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AIAA Announces 2025 Election Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 1, 2025 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has released the results of its recent elections. The newly elected AIAA officials will take office in May.

“We are proud to announce the newest AIAA leaders who will play key roles in serving our members and advancing the Institute,” said AIAA President Daniel Hastings. “I am grateful to each of the candidates for their willingness to lead important activities that benefit our profession. Their service is essential to the smooth functioning of the Institute. Congratulations to our new leaders.”

Read about all members of the Board of Trustees here. Read about all members of the Council of Directors here.

2025 ELECTION RESULTS FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dana “Keoki” Jackson, The MITRE Corporation, was chosen as AIAA President-Elect for 2025-2026. He will serve as AIAA President 2026-2028.

In January, the Board of Trustees elected three Members-At-Large:

  • Michael Gazarik, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Tina Ghataore, Aerospacelab
  • Jill Marlowe, Retired

Ben Linder, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, also was elected to fulfill an unexpired term.

2025 ELECTION RESULTS FOR COUNCIL OF DIRECTORS

Integration and Outreach Activities Division (IOD)

  • Chief: Jeanette Domber, BAE Systems
  • Director–Aerospace Outreach Group: Sofia Russi, Denmar Technical Services
  • Director–Integration Group: Abdollah Khodadoust, The Boeing Company
  • Director-Elect–Young Professionals Group: Nathan Crane, Advanced Development Programs, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Regional Engagement Activities Division (READ)

  • Director–Region IV: Ellen Gillespie, Jacobs Engineering
  • Director–Region V: James Guglielmo, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Technical Activities Division (TAD)

  • Director–Information Systems: Michel Ingham, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Director–Propulsion & Energy: Rusty Powell, Axient

Media contact: Rebecca B. Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270

About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram.

AIAA Announces 2024 Election Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 11, 2024 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has released the results of its recent 2024 elections. The newly elected AIAA officials will take office in May.

“We are proud to announce the newest AIAA leaders who will play key roles in serving our membership and driving the implementation of our strategy,” said Laura McGill, AIAA president. “I am grateful to each of the candidates for their willingness to lead important activities that benefit our profession. Thank you to all our candidates, as well as the members who took the time to get to know them and cast their vote. Congratulations to our new leaders.”

2024 Election Results for Council of Directors

    Speaker
    Dan Jensen, Rolls-Royce

2024 Election Results for Integration and Outreach Activities Division

    Director-Elect–Young Professional Group

    Taylor Fazzini, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems

2024 Election Results for Regional Engagement Activities Division

    Director–Region III
    Peggy Cornell, NASA Glenn Research Center
    Director–Region VI
    Oleg Yakimenko, Naval Postgraduate School

2024 Election Results for Integration and Outreach Activities Division

    Director-Elect–Young Professional Group
    Taylor Fazzini, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems
    Director–Aerospace Sciences Group
    Martiqua Post, U.S. Air Force Academy

Media contact: Rebecca B. Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270

About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram.

AIAA Announces 2023 Election Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 1, 2023 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced today the results of its recent 2023 elections. The newly elected AIAA officials will take office in May.

“We are proud to announce the newest AIAA leaders who will play key roles in serving our membership and driving the implementation of our strategy,” said Laura McGill, AIAA president. “I am grateful to each of the candidates for your willingness to drive important activities that benefit our profession. Thank you to all our candidates, as well as the members who took the time to get to know them and cast their vote. Congratulations to our new President-Elect, Directors, and Chiefs.”

President-Elect

Daniel E. Hastings

    , Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2023 Election Results for Integration and Outreach Activities Division

Director–Business and Management Group
Gustavo Ordonez

    , Icarus Management Consulting, and University of California

Director–International Activities Group
Robert Winn

    , Engineering Systems, Inc.

Director-Elect Young Professional Group
Bryan Kowalczyk

    , University of Cincinnati

2023 Election Results for Regional Engagement Activities Division

Director–Region I
Kyle Zittle

    , Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Director–Region II
Ryan Sherrill

    , Air Force Research Laboratory

Director–Region VII
Cees Bil

    , RMIT University

2023 Election Results for Technical Activities Division

Director–Aircraft Technology, Integration, and Operations Group
David Maroney

    , The MITRE Corporation

Director–Space and Missiles Group
Stephen Blanchette

    , The Aerospace Corporation

Elections also were held for division chiefs.

Chief–Regional Engagement Activities Division
L. Jane Hansen,

    Cateni Consulting

Chief–Technical Activities Division
Lesley Weitz,

    The MITRE Corporation

Media contact: Rebecca B. Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270

About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram.

AIAA Announces Candidates for 2022 Election

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced today the candidates for next year’s openings on the AIAA Council of Directors. The selections were made by the AIAA Council Nominating Committee. Elections will be held 20 January–11 February 2022.

AIAA Council Nominating Committee Chair John Blanton, and AIAA Governance Director Christopher Horton confirmed the following names of the candidates who will appear on the 2022 ballot:

Integration and Outreach Activities Division
Director – Aerospace Outreach Group
Kevin Burns, Retired

Director – Integration Group
Thomas Irvine, TBI Aerospace Consulting, LLC
Chandru Mirchandani, Leidos Innovations Corporation

Director-Elect – Young Professionals Group
Bryan Kowalczyk, University of Cincinnati
Dominic Pena, Ball Aerospace

Regional Engagement Activities Division
Director – Region IV
Ellen Gillespie, Retired
Andrew Santangelo, sci_Zone, Inc.

Director – Region V
James Guglielmo, Boeing Research & Technology
Merri Sanchez, The Aerospace Corporation

Technical Activities Division
Director – Information Systems Group
Stephen Blanchette, The Aerospace Corporation
Michel Ingham, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Director – Propulsion and Energy Group
Steven Gorrell, Brigham Young University
Rusty Powell, Axient, LLC

AIAA Announces Election of Trustees and Treasurer to Board of Trustees

March 24, 2021 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce the election of at-large members of its Board of Trustees and AIAA treasurer. They begin their three-year terms in May 2021.

Three new Members-at-Large were elected:

  • Frank L. Culbertson Jr., Capt. USN (Ret.)
  • R. Steven Justice, Generation Orbit
  • Todd Mosher, Amazon

An AIAA Treasurer was also elected:

  • Annalisa L. Weigel, Fairmont Consulting Group

AIAA Media Contact: Rebecca B. Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270.

About AIAA
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the world’s largest aerospace technical society. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 100 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit aiaa.org, or follow AIAA on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.