FORMER WHITEHOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF AND US SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION ANDREW H. CARD, JR. JOINS THE BOARD OF DRAGANFLY INC.
November 07 2019 - 8:00AM
Draganfly Inc. (CSE: DFLY) (“
Draganfly” or the
“
Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading
manufacturer within the commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(“
UAV”) and Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) space,
is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed
Mr. Andrew Hill Card Jr. as a Director of the Company effective
immediately.
Mr. Andy Card, the second longest tenured White
House Chief of Staff, has served in senior government roles under
three U.S. Presidents. Mr. Card serves on the Board of Directors of
public corporation Union Pacific, on the Business Advisory Board of
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, on the Advisory Board of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and on a number of non-profit boards. He is
also a professional speaker represented by the Washington Speakers
Bureau and joined NBC News as a contributor in April 2017.
Mr. Card, appointed in November 2000, served as
Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush from January 2001 to
April 2006. Prior to his tenure as White House Chief of Staff, Mr.
Card managed and ran the Republican National Convention in
Philadelphia at the request of nominee Texas Governor George W.
Bush. Before that, Mr. Card was Vice President-Government Relations
for General Motors Corporation, one of the world’s largest
automobile manufacturers. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Card was President
and Chief Executive Officer of the American Automobile
Manufacturers Association, the trade association whose members were
Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors
Corporation. When Chrysler became part of Daimler Corporation, Mr.
Card oversaw the dissolution of the nearly 100 year old trade
association.
Mr. Card also served as Deputy Chief of Staff
and then as a Cabinet Member for President George H.W. Bush as the
11th Secretary of Transportation. Prior to that he served as
Special Assistant (1983 to 1987) and later as Deputy Assistant to
the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for
President Ronald Reagan (1988) where he was liaison to governors,
statewide elected officials, state legislators, mayors and other
elected officials. From March 1987 until March 1988, Mr. Card ran
the successful New Hampshire Presidential Primary Campaign for
George H. W. Bush.
Mr. Card is a graduate of the University of
South Carolina with a B.S. in Engineering. He also attended the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University. Mr. Card served in the U.S. Navy
from 1965 to 1967.
Business of
Draganfly
Draganfly Inc. is the creator of quality,
cutting-edge, unmanned vehicle systems and software that
revolutionize the way people do business. Recognized as being at
the forefront of technology for over 21 years, Draganfly is an
award-winning, industry-leading manufacturer within the commercial
UAV space, serving the public safety, agriculture, industrial
inspections and mapping and surveying markets. Draganfly is a
company driven by passion, ingenuity and the need to provide
efficient solutions and first-class services to its customers
around the world with the goal of saving time, money and lives.
For further information please
contact:
Draganfly Inc. 2108 St. George Avenue Saskatoon, SK
S7M 0K7 Phone: 1-800-979-9794 Email: paul.sun@draganfly.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains certain “forward looking
statements” and certain “forward-looking information” as defined
under applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking
statements and information can generally be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology such as “may”, “will”, “expect”,
“intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “plans”
or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements and information
are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not
yet determinable and assumptions that, while believed by management
to be reasonable, are inherently subject to significant business,
economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies.
Forward-looking statements and information are subject to various
known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond
the ability of the Company to control or predict, that may cause
the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be
materially different from those expressed or implied thereby, and
are developed based on assumptions about such risks, uncertainties
and other factors set out here in, including but not limited to:
the inherent risks involved in the general securities markets;
uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing
needed in the future; the inherent uncertainty of cost estimates
and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, currency
fluctuations; regulatory restrictions, liability, competition, loss
of key employees and other related risks and uncertainties. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
information except as required by applicable law. Such
forward-looking information represents managements’ best judgment
based on information currently available. No forward-looking
statement can be guaranteed and actual future results may vary
materially. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements or information.
The CSE has not in any way passed upon the
merits of the listing of the common shares of Draganfly and has
neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release.
Listing of the common shares of Draganfly is subject to
satisfaction of the listing requirements of the CSE, including
customary deliverables in satisfaction of the conditional
approval.
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