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public relations and communica-

tions for Washington-based Air-

lines for America. She was senior

communications manager for

the Association for Unmanned

Vehicle Systems International.

Norman Anderson (see pho-

tos) has become chief operating

ofcer at at Skybird, Van Nuys,

California. Capt. James Topa-

lian has been promoted to direc-

tor of operations from chief pilot.

He has been succeeded by Capt.

Power Johnson, who has been

promoted from safety ofcer.

USN Rear Adm. Troy M.

Shoemaker has been nominat-

ed for promotion to vice admiral

and assignment as commander

of Naval Air Forces/commander

of the Naval Air Force of the

U.S. Pacific Fleet at San Diego.

He has been commander of the

Naval Air Force of the U.S. At-

lantic Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia.

Shoemaker will be succeeded by

Rear Adm. John R. Haley, who

has been director of global op-

erations of U.S. Strategic Com-

mand, Ofutt AFB, Nebraska.

Alexander Chatkewitz has

been appointed vice president/

controller and Tony Lowery

vice president-technical opera-

tions of JetBlue Airways. Chat-

kewitz held the same positions

at Philip Morris International

Inc. Lowery was head of main-

tenance operations for Qantas

Airways and had been senior

director of maintenance produc-

tion at Southwest Airlines.

Dale Collins and Peter

Malone have been named to the

board of directors of Paradigm

Precision, Stuart, Florida. Collins

is a former executive at aero-

space companies. Malone is the

operating executive in the Aero-

space, Defense and Government

Services Group of The Carlyle

Group and was senior managing

director of CSP Associates Inc.

Bryan Shillito has become managing

director of safety programs for the Alas-

ka Air Group. He was director of safety

assurance and held similar positions at

Northwest Airlines and US Airways.

Matt Minetola has been appointed

David C. Wajsgras

Kevin Mitchell

Anthony F. O’Brien

Norman Anderson

David Brigante

James Topalian

Power Johnson

D

avid C. Wajsgras (see photo)
has been appointed president of
Waltham, Massachusetts-based
Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information and
Services, succeeding Lynn A. Dugle,
who plans to retire. Wajsgras has been
corporate vice president/CFO and will
be succeeded by Anthony F. “Toby”
O’Brien (see photo). O’Brien has been
vice president/CFO of Raytheon Inte-
grated Defense Systems and was vice
president-finance for Raytheon Airline
Aviation Services and CFO of the then-
Raytheon Aircraft Co.
S. Daniel Johnson has been named
executive vice president-information
systems and technology of Falls
Church, Virginia-based General Dynam-
ics. He succeeds David K. Heebner,
who has retired. Johnson will continue
as president of General Dynamics Infor-
mation Technology.
David Brigante (see photo) has been
named senior vice president of ATR’s
procurement directorate. He was senior
vice president-customer support and
services for Alenia Aermacchi.
Robert Van Riper has become
sales manager for HondaJet South-
east for Banyan Air Service, Fort Lau-
derdale, Florida.
Rebecca Davies has been appointed
European human resources manager,
based in Cambridge, England, for the
ExecuJet Aviation Group.
Kevin Mitchell (see photo) has been
named vice president-global supply
chain for the Redondo Beach-based
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.
He succeeds Lisa Kohl, who has
retired. Mitchell was vice president-
production operations/site manager in
El Segundo, California.
Pastor Lopez has become CEO of
Pemco World Air Services, Tampa, Flor-
ida. He was vice president of AAR’s
Aircraft Components and Landing
Gear Services divisions.
Don Huth has been appointed di-
rector of operations at Chromalloy’s
Orangeburg, New York, turbine engine
manufacturing and repair center. He
was manager of the Eaton Corp.’s Man-
ufacturing Center of Excellence. Ben
Sommerville has been named director
of engineering at Chromalloy’s engine
component service center in Phoenix.
Melanie Hinton has been named
managing director for airline industry

chief information ofcer for

U.K.-based Travelport. He

held the same position at HP

Financial Services.

HONORS AND ELECTIONS

Ken Hylander, a former Del-

ta Air Lines executive, has been

named chairman of the board

of governors of the Washington-

based Flight Safety Foundation.

He succeeds David McMillan.

German Efromovich,

president of Synergy Group

and chairman of Avianca, and

Roberto Kriete, cofounder

of Avianca Holdings and a

board member, have received

Federico Bloch Awards from

ALTA, the Latin America and

Caribbean Air Transport As-

sociation. They were cited

for leadership and vision in

the aviation industry, and are

credited with conceiving, nego-

tiating and consummating the

Grupo Synergy-Grupo TACA

merger. The award honors the

memory of Bloch, a pioneer in

Latin American aviation and

the driving force behind the

creation of Grupo TACA.

John Stammreich has

been reelected president, for

2015, of the Aero Club of South-

ern California. Other ofcers

chosen are: Nissen Davis,

first vice president; Stephen

Perry, second vice president;

Arthur McAllister, treasur-

er; and Bill Withycombe, sec-

retary. Julie Sims was named

to the board of directors.

Robert Saia, retired vice

president of commercial engine

development programs for

Pratt & Whitney, has received the Silver

Medal from the London-based Royal

Aeronautical Society “for leading the

Pratt & Whitney team that brought the

PurePower geared turbofan engine fam-

ily to market.” c

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