AIA Elects Officers, Board of Governors for 2007
January 09, 2007
The Aerospace Industries Association Board of Governors has elected William H. Swanson of Raytheon Company to serve as its chairman for 2007.
Swanson, Raytheon's chairman and chief executive officer, began his term as AIA chairman Jan. 1. He succeeds Dr. Ronald Sugar of Northrop Grumman Corporation in the post. Clayton Jones of Rockwell Collins was elected AIA's vice chairman.
The board re-elected John Douglass as AIA's president and chief executive officer as well as AIA's Ginette Colot as secretary-treasurer.
Members of the 2007 AIA Board of Governors Executive Committee are:
James F. Albaugh, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company, and President & Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Defense Systems
Nicholas D. Chabraja, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, General Dynamics Corporation
Kenneth C. Dahlberg, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Science Applications International Corporation
Scott C. Donnelly, President & Chief Executive Officer, GE - Aviation
John W. Douglass, President & Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries Association
Stephen N. Finger, President, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Corporation
Dean M. Flatt, President, Defense and Space, Honeywell Aerospace
James M. Guyette, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce North America Inc.
Walter P. Havenstein, Chief Operating Officer, BAE Systems plc, and President & Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems Inc.
Mary L. Howell, Executive Vice President, Textron Inc.
Clayton M. Jones, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rockwell Collins
Marshall O. Larsen, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Goodrich Corporation
Joseph J. Murphy, Chairman of the Board, The Ferco Group
Robert J. Stevens, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Dr. Ronald D. Sugar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Northrop Grumman Corporation
William H. Swanson, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Raytheon Company
Additional members of the 2007 AIA Board of Governors are:
Bill Angeloni, President & Chief Executive Officer, Exostar LLC
Robert P. Barker, President, Parker Aerospace, and Senior Vice President - Operating Officer, Parker Hannifin Corporation
Joseph C. Berenato, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Ducommun Incorporated
David E. Berges, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Hexcel Corporation
Robert T. Brady, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, MOOG Inc.
J. Michael Cerneck, Chief Executive Officer, Swales Aerospace
Joan M. Davies, Vice President, Aerospace & Defense, EDS
Patrick Dempsey, President, Barnes Aerospace
Gerald R. Dinkel, President & Chief Executive Officer, Defense Applications Group, Cubic Corporation
Elmer L. Doty, President & Chief Executive Officer, Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.
James J. Fitzsimmons, President & Chief Executive Officer, North America East, GKN Aerospace-Aerostructures
Steven F. Gaffney, President, Defense, & Senior Vice President, ITT Corporation
Thomas A. Gendron, President & Chief Executive Officer, Woodward Governor Company
John R. Gibson, President & Chief Executive Officer, American Pacific Corporation
Paul L. Graziani, President & Chief Executive Officer, Analytical Graphics, Inc.
Charles G. Hutter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Click Bond, Inc.
Tariq Jesrai, President, McKechnie Aerospace
Amin Khoury, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, B/E Aerospace, Inc.
Larry A. Kring, Senior Group Vice President, Esterline Technologies
Howard L. Lance, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Harris Corporation
Michael S. Lipscomb, President & Chief Executive Officer, Argo-Tech Corporation
Michael McGuire, Vice President, Aerospace & Defense, Celestica Corporation
Bradley J. Morton, Vice President, Eaton Aerospace
Daniel J. Murphy, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, ATK
J. Scott Neish, President, Aerojet
Mark S. Newman, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, DRS Technologies, Inc.
W. Stewart Orr, Vice President, Government Relations, Cobham Aerospace Systems Group
John G. Rosanvallon, President & Chief Executive Officer, Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation
Timothy G. Rupert, President & Chief Executive Officer, RTI International Metals, Inc.
James R. Shaw, Chairman, Shaw Aero Devices, Inc.
Richard Short, President, Aerospace & Defense Group, National Technical Systems
Frederick M. Strader, President & Chief Executive Officer, AAI Corporation
Michael T. Strianese, Chief Executive Officer, President & Chief Financial Officer, L-3 Communications Corporation
Gregory A. Ward, President, Crane Aerospace & Electronics
Bruce N. Whitman, President, Flight Safety International Inc.
John A. Wilander, Chairman & President, B&E Group, LLC
Jeffrey D. Wood, President, Airfoil Technologies International, Teleflex Inc.
Brian S. Young, President, 3M Company
