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Retired US Air Force Colonel Dr. Samantha Weeks
was the first female solo demonstration pilot
on the United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron,
the Thunderbirds.

She served as an Air Force Fellow
to the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense
and was chosen for the Lorenz Fellowship, where she earned
her Doctor of Philosophy in Military Strategy, with a focus on leadership development.

Dr. Weeks’s PhD research was critical
to the success of the RAND Study and former Air Force Chief of Staff
General David Goldfein’s Focus Area One: Revitalizing the Squadron.
She is also a Fellow
from the International Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation Fellows Program,
where her capstone project was organizing the Air Force’s first-ever
virtual women’s fly-in event.

Dr. Weeks’s career spans through two decades
of service, speaking, and consulting. Her culminating
military assignment was the Commander, 14th Flying Training Wing,
Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, where she led three thousand
people and managed an operations and maintenance budget of $115 million,
with capital assets exceeding $2.3 billion.

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Retired US Air Force Colonel Dr. Samantha Weeks
is all about propelling
the next generation. She was the first
female solo demonstration pilot
on the United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron,
the Thunderbirds.

Dr. Weeks’s career spans through two decades
of service, speaking, and consulting. Some of her highlights
include her time spent with youth. From Girls Scouts
to Civil Air Patrol to Preflight Aviation Camp,
Dr. Weeks aspires to help this generation’s dreams prepare for takeoff.

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Samantha Weeks (Col, USAF (Ret.), PhD) was the first female solo demonstration pilot on the United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds. She served as an Air Force Fellow to the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense and was chosen for the Lorenz Fellowship, where she earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Military Strategy, with a focus on leadership development.

Dr. Weeks’s PhD research was critical to the success of the RAND Study and former Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein’s Focus Area One: Revitalizing the Squadron. She is also a Fellow from the International Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation Fellows Program, where her capstone project was organizing the Air Force’s first-ever virtual women’s fly-in event.

Dr. Weeks’s career spans through two decades of service, speaking, and consulting businesses and educational platforms like Women in Aviation International, the United States Air Force, and Savannah College of Art & Design, among others.

Her culminating military assignment was the Commander, 14th Flying Training Wing, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, where she led 3000 people and managed an operations and maintenance budget of $115 million with capital assets exceeding $2.3 billion.

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The Bias Fly-By

Regardless of rank, position, or purpose, reaching your goals might seem impossible. In Samantha Weeks’s case, her goal of being a fighter pilot was unlawful for women until the 1990s. And while laws progressed, bias and burnout still existed … yet nothing prevented her from moving forward. Crafting powerful narratives from her 23-year Air Force career, Dr.Weeks shares her action-driven method for students, corporate leaders, and military officials—acknowledging bias and propelling audiences toward their goals with grit.

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Trust & Teamwork Takeoff

While flying 18 inches away from another high-performance aircraft, Samantha Weeks learned how trust and teamwork can be the difference between life and death. Discover lessons from a Thunderbird and Air Force veteran in this dynamic keynote. Dr. Weeks meets your audience on ground-level, cultivating a map to navigate workplace environments with teamwork and trust, even when it seems impossible.

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