Douglas E. Lavin

Vice President, Member and External Relations, North America, IATA

Doug Lavin represents the interests of IATA’s 290 international airline members both in the United States and Canada and is the head of IATA’s Washington, D.C. office. He and his team address a number of issues impacting our member airlines, including safety, security, facilitation and environment, consumer protection and disability rights, economic regulation, charges, taxes, distribution and, today, all issues related to COVID-19 and the industry restart. Doug’s career has included work in both public and private sectors. He joined IATA from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) where he was the Assistant Administrator for International Aviation from 2003 to 2005. Immediately prior to the FAA, Doug was Vice President of Portfolio Management for American Express. Doug is a graduate of the Boston University School of Law, where he was a member of the law review, and the University of New Hampshire.