AIA Elects Officers, Board of Governors for 2009

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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.

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.