Susan Bianchi-Sand

Susan Jane Bianchi-Sand (born January 8, 1947) is an American former labor unionist.

Born in Buffalo, New York, Bianchi-Sand studied at the University of Maryland, before becoming a flight attendant with United Airlines.

In this role, she successfully lobbied for a smoking ban on domestic flights in the United States.

She was also elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO, at the time, one of only three women to sit on the federation's executive council.

[2] She left the union movement in 1992, to become executive director of the National Committee on Pay Equity.