Kevin Sagers

– Captain, Southwest Airlines
– Former Captain, AirTran Airways
– First Officer, US Airways
– Former Captain, USMC
– Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (retired)
– USMC Helicopter (CH-46) Instructor Pilot
– USAF (C-130) Aircraft Commander
– Graduate, Naval Postgraduate School, Aviation Safety Course
– US Air Force Academy, Academy Liaison Officer

Janice Wood

Janice Wood has been the editor of General Aviation News since 2002. A native of Ohio, she graduated from Kent State University and has worked at publications in Ohio, Texas, California, and beyond.

James R. Turner, Jr.

James R. Turner, Jr. recently retired from the position of Director of Affirmative Action in the Global Diversity & Inclusion organization of The Boeing Company at its corporate headquarters in Chicago, IL. He was responsible for the development and implementation of Affirmative Action (AA) programs and initiatives designed to ensure compliance with the equal employment opportunity mandates of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor as well as Boeing’s own overall diversity goals.

James joined Boeing in July 2006, with over 30 years of experience in monitoring and directing public and private sector AA programs. Prior to that, he was the Director of Employee Solutions for the New Jersey-based Public Service Enterprise Group. There, James led employee relations, EEO/affirmative action, diversity, and occupational health services.

In 1995, James was appointed to the Senior Executive Service of the U.S. Government and served as Regional Director for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Northeast Region until 2004. There, he was responsible for six field offices and ninety employees located throughout New England, New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Prior to this, James was Deputy Regional Director for the Chicago Region OFCCP. As Deputy Regional Director, he was a founding member of the Chicago Area Partnerships (CAPS), the first organizational model of top-level corporate, community, and government leaders assembled to discuss and provide leadership on cutting-edge AA and EEO-related workplace issues. OFCCP enforces laws that require federal contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to ensure that all individuals have an equal opportunity for employment.

James took a break from the federal government from 1986 through 1989 and served as the First Deputy Commissioner of the Planning Department for the City of Chicago in the administration of the late Mayor Harold Washington.

In October 2015, James was appointed as the first Chair of the Advisory Board for The Institute for Workplace Equality. He currently serves as Chair Emeritus. The Institute, formerly known as The OFCCP Institute, is a national non-profit employer association based in Washington, D.C. The Institute’s mission includes the education of federal contractors as to their affirmative action, diversity, and equal employment opportunity responsibilities.

Members of The Institute are senior corporate leaders in EEO compliance, compensation, legal, and staffing functions representing many of the nation’s largest and most sophisticated federal contractors. His term as Chair was effective through December 2018.

James received his B.A. in Psychology from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and is a Corporator Emeritus of Northeastern’s Corporate Governing Board. He is also a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.