RESTON,
Va., Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced today
that its Board of Trustees has selected Clay Mowry as the Institute's new chief
executive officer (CEO). Mowry is a globally recognized space
industry executive with experience across the international
aerospace community. He will join the Institute effective
1 October 2024. Mowry succeeds
Dan Dumbacher, who will leave the
Institute on 30 September 2024.
Mowry is an executive with a proven track record leading space
companies and industry associations. He is tasked with delivering
membership growth and transforming services for AIAA's 30,000
members. Mowry will focus on engaging students and young
professionals, expanding AIAA's international reach, and
reimagining Institute services delivered across the career arc for
aerospace engineers, scientists, educators, civil servants, and
executives.
Mowry's career has spanned the commercial launch and satellite
sectors as a senior executive for leading space companies. Mowry
also currently serves as president of the International
Astronautical Federation (IAF), the world's largest space nonprofit
comprising 513 member organizations from 77 countries. He will
continue in this volunteer role through October 2025. Mowry recently served as an advisor
to space habitation technology company Vast, as chief revenue
officer at Voyager Space, and as head of global sales at Blue
Origin. For 15 years, Mowry served as president and chairman
of Arianespace, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a leading global
launch services company. In the 1990s, Mowry helped establish the
Satellite Industry Association (SIA) and served as its founding
executive director.
Mowry is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Future Space
Leaders Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the
career development of young space and satellite industry
professionals. He received his master's degree in business
administration from Georgetown
University and a bachelor's degree in politics and
government from Ohio Wesleyan
University. Mowry is a lifetime AIAA member and was elected
as an AIAA Fellow in February
2024.
"On behalf of the AIAA Board of Trustees, we are thrilled to
welcome Clay into this pivotal role as CEO at the Institute. As a
proven, dynamic, and innovative leader, he brings a depth of
operational experience as well as a global perspective that will
propel the aerospace community's premier Institute into the
future," said AIAA President Dan
Hastings.
"Clay is an aerospace visionary, with a distinguished track
record of driving organizations to achieve incredible goals,"
Hastings continued. "We are confident he will advance the
Institute's influence and impact on the issues and challenges
confronting our community. We welcome his unparalleled passion for
building the next generation of international aerospace explorers
and leaders."
Mowry stated, "I am thrilled to join AIAA at this exciting time
for the aerospace community as we push the boundaries of air and
space. AIAA has tremendous potential energy. Today's Institute is
propelled by decades of remarkable advances in aeronautics and
astronautics produced by our members. Modern aviation capabilities
and space exploration missions are possible due to AIAA members'
purpose-driven pursuits. My task is to harness and unleash our
members' collective energy, to engage the current and next
generations of aerospace professionals, and to better serve them
throughout their careers."
Mowry continued, "It's a privilege to help shape the future of
aerospace, leading the Institute and empowering members to achieve
the next breakthroughs that will enable us to fly farther, faster,
smarter, and safer in the Earth's atmosphere and beyond the Kármán
Line. I look forward to all we'll do together."
AIAA Media Contact: Rebecca Gray, RebeccaG@AIAA.org,
804-397-5270 cell
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,
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