Danielle McLean

Danielle is an entrepreneur, engineer and hydrogen aviation thought leader. She is the founder and CEO of HYSKY Society™, a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2022 whose mission is "advancing hydrogen aviation across North America™." She was the first woman founder and CEO of a hydrogen-powered aviation/aerospace company. Her goals include decarbonizing aviation, identifying opportunities for overlooked groups, and building multicultural teams. Danielle received the Innovation Award by Spirit Aerosystems and founded the company’s Urban Air Mobility Advanced Product Development program. In addition to co-founding/chairing the H2eVTOL Council (now HYSKY Monthly) where she pre-competitively connected over 300 hydrogen-aviation companies, she was also the Vertical Flight Society’s hydrogen and Workforce-Diversity Advisor. Danielle is a critical force in the growing momentum for hydrogen aviation and increasing awareness on the need for diversity in the industry. In 2018 she founded HTO where she developed the H2eVTOL called Prism. She founded the DiversiFlite podcast where she spoke with eVTOL stakeholders about diversity. She left her stress engineering job in 2018 to become an entrepreneur and evangelist for hydrogen aviation. Danielle holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering with a focus on aerospace. Prior to becoming an aerospace engineer, Danielle co-founded a recording studio where she worked as lead audio engineer for 10 years.