AIA brings aboard 3 division leaders.
Press Release Summary:
John Luddy, named Vice President for National Security and Acquisition Policy, comes to AIA with extensive experience as president of his own consulting practice, Vector Solutions. William ‘Doc’ Syers joins AIA as Vice President for Legislative Affairs. He has served as Vice President for Congressional Relations at ITT/Exelis for 13 years. Paul Paolozzi, chosen as Vice President of Communications, currently serves as Initiatives Group Chief for the Under Secretary of the Army.
Original Press Release:
AIA Brings Aboard Three Division Leaders
Arlington, Va. —The Aerospace Industries Association is pleased to announce that three leaders with extensive government and industry experience will be joining the AIA team. John Luddy has been named Vice President for National Security and Acquisition Policy (NS&AP), William ‘Doc’ Syers joins AIA as Vice President for Legislative Affairs and Paul Paolozzi will lead the Communications team as Vice President of Communications.
“I’m delighted to welcome John, Doc and Paul to the AIA team,” said AIA President and CEO Dave Melcher. “Collectively they bring outstanding leadership capabilities to AIA and will serve our members well in their new capacities.”
Luddy comes to AIA with extensive experience as president of his own consulting practice, Vector Solutions, representing several of our major member companies including Raytheon Missile Systems, Northrop Grumman, as well as the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. He was previously Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Vice President for Washington Operations.
Syers joins AIA from ITT/Exelis, where for thirteen years he served as Vice President for Congressional Relations. Previously he served as Director of Congressional Relations for Northrop Grumman’s Newport News Shipbuilding operation and Hughes Electronics/Raytheon.  He also served for seven years as Legislative Director for Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.).
Paolozzi currently serves as Initiatives Group Chief for the Under Secretary of the Army, where he helps inform senior Army leaders’ decision making on key strategic issues, decisions, projects and studies. He has extensive military and government experience, including positions as Commander of the Army’s 18th Engineer Brigade in Germany and Afghanistan, Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense and Military Legislative Fellow to a U.S. Senator.
Founded in 1919 shortly after the birth of flight, the Aerospace Industries Association is the most authoritative and influential trade association representing the nation’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aircraft systems, space systems, aircraft engines, homeland and cybersecurity systems, materiel and related components, equipment services and information technology.
Daniel N. Stohr
Director, Communications
Aerospace Industries Association
1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1700
Arlington, Virginia 22209 USA
T: 703-358-1078 C: 703-517-8173
dan.stohr@aia-aerospace.org
