Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership - Gwen Lighter, GoAero

Columbia University School of Professional Studies

Gwen Lighter is the CEO and founder of GoAERO. Supported by NASA, Boeing, and a variety of aerospace and public safety partners, GoAERO is catalyzing the creation of Emergency Response Flyers – safe, autonomy enabled devices that can rescue people and perform critical response missions in the face of natural disasters, medical emergencies, humanitarian crises, and more. GoAERO is offering $2+ Million in prizes to the best creators, thinkers, and inventors to build these devices and unlock a new era of rescue response and disaster relief. Since 2017, Gwen has also served as CEO of GoFly where she has led a network of over 3,600 innovators from 103 countries creating a multitude of personal flying devices, including jet packs, flying motorcycles, and human-carrying drones. Gwen has a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a JD from Harvard Law School.