AIAA Announces Candidates for 2015 Board of Directors Election Written 2 September 2014

AIAA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES FOR 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION

September 3, 2014 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that its Nominating Committee has selected candidates for next year’s openings on the AIAA Board of Directors. The Committee’s chairman, Michael Griffin, confirmed the names of the officer and director candidates who will appear on the ballot. They are as follows:

President, Elect

• Jim Maser, James G. Advisors, LLC

VP – Elect, Education

• K. Ravindra, Saint Louis University
• Richard Wlezien, Iowa State University

VP – Elect, Public Policy

• James Horkovich, Raytheon Missiles Systems
• John Rose, The Boeing Company

Director – at-Large

• Brett Anderson, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
• Benjamin Marchionna, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Charles Radley, Leeward Space Foundation
• Karl Rein-Weston, Boeing Engineering, Operations and Technology

Director – at-Large, International

•  Juergen Drescher, DLR – German Aerospace Center
• Christian Mari, SAFRAN Group

Director – Technical, Aerospace Design and Structures Group

• Russ Althof, Raytheon Missile Systems
• Achille Messac, Mississippi State University

Director – Technical, Aerospace Sciences Group

• James Keenan, U.S. Army, Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center

Director – Region 2

• John Blanton, GE Power & Water
• Mark Whorton, Teledyne Brown Engineering

Director – Region 3

• Daniel Jensen, Rolls-Royce Corporation
• Timothy Roussos, Avaya

Director – Region 6

• L. Jane Hansen, HRP Systems, Inc.

The ballot will be sent to all eligible voting members of the Institute in February 2015.

The AIAA Constitution also allows board nominations to be made via petition. Members intending to follow this process are asked to contact the AIAA Secretary, Bill Seymore, at 703.264.7540 or bills@aiaa.org, as soon as possible before the 1 January 2015 deadline for more specific instructions and coordination. The petition must be supported by at least 300 voting members of the Institute. All eligible voting members of AIAA will be able to cast their ballot beginning in February 2015.