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AIA Elects Officers, Board of Governors for 2009

December 08, 2008

The Aerospace Industries Association Board of Governors has elected Robert J. Stevens of Lockheed Martin Corporation to serve as its chairman for 2009. Stevens, Lockheed Martin's chairman, president and chief executive officer, succeeds Clayton M. Jones, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Rockwell Collins, in the post. Scott C. Donnelly, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Textron Inc., was elected AIA's vice chairman. The board elected Marion C. Blakey as AIA's president and chief executive officer as well as AIA's Ginette C. Colot as secretary-treasurer. Members of the 2009 AIA Board of Governors Executive Committee are: James F. Albaugh, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company, and President & Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Marion C. Blakey, President & Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries Association Nicholas D. Chabraja, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, General Dynamics Corporation Ken Dahlberg, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Science Applications International Corporation Scott C. Donnelly, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Textron Inc. Robert J. Gillette, President & Chief Executive Officer, 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. David P. Hess, President, Hamilton Sundstrand. After Jan 1, 2009, President, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Corporation Clayton M. Jones, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rockwell Collins (Ex-Officio) David L. Joyce, President & Chief Executive Officer, GE Aviation Steven R. Loranger, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, ITT Corporation Robert R. Sprole, President, Therm, Inc. Robert J. Stevens, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation Michael T. Strianese, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, L-3 Communications Corporation Ronald D. Sugar, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Northrop Grumman Corporation William H. Swanson, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Raytheon Company Additional members of the 2009 AIA Board of Governors are: David C. Adams, President, Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc., Curtiss-Wright Corporation Jason Andrews, President, Andrews Space, Inc. Robert P. Barker, President, Parker Aerospace and Senior Vice President - Operations Officer, Parker Hannifan 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. Thomas J. Cassidy, President, Aircraft Systems Group, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Pinaki Dasgupta, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Aerospace & Defense, Satyam Computer Services Limited Elmer L. Doty, President & Chief Executive Officer, Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. Thomas A. Gendron, President & Chief Executive Officer, Woodward Governor Company John R. Gibson, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, American Pacific Corporation Jim Gibson, Chief Operating Officer, GKN Aerospace North America John F. Grabowsky, Executive Vice President & General Manager, AeroVironment, Inc. David Groen, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. Dawne S. Hickton, Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, RTI International Metals, Inc. Raanan Horowitz, Chief Executive Officer, Elbit Systems of America Charles G. Hutter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Click Bond Neal J. Keating, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Kaman Aerospace Corporation Robert J. Khoury, Vice Chairman & Retired Chief Executive Officer, B&E Aerospace Tom Kilkenny, Aerospace & Defense General Manager, IBM Corporation Christopher J. Kneizys, President & Chief Executive Officer, Micro-Coax, Inc. Howard L. Lance, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Harris Corporation Marshall O. Larsen, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Goodrich Corporation Steve R. Larson, Vice President of Strategy & Technology, Esterline Technologies Joseph P. Marino, Vice President, Aerospace & Defense, Oracle USA, Inc. Richard L. McNeel, President & Chief Executive Officer, Lord Corporation Laurans A. Mendelson, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, HEICO Corporation Bradley J. Morton, President, Eaton Corporation's Aerospace Business J. Scott Neish, President, Aerojet Mark S. Newman, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DRS Technologies, Inc. Thomas G. Powell, Vice President & General Manager, DuPont Company John G. Rossanvallon, President & Chief Executive Officer, Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation Ronald S. Saks, President & Chief Executive Officer, LMI Aerospace Inc. James E. Schuster, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Gary J. Spulak, President, Embraer Aircraft Holding Inc. William P. Sullivan, President & Chief Executive Officer, Agilent Technologies Jeff Turner, President & Chief Executive Officer, Spirit AeroSystems Gregory A. Ward, President, Aerospace Group, Crane Aerospace & Electronics James R. Western, President, Pall Aeropower Corporation Bruce N. Whitman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Flight Safety International Inc.