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In this episode, Chad Reed sits down with Amanda Simpson, Vice President for Research and Technology and Head of Sustainability for Airbus in the Americas, to discuss her trailblazing career as the first openly trans woman appointed to an executive branch position by a U.S. president. Amanda shares the challenges she has faced and the opportunities she has seized throughout her career as an aerospace corporate executive and senior official at the U.S. Department of Defense. \n\nShe also deep dives into the future of sustainable aviation\u2014from Sustainable Aviation Fuels or SAF to ZEROe, Airbus\u2019s hydrogen-powered concept aircraft, to the role of policy and consumers in decarbonizing the aviation sector.