"Flying with a Cause" - Defying the Status Quo Podcast with Rene Bangelsdorf

9/24/2020

Kimberly Perkins is among the 2% of pilots in the United States – a female captain. She’s a Captain on a Gulfstream 650 based in Seattle, WA and has piloted jets on six continents. After living in Nigeria for two years, she started a non-profit called Aviation for Humanity. They use the traveling public to bring school supplies to children in underfunded schools, shelters and orphanages around the world. Hear more about Kimberly’s nonprofit as well as her thoughts on gender parity and equity initiatives in aviation. Listen HERE

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Kimberly Perkins is an international Captain flying a Gulfstream 650. She is amongst only 2% of all pilots in the United States – a female Captain. Kimberly is the co-founder of Third Wave Aviation. Through her published works and public speaking, she is an outspoken leader on gender parity, diversity and inclusivity within the aviation industry. Her lived experiences and research has fueled her passion as a staunch advocate for caregivers and dismantling structural bias in hopes of making the industry more family-friendly.

After two years of living in Nigeria and a year in Malaysia, she turned her passion for philanthropy and aviation into a grassroots effort to connect travelers with students throughout the developing world with the creation of Aviation for Humanity. Kimberly holds a bachelor’s degree in Aviation: Flight Operations and a master’s degree in Political Science. She resides in Seattle, WA with her husband and two daughters (ages 8 and 4).

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