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W A I
N E W S
E L E C T I O N
C ANDIDATES
FOR WAI B OARD
OF DIRECTORS
VOTE
The 2016 WAI annual member-
ship meeting will be held at 11
a.m. on Thursday, March 10, 2016,
or submit your proxy voting in-
structions on www.WAI.org.
T
he 2016 WAI annual membership
meeting will be held at 11 a.m. on
Thursday, March 10, 2016, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Con-
vention Center. At that time two board members will be elected
to serve for a three-year term on the WAI board of directors. The
following is the slate of candidates approved during the fall 2015
board meetings. Members may vote in person during the annual
membership meeting or can submit proxy voting permissions in
the members only section at www.WAI.org.
Linda Markham
Linda A. Markham, WAI 56283, is pres-
i de n t a n d c h ie f
administrative of-
ficer of Cape Air
a n d N a n t u c k e t
Airlines, and has
prev iou sly he ld
titles of executive
v ic e p r e s ide n t /
chief administra-
tive offcer, vice president of human re-
sources, director of human resources,
and manager of human resources.
Upon her a r r iva l at Cape A i r, t he
company employed approximately 300
people and served 17 cities. Cape Air
now employs more t ha n 1,200 peo-
ple and serves 44 cities in six regions
around the world. During her tenure at
Cape Air, Linda created a full-service
Human Resources department includ-
ing benefits, payroll, employee rela-
tions, labor relations, recruiting, and
employee travel.
Linda graduated from Holyoke Com-
munity College with a degree in busi-
ness and retail management. She is also
a certifed facilitative leader.
Lauren McFarland
Lauren McFarland, WAI 45015, is direc-
tor of advertising for the Aircraft Elec-
tronics Association. In addition, she is
responsible for advertising sales of Avi-
onics News, the association's monthly
m a g a z i n e , a n d
AEA's annual Pi-
lot's Guide to Avi-
o n i c s. S h e a l s o
manages the AEA
Ambassador Pro-
gram, which en-
courages stronger
professiona l re -
lationships between AEA repair station
members and FAA Flight Standards Dis-
trict Offces.
A resident of Lee's Summit, Missouri,
Lauren earned her bachelor's degree in
fne arts from the University of Missouri.