Macy joined Fairmont as an Analyst in 2023 after interning with the firm the previous summer. Before
joining Fairmont, Macy was a summer analyst on the Aerospace & Defense team of Springhill Consulting
Group. She has also interned at Setna iO, a commercial aircraft aftermarket parts supplier. In this role,
Macy estimated the ROI of retired aircraft part-outs and coordinated international shipping and
maintenance. Macy has been published for her work aiding in the development of a catalyst
streamlining propane to propylene dehydrogenation at Northwestern University’s McCormick College of
Engineering.
Macy graduated early with Honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Grainger College
of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering. As a student, Macy participated in
Army ROTC and Illini Air Shuttle where she led a team to develop a use case and subscale model of an
eVTOL air shuttle between Champaign and Chicago. While at the University of Illinois, Macy led her
team to a second place finish in the 2021 AIAA Undergraduate Design Competition.