{"id":2254,"date":"2026-02-14T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/?page_id=2254"},"modified":"2026-02-14T05:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:00:41","slug":"mary-leftridge-byrd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/meetings-events\/events\/archived-events\/vfn-conference-2026\/speakers\/mary-leftridge-byrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Leftridge Byrd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Leftwridge Byrd is a member of Chapter 1823, Northern Neck.\u00a0 Mary spent a major part of her career in corrections.\u00a0 She spent 12 years as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (USDHS) Transportation Security Administration\u2019s Federal Security Director at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world\u2019s busiest airport, and seven additional federalized airports around the state.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2020, she accepted another challenge to serve in the newly established Surface Operations Division, which parallels TSA\u2019s Aviation Division.\u00a0 Along with four peers, she served as one of the five Regional Security Directors (RSDs) nationwide, responsible for engaging and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance security through a risk-based approach that prevents attacks and improves the resilience of the nation\u2019s transportation systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Leftridge Byrd \u2014 Leadership Workshop Presenter will lead this year\u2019s leadership workshops, sharing insights and practical strategies to help members grow as effective leaders. Her sessions focus on strengthening leadership skills, encouraging collaboration, and supporting the continued success of our organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2255,"parent":2214,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-2254","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2256,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2254\/revisions\/2256"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}