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Joanne M. "Jo" (Lomurno) Damato '97 is Vice President of Educational Strategy & Workforce Development for the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) where she has been employed since 2001. Her responsibilities include leading the team for all of NBAA’s Professional Development activities reflecting NBAA’s emphasis on Workforce Development and Diversity & Inclusion. Jo works with both her coworkers and NBAA’s volunteer members on continuously building on educational experiences, peer to peer engagement, and helping to further the diverse, inclusive, and innovative culture and processes at NBAA.  Jo is active with Women in Aviation International, Women in Corporate Aviation and the Florida Tech College of Aeronautics Alumni Board. In 2010, she helped launch an all-volunteer non-profit organization, Sky Hope Network, which in 2018 merged with Patient Air Lift Services. She has been featured on the cover of Aviation for Women magazine and was also a longtime columnist for the publication. In 2012, Jo was named one of Airport Business magazine’s Inaugural Top 40 Under Forty. A current Certified Flight Instructor (CFI), Jo holds a Single and Multi-Engine Land Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot Certificate, and is a Certified Aviation Manager. She holds a B.S. in Aviation Management/Flight Option Specialization from the Florida Institute of Technology and obtained a Masters of Aeronautical Science Degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Jo lives in South New Jersey with her airline pilot husband, Berty ’92, and their two sons, where she enjoys rooting for the Phillies, going to the shore, and training for marathons.