Combat Helicopter Pilot Confirmed as WAI Conference Speaker
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Amber Smith, combat helicopter pilot and author of Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan has been confirmed as a speaker for the 31st Annual Women in Aviation International Conference. Smith joins Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Barbara Barrett; Stephanie Chung, JetSuite president; Col. Eileen Collins, NASA astronaut; Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, U.S. Air Force; and Joan Robinson-Berry, Boeing Global Services Vice President & Chief Engineer, as keynote speakers for the March 5-7, 2020, Conference at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
Smith’s career consists of over 15 years of experience in senior levels of government, a presidential administration, strategic communications and public affairs, as well as multiple combat tours as a light attack/reconnaissance helicopter pilot and air mission commander where she led missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Smith is currently the founder and president of Beacon RockStrategies LLC, a strategic advisory and communications consulting firm. Aformer OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter pilot-in-command and air missioncommander in the 101st Airborne Division, Smith is a combat veteran of both theIraq and Afghanistan wars where she worked closely with the U.S. Infantry, NATOground troops, Special Forces, Marines, as well as flew aerial security for AirForce One in Afghanistan in 2008 for the President of the United States. She frequentlyappears on national TV networks as an expert in defense, national security,veterans affairs, and foreign policy.
