Maria Sastre
{{short description|American businesswoman}}
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Maria Sastre is an American businesswoman known for her work in airlines. Among other positions, she was the first female regional vice president of United Airlines, a position she held from 1995 to 1999. She has since gone on to leadership roles in several other aviation-related organizations. Fortune named her one of the 50 most powerful Latinas of 2017.{{cite web|title=Panthers among Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Latinas of 2017.|accessdate=November 13, 2023|url=https://biznews.fiu.edu/2017/04/panthers-among-fortunes-50-most-powerful-latinas-of-2017/|author1=Clara-Meretan Kiah|date=April 5, 2017 |publisher=Florida International University}}
Bio
Sastre was born in Havana, Cuba and grew up in Miami.{{Cite news |last=Leyva Martinez |first=Ivette |date=2005-12-18 |title=Maria Sastre, en las alas del triunfo personal |language=es |pages=13 |work=El Nuevo Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-nuevo-herald-maria-sastre-en-las-ala/134435741/ |access-date=2023-11-01}} Her undergraduate education was at Florida International University. Her initial work interests were in banking, but started working in the accounting department of Eastern Air Lines when she was in college.{{Cite news |date=1996-09-29 |title=Landing United job wasn't first on runway |pages=48 |work=Ledger-Enquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-enquirer-landing-united-job-wasn/134435674/ |access-date=2023-11-01}} She went on to work at Continental Airlines, and then moved to United Airlines where she was a regional vice president.{{Cite news |last=Paiva Cordle |first=Ina |date=1996-09-16 |title=Maria A. Sastre: una mujer que vuela alto |language=es |pages=13 |work=El Nuevo Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-nuevo-herald-maria-a-sastre-una-muj/134435769/ |access-date=2023-11-01}} Subsequently she served as the COO (2010){{Cite news |date=2010-11-01 |title=Fortune 500 involvement |pages=66 |work=The Miami Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-fortune-500-involvement/134601749/ |access-date=2023-11-04}}{{Cite news |date=2010-05-24 |title=Aviation |pages=40 |work=The Miami Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-aviation/134601768/ |access-date=2023-11-04}} and president (2013) of Signature Flight Support, where she led the expansion of the passenger terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport.{{Cite news |last=Quirk |first=James |date=2012-02-03 |title=Airport boost on the way |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-airport-boost-on-the-way/134435812/], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/134435836/] |work=The Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-airport-boost-on-the-way/134435812/ |access-date=2023-11-01}}{{Cite news |last=Newman |first=Richard |date=2013-12-14 |title=$11M Super Bowl makeover |pages=A8 |work=The Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-11m-super-bowl-makeover/134601661/ |access-date=2023-11-04}} She left the company in May 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.signatureflight.com/about/news?prid=1666|title=News|publisher=signatureflight.com|accessdate=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201131731/https://www.signatureflight.com/about/news?prid=1666|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/11/06/signature-flight-to-break-ground-in.html?page=all|title=Google airport in San Jose to break ground in January - Silicon Valley Business Journal|publisher=bizjournals.com|accessdate=17 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/maria-sastre/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409004016/http://www.forbes.com/profile/maria-sastre/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2013 |title=Maria Sastre |work=Forbes |accessdate=2014-01-24}}{{cite web |url=http://www.helios.org/board-and-staff-details.aspx?id=31 |title=Board and Staff: Maria Sastre |publisher=Helios Education Foundation |accessdate=2014-01-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185747/http://www.helios.org/board-and-staff-details.aspx?id=31 |archivedate=2014-02-01 }}{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=663186&ticker=RCL |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140122200358/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=663186&ticker=RCL |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2014 |title=Maria Sastre: Executive Profile & Biography |publisher=Businessweek |accessdate=2014-01-24}} On May 9, 2018, it was announced that Sastre had been elected to the General Mills board of directors, effective June 1, 2018.{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/general-mills-elects-maria-sastre-to-board-of-directors-300645938.html|title=General Mills Elects Maria Sastre to Board of Directors|website=PR Newswire|access-date=2018-08-30}}
Sastre has a degree in accounting from Miami Dade College as well as a Bachelor of Arts in finance and a Master of Business Administration from the New York Institute of Technology.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=663186&privcapId=274715|title=Executive Profile: Maria Amalia Sastre|website=Bloomberg|access-date=2018-08-30}}
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