Boeing Vice President Carolyn Corvi to Speak at Embry-Riddle Commencement

Carolyn Corvi will be the commencement speaker. Corvi is vice president/general manager of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group 737 Programs. She is responsible for the design and production of the Boeing 737 family of airplanes. She is also general manager of the Commercial Airplanes Group plant in Renton, Wash.

Prior to this assignment, she was vice president of the Aircraft Systems and Interiors organization and led a team of more than 8,000 employees who design and produce assemblies for the 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777 programs, including spares and aftermarket support. Corvi served in that position from December 1997 through July 2000.

Previously, Corvi served for two years as vice president of the Propulsion Systems Division. PSD is responsible for developing propulsion systems and auxiliary power units for the entire Boeing family of commercial airplanes.

In 1994, Corvi served as director of Quality Assurance in the Fabrication Division, which produces a diverse range of parts, tools, and assemblies used in the production of every Boeing jetliner. In late 1993, Corvi was appointed director of the Production Process Redesign initiative. The purpose of this initiative was to simplify and make more efficient the Boeing design and production system.

Corvi gained airplane production experience in July 1988 when she joined the management team at the Renton plant where Boeing 737s and 757s are produced. She became director of Program Management there in 1991.

She has been with Boeing since 1974. For her contributions to the company and to the aerospace industry, Corvi won the 2001 Women in Aerospace Leadership award.

Corvi currently serves on the president's advisory board at Embry-Riddle and is on the board of governors at Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

She is cofounder of the Northwest Children's Fund, a founding board member of the Youth Hall of Fame International, and past president and executive board member of Washington's National Park Fund.

Corvi holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington and a master's degree in management from MIT.

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