46. Teresa Rizzuto

To the frequent traveler, MacArthur Airport is like Emerald City at the end of the Yellowbrick Road. Why go to LaGuardia or Kennedy Airport when you can take a leisurely drive to Ronkonkoma and literally walk out of your car and into their beautiful terminal? Rizzuto has led Long Island MacArthur Airport to become a major transportation hub serving its nearly 3 million residents. Don’t be fooled by her petite stature, what she lacks in altitude she makes up for in attitude. No stranger to turbulence both on the ground and in the sky, Rizzuto was at the helm of Newark Airport during the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, where United Flight 93 originated. She got her team through the ordeal and has continued to be a female pioneer in the aviation industry, where less than 3 percent of non-pilot aviation jobs are held by women. Copy that!