Dan Elwell
Vice President, Civil Aviation
Aerospace Industries Association
Daniel K. Elwell, Vice President, Civil Aviation, is responsible for AIA’s activities on civil aviation issues and policy, including the areas of environment, research and development, aviation infrastructure, safety and security.
Elwell came to AIA after working for the FAA Administrator as the Assistant Administrator for Aviation Policy, Planning and Environment. At the FAA he was responsible for the agency's strategic policy, planning efforts and overall environmental research, development and policy activity.
Prior to joining the FAA, Elwell was Managing Director of International and Government Affairs at American Airlines. He represented American on international aviation negotiations, and worked directly with key House and Senate staffers on historic legislation such as the Homeland Security Bill, Iraq War Supplemental, and AIR-21. During his career with American, he was also a Captain with aeronautical ratings in DC-10, MD-80 and B-767 aircraft.
Elwell also worked Alaskan aviation issues and defense appropriations accounts during a one year legislative fellowship in the office of Sen. Ted Stevens.
A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Elwell flew for the Air Force for sixteen years and retired from the Air Force Reserve in 2004. He is also a graduate of the Georgetown Government Affairs Institute Congressional Fellowship Program.
Founded in 1919, the Aerospace Industries Association represents the nation’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial systems, space systems, aircraft engines, materiel, and related components, equipment services, and information technology.
