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AIA Announces Colot To Be New CFO, Secretary-Treasurer WASHINGTON, D.C., January 12-- The Aerospace Industries Association has announced that Ginette C. Colot has been elected to the position of corporate Secretary and Treasurer effective January 1, 2004. She will also serve as AIA’s Chief Financial Officer. Colot is replacing George F. Copsey who has retired after 37 years of service to AIA. Colot has over 20 years of experience in non-profit management, most recently as Vice President of Administration at Goodwill Industries International in Bethesda. In that position, she served as senior management team leader for all financial and administrative functions. Before that, she served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, as Director of Finance and Administration for the Montgomery County Private Industry Council and as Director of Accounting Services for the American Association of Museums, among other non-profit organizations. Born in New Jersey, Colot graduated from the George Washington University with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance. According to John W. Douglass, AIA President and CEO, “Ginette has a wealth of experience in different non-profit industries and business areas and AIA will benefit from her knowledge of best practices.” Douglass also said that George Copsey in 37 years at AIA had been an exemplary treasurer and resource to AIA staff and its members. “He served with integrity and intelligence and he will be sorely missed,” Douglass said. Copsey, who joined AIA in May 1966, served as AIA’s corporate Secretary and Treasurer since 1987, and as Treasurer and Controller since 1971. Before that, he worked for AIA from 1969 to 1971 as assistant treasurer and from 1966 to 1969 as an accountant. Prior to joining AIA, Copsey was a cost accountant for WETA-TV in Washington, D.C. He also worked as an accountant for the Federal Services Finance Corporation from 1962 to 1964. Copsey served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1966 at Ft. Devens, Massachusetts and in Vietnam as a forward observer for the 1st Infantry Division. Born in Washington, D.C., Copsey graduated from Benjamin Franklin University in Washington, D.C. in 1962. P.A. Rel 2004-2 01.12.04 -AIA- Contact: Matt Grimison, AIA |
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