of Boston. She began her federal career in 2006 as the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s chief of Transportation Planning.