Arlington, Va. – 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.