Vance D. Coffman,
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation, has
been named Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Aerospace
Industries Association, effective January 1, 2003.

Alan R. Mulally, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company,
President & Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Airplanes, has been
named Vice Chairman of the Board. John W. Douglass was re-elected
President & Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries
Association and George F. Copsey was re-elected Secretary-Treasurer.

Members of the 2003 AIA Executive Committee are:

  • Vance D. Coffman, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • John W. Douglass, President & Chief Executive Officer, AIA
  • Stephen L. Hayes, President, Parker Aerospace, and Vice President, Parker Hannifin Corporation
  • Robert D. Johnson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell Aerospace, Honeywell
  • Marshall O. Larsen, President & Chief Operating Officer, Goodrich Corporation
  • Ronald F. McKenna, President, Hamilton Sundstrand, United Technologies Corporation
  • Paul David Miller, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Alliant Techsystems Inc.
  • Alan R. Mulally, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company, President & Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Airplanes,
  • Mark H. Ronald, Chief Operating Officer, BAE SYSTEMS plc. and President & Chief Executive Officer, BAE SYSTEMS North America, Inc.
  • Tom D. Risley, President & Chief Executive Officer, Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.

The members of the Board of Governors, who will serve for one year
beginning January 1, 2003, are:

  • Richard R. Erkeneff, President & Chief Executive Officer, AAI Corporation
  • Michael F. Martin, President, Aerojet
  • Douglas G. Nyhoff, President & Chief Operating Officer, The Aerostructures Corporation
  • Paul David Miller, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Alliant Techsystems Inc.
  • John R. Gibson, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, American Pacific Corporation
  • Paul L. Graziani, President & Chief Executive Officer, Analytical Graphics, Inc.
  • John J. Quicke, President & Chief Operating Officer, Atlantic Research Corporation, Sequa Corporation
  • Mark H. Ronald, Chief Operating Officer, BAE SYSTEMS plc. and President & Chief Executive Officer, BAE SYSTEMS North America, Inc.
  • David L. Taylor, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation
  • Alan R. Mulally, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company, President & Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Airplanes
  • Gerald R. Dinkel, Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Cubic Corporation
  • Mark S. Newman, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, DRS Technologies, Inc.
  • Joseph C. Berenato, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ducommun Incorporated
  • Hugh J. Quigley, President, DynaBil Industries, Inc.
  • Gary J. Spulak, President, Embraer Aircraft Holding Inc.
  • Thomas J. Cassidy, Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
  • Thomas W. Battaglia, President, GKN Aerospace Services
  • Nicholas D. Chabraja, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, General Dynamics Corporation
  • David L. Calhoun, President & Chief Executive Officer, GE Aircraft Engines, General Electric Company
  • Marshall O. Larsen, President & Chief Operating Officer, Goodrich Corporation
  • Phillip W. Farmer, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Harris Corporation
  • David E. Berges, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Hexcel Corporation
  • Robert D. Johnson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell Aerospace, Honeywell
  • Henry J. Driesse, Senior Vice President, ITT Industries, and President, Defense
  • Joseph H. Lubenstein, President, Kaman Aerospace Corporation
  • George E. Mueller, Chief Executive Officer, Kistler Aerospace Corporation
  • Frank C. Lanza, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
  • Vance D. Coffman, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Henk Schaeken, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, MD Helicopters, Inc.
  • Robert T. Brady, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, MOOG Inc.
  • Kent Kresa, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Gale E. Matthews, President, Omega Air, Inc.
  • Stephen L. Hayes, President, Parker Aerospace, and Vice President, Parker Hannifin Corporation
  • Daniel P. Burnham, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Raytheon Company
  • Clayton M. Jones, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rockwell Collins
  • James M. Guyette, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce North America Inc.
  • Richard L. Berg, President, Smiths Aerospace Actuation System, Los Angeles
  • W. David Thompson, President, Spectrum Astro, Inc.
  • James F. McCabe, President, Teleflex Aerospace, Teleflex Incorporated
  • John R. Murphey, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Bell Helicopter Textron, Textron Inc.
  • Thomas W. Rabaut, President & Chief Executive Officer, United Defense
  • Ronald F. McKenna, President, Hamilton Sundstrand, United Technologies Corporation
  • Tom D. Risley, President & Chief Executive Officer, Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.
  • John W. Douglass, President & Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries Association

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