Sheila Remes is vice president of Environmental Sustainability at The Boeing Company. In this role, she leads a team focused on continuously improving Boeing’s products and services to achieve sustainability goals. A key part of the role is business development for scaling sustainable aviation fuel globally. Remes previously served as vice president of Strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where she led cross-functional efforts to define strategic direction around enterprise-wide business decisions. These included greater life-cycle value for customers and the company’s growth capabilities for services and intellectual property control, product and propulsion strategy, and environment and aviation policy. With 30 years of industry experience, Remes brings a strong understanding of commercial aviation from manufacturing and airline perspectives. Remes came to Boeing with experience at two airlines. At America West, she was responsible for airplane and component acquisition, airplane modification engineering and flight operations engineering support. At United, she supported the commercial side of the business working on revenue management, scheduling, station reliability, sales and marketing efforts with corporate customers. Outside of Boeing, Remes serves on the board of directors for the World Affairs Council of Seattle and the International Aviation Women’s Association. Remes received her Bachelors in Engineering from Arizona State University, and her Master’s in Business Administration from Seattle University.