Endeavor Business Media has hired Jessica Purgett as Assistant Editor for AviationPros.com. She will assist the lead editors of Airport Business, Ground Support Worldwide, and Airport Maintenance Technology with both digital and print content.

Purgett recently graduated summa cum laude from Mount Mercy University, where she majored in English and Marketing while she minored in Spanish and Creative Writing. During her four years at Mount Mercy University, she edited the school's literary magazine, the Paha Review. For three of those years, she was the lead editor, working to produce a yearly publication of creative writing by Mount Mercy University students. In her senior year, she received the Sister Mary Xavier Award for Creative Writing due to her dedication to the magazine. 

Purgett currently lives in Whitewater, Wisconsin. In her free time, she manages The Mark Literary Review, an international creative writing magazine she started in 2018 that publishes creative works and literary articles.