Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> January 26, 2009
Marion C. Blakey is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace
Industries Association. AIA represents the nation's leading manufacturers and
suppliers of civil, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned
aerial vehicles, space systems, aircraft engines, missiles, materiel and related
components, equipment services and information technology. She became the eighth
full-time Chief Executive of the association in 2007. Before that, she served a
five-year term as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Prior to
being named FAA Administrator, Ms. Blakey served as Chairman of the National
Transportation Safety Board. During her tenure as Chairman, she led a number of
accident investigations, including the 2001 crash of American Airlines flight
587, dealing with both the highly technical aspects of the investigation as well
as the highly charged public interest in the accident. Including her service at
the FAA and NTSB, Ms. Blakey has held six presidential appointments, four of
which required Senate confirmation. From 1992 to 1993, she served as
Administrator of the Transportation Department's National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, which regulates the automobile industry. As the nation's leading
highway safety official, she was charged with reducing deaths, injuries and
economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. Prior to her service at
NHTSA, she held key positions at the Department of Commerce, the Department of
Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the White House and the
Department of Transportation.From 1993 to 2001, Ms. Blakey was the principal of
Blakey & Associates, now Blakey & Agnew, a Washington, DC, public affairs
consulting firm with a particular focus on transportation issues and traffic
safety. Ms. Blakey received her Bachelor's degree with honors in International
Studies from Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia. She also
attended Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies for
graduate work in Middle East Affairs. Profile
Association?
Ms. Blakey: We represent the broad aerospace manufacturing community, which
includes the sectors of
