Leadership Lessons with Virginia Boyle - The WATCH, Summer 2022 Issue

Leadership Lessons with Virginia Boyle

By Wendy Stevens

During our conference, PWC President Jenn Dempster sat down with the Vice President of Systems Operations Services, Virginia (Ginny) Boyle, for a live installment of Leadership Lessons Learned. Ms. Boyle has always been highly supportive of PWC and never fails to encourage and inspire the next set of leaders when we get the opportunity to hear from the queen herself!

During her impressive 31-year career in the Federal Aviation Administration, Ms. Boyle has served in numerous roles supporting the National Airspace System. She walked us through the ups and downs of her career path and how she got to the position of Vice President, which, aside from being a Supervisory Air Traffic Controller, happens to be her favorite job to date. Ms. Boyle also reminded us to “keep trying” if a position or opportunity doesn’t come when in the time that we want it, maybe we were meant to do something else and to invest in ourselves and follow our own path.

As she famously always tells us, “When a door closes, go through the window.” We learned about her passion for creating a more inclusive and modern workforce through gender-neutral languages, such as Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) and future Unmanned Aircraft System “UAS” policy changes. Ms. Boyle broke down Systems Operations as a whole and explained how at every level and in every facility, the impact we have on the National Airspace System is immeasurable.

In closing, Ms. Boyle reminded us to: “take the time to reflect, seek out feedback because there are lots of wonderful things that we are doing every day- capture those things so that you can be your own advocate.” PWC is always grateful to have such an accomplished and gracious leader like Ms. Boyle come to our conference. Many thanks, Ms. Boyle; we are very honored and inspired by you.

Ginny’s Goal:

I want to leave the agency better than when I got here.

Virginia Boyle

Virginia (Ginny) Boyle, Vice President of Systems Operations Services

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