21-Dec-2011 Source: AIA
The Aerospace Industries Association Board of Governors has elected David P. Hess, President of Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Corporation, as its Chairman for 2012. Hess will begin his term Jan. 1, succeeding Jim Albaugh, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Wes Bush, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Northrop Grumman Corporation, was elected AIA’s Vice Chairman.
“I look forward to leading AIA as we continue to fight to preserve the nation’s aerospace industrial base and to modernize civil aerospace systems,†said Hess. “I’m proud of the steps we’ve taken to strengthen our partnership with government and this will continue to be a focus area for me.â€
The Board re-elected Marion C. Blakey as AIA’s President and Chief Executive Officer as well as AIA’s Chief Financial Officer, Ginette C. Colot, as Secretary-Treasurer.
Additional members of the 2012 AIA Board of Governors Executive Committee are:
Jim Albaugh, President & Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, The Boeing Company
Robert Brady, Executive Chairman, Moog, Inc.
David Dobson, President, Alcoa Defense
Scott C. Donnelly, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Textron Inc.
Dawne S. Hickton, Vice Chair, President & Chief Executive Officer, RTI International Metals, Inc.
Linda P. Hudson, President & Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems, Inc.
Jay L. Johnson, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, General Dynamics Corporation
David L. Joyce, President & Chief Executive Officer, GE Aviation
Neal J. Keating, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Kaman Aerospace Corporation
Tim O. Mahoney, President & Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell Aerospace
Robert J. Stevens, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Michael T. Strianese, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, L-3 Communications
William H. Swanson, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Raytheon Company
Jeffrey L. Turner, President & Chief Executive Officer, Spirit AeroSystems
Robert White, Vice President & Division Manager, Millitech, Inc.
Additional members of the 2012 AIA Board of Governors are:
Robert Smith, President, Acutec Precision Machining
Scott J. Seymour, President & Chief Executive Officer, Aerojet
Mark Lee, Chairman, Aero-Mark, LLC
Timothy Conver, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, AeroVironment, Inc.
Jeff Davis, Partner, AGC Aerospace & Defense
Mark W. DeYoung, President & Chief Executive Officer, ATK
Joseph Carleone, President & Chief Executive Officer, American Pacific Corporation
John S. Langford, Chairman & President, Aurora Flight Sciences
Robert J. Khoury, Vice Chairman, B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Roy D. Goldsmith, President & Chief Executive Officer, Barnes Group Aftermarket, Barnes Group
Colin P. Combs, President, Advanced Engineering & Technological Gp., Belcan Corporation
Guy C. Hachey, President & Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Aerospace
John S. Lenyo, President & General Manager, CAE USA, Inc.
James Callan, President, Castle Metals Aerospace
Michael McGuire, President, Celestica Aerospace & Technolgy Corporation, Celestica Corporation
Timothy Stockton, President & Chief Executive Officer, Certon Software, Inc.
Mark Rosenker, Member of the Board of Directors of Sequa, Chromalloy
Charles Hutter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Click Bond, Inc.
Brian Glackin, Vice President, Government Relations, Cobham
Gerald Dinkel, President & Chief Executive Officer, Colt Defense, LLC
Paul Lithgow, President, Comtech AeroAstro, Inc.
Bradley Feldmann, President, Cubic Defense Applications, Inc.
David C. Adams, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Thomas Captain, Vice Chairman, Principal, Aerospace & Defense Sector Leader, Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Anthony Reardon, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ducommun Incorporated
William Weber, Vice President, North America, DuPont Company
Bradley J. Morton, President, Aerospace Group, Eaton Corporation
Raanan L. Horowitz, President & Chief Executive Officer, Elbit Systems of America
Gary J. Spulak, President, Embraer Aircraft Holding Inc.
Udo Rieder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated
R. Brad Lawrence, President & Chief Executive Officer, Esterline Technologies
Steven Darson, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Flextronics International USA
Marshall O. Larsen, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Goodrich Corporation
Andrew Crook, Mil Aero-Business Leader, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
William M. Brown, President & Chief Executive Officer, Harris Corporation
Laurans L. Mendelson, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, HEICO Corporation
David E. Berges, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Hexcel Corporation
Anthony Lawson, President, HITCO Carbon Composites
Craig Pfefferman, President, IEC Electronics Corporation
David F. Melcher, President, ITT Exelis
Stewart Cramer, President, LAI International, Inc.
Ronald S. Saks, Chief Executive Officer, LMI Aerospace Inc.
Richard L. McNeel, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Lord Corporation
Thomas Marotta, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Marotta Controls, Inc.
Lorraine Rienecker, Executive Vice President, Strategy Sales & Marketing, Meggitt PLC
Ralph W. Carpenter, Aerospace & Defense Industry Lead, Oracle Corporation
James Western, President, Pall Aeropower Corporation
Robert P. Barker, Executive Vice President & Operating Officer, Parker Hannifin Corporation; President, Parker Aerospace
Kevin M. Sandkuhler, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Pinkerton Government Services, Inc.
Clayton M. Jones, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rockwell Collins
James M. Guyette, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.
Walter Havenstein, Chief Executive Officer, Science Applications International Corporation
Mark Testoni, President, SAP Public Services
Mark Sirangelo, Chairman & Executive Vice President, Sierra Nevada Corporation
Michael Lipscomb, President & Chief Executive Officer, SIFCO
Cathy L. McCarthy, Chairperson, Board of Directors, SM&A
Gwynne Shotwell, President, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
Bill Graham, President & CEO, The SI Organization, Inc.
Kevin J. Carter, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, Timco Aviation Services, Inc.
Richard C. Ill, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Triumph Group, Inc.
Douglas Davis, President, UFC Aerospace
Randy Snyder, President, Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corporation
Thomas A. Gendron, Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, Woodward, Inc.