Susan Kilrain – Keynote Speaker

EVENT DETAILS Friday, April 26, 2024 5:00 – 11:00 PM | 1700 – 2300 hrs. You must purchase a ticket to attend. ABOUT NASA Astronaut, Navy Test Pilot, Author, Mom […]
Margaret DiBenedetto – Author
Margaret DiBenedetto is the daughter of WASP Ruth Franckling Reynolds (43-W-2). She grew up exploring the fields, streams, and forests of her family’s farm in the Catskill Mountains of New […]
Noelle Salazar – Author
Noelle Salazar was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, where she’s been a Navy recruit, a medical assistant, an NFL cheerleader, and always a storyteller. When she’s not writing, […]
Christy Hui – Author & Speaker
“Glass ceilings are made to be flown through!” Christy Hui grew up in China, reading every martial arts novel she could find and dreaming of becoming a martial artist. After […]
Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz – Author & Speaker
Jacqueline S. Ruiz is a visionary social entrepreneur that has created an enterprise of inspiration. Her keen sense of service coupled with the vision to bring good to the world […]
Lisa M. Bolt Simons – Author & Speaker
Lisa M. Bolt Simons started writing young: letters to her grandparents and the tooth fairy. She’s published more than 40 children’s nonfiction books, four middle grade “choose your path” novels, […]
Sarah Byrn Rickman – Author & Speaker
Sarah Byrn Rickman knew at age 5 she wanted to write books. At 13, she read about Amelia Earhart and wanted to fly. A 20-plus year career in journalism — […]
Sharon “Betty” Preszler – Keynote Speaker
Sharon “Betty” Preszler is an aviation pioneer, hand-picked to be the first woman to fly the F-16 in the United States Air Force. Sharon uses her experiences integrating the F-16 […]
Michelle “Mo” Barrett – Master of Ceremonies & Author
Whether in Air Force cockpits, combat bare-base environments, barbershop quartets, or parental caregiving, Mo Barrett is a Catalytic Comedian, using humor to change the way you laugh, learn and think. […]
REPUBLIC AVIATION AND 10 GRAND – Farmingdale, NY
In the latter half of 1944 a squadron of WASP from the Air Transport Command were making one of the Women Airforce Service Pilots’ most outstanding contributions to the domestic […]