EW #413 is the president of an aviation service company. She received her doctorate in aviation psychology from the University of Illinois in 1977. Between 1977 and 1997 she served on the faculties of State University of New York at Buffalo, Arizona State University, and the University of Southern California. In 1997 she resigned her faculty position to work full-time at Aviation Services. She is a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

She has been involved with pilot selection since 1970. She has assisted in the development of new computer-based tests of information processing and cognition for pilot selection for both the United States Navy and Air Force. She has consulted with numerous domestic and foreign air carriers and training schools on both ab initio and experienced pilot selection. She has authored five articles in refereed journals on pilot selection as well as ten technical reports and professional articles. She has conducted short courses on developing pilot selection systems in the United States, Africa, and the Far East.

EW #413  also has been involved extensively in the area of pilot training. Her most recent research has focused on automated flight systems. She has worked with a major U.S. air carrier to improve its automated flight systems training program.

She is a consulting editor for the International Journal of Aviation Psychology and the current chair of the Aerospace Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. She also was recently appointed to the United States National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Panel of Human Factors in Air Traffic Control Automation. She is a commercial, multi-engine pilot with an instrument rating. She also holds the ground instructor advanced and instrument ratings.