Airlink, Inc.
Kara O'Connell currently serves as Vice President of Finance & Operations at Airlink, Inc. since September 2023. Prior to this role, O'Connell spent 17 years at the Alliance to Save Energy, advancing through several positions including Chief Operations Officer, where oversight of a 20-person non-profit organization with a budget of $4.5 million was achieved. Additionally, O'Connell held roles such as Senior Vice President of Public & Corporate Relations and Vice President of Events & Marketing, overseeing brand management, member relations, fundraising, and executing over 25 annual events, significantly enhancing event attendance and sponsorship revenue. O'Connell began their career as Director of Conferences & Events at the Electric Drive Transportation Association and earlier as Media Coordinator at Nomadic Display. O'Connell earned a Bachelor's degree from Gettysburg College.
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Airlink, Inc.
Airlink is a global humanitarian organization delivering critical aid to communities in crisis by providing free airlift and logistical solutions to nonprofit partners, changing the way the humanitarian community responds to disasters around the world. Airlink's network includes more than 200 aid organizations and nearly 50 air carrier and logistics partners worldwide. Its first mission was the response to the Haiti earthquake in 2010. Since its inception, Airlink’s airline partners have provided over 11,000 flights for relief workers and transported nearly 12,000,000 pounds of humanitarian cargo, saving nonprofits nearly $33 million in air transport costs and directly helping at least 46 million people. This is made possible through the expertise of Airlink's team, in-kind airlift from commercial airlines, and donations from organizations and individuals within the aviation sector and beyond.