9,000 People, One Mission: Alex Marren | S2E18

<p>Meet Alex Marren, retired senior airline and transportation executive, most recently chief operating officer of Air New Zealand. </p><p>Alex brings more than 35 years of success across the aviation, automotive, travel, and transportation industries. As COO at Air New Zealand, she led a team of 9,000 aviation professionals, driving safety, service, and transformation through technology and process. Earlier in her career, she rose through leadership ranks at United Airlines — including senior vice president of Network Operations and United Express, where she oversaw more than 3,500 daily flights across 250 cities on a $6B annual budget — before leading Rent-a Car Operations for The Hertz Corporation and later serving as president of ABM Aviation. </p><p>A Harvard College graduate, Alex has also devoted years to nonprofit board service, including with the American Red Cross and Alliant Credit Union, and has been a longtime sponsor and advocate for AWESOME, an organization advancing women's excellence in supply chain, operations, and transportation. </p><p>🎧 Available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. </p><p>📲 Follow us on Spotify: WAI On Air Podcast </p><p>#WomeninAviationInternational #IamWAI #WeAreWAI #Aviation #Aerospace #WAITogether #WAIOnAir #WAIPodcast #AviationPodcast </p>