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DEFENSE SUPPLIERS FORUM
June 4-5, 2007
Washington Marriott
Washington, DC
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- Ann Marie Calvaresi Barr, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, US Government Accountability Office
- Alan Chvotkin, Esq., Senior Vice President and Counsel, Professional Services Council
- John Douglass, President and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association
- Cathy Garman, Professional Staff, House Armed Services Committee
- Larry Garvey , Director, Supply Chain Solutions, Naval Inventory Control Point Philadelphia
- Ron Giuntini, Executive Director, OEM Product-Services Institute (OPI)
- Joe Grosson, Executive Director, Lockheed Martin Focused Logistics
- Jeffrey Heron, PBL Policy Director, Logistics and Industrial Operations, Naval Air Systems Command
- Gwilym H. Jenkins, Director, Business Process Management Office, Computer Sciences Corporation
- Bill Johnston, Managing Director, KPMG
- Stan Krueger, Manager Business Development, DynCorp International
- Matthew Lekstutis, Managing Director, KPMG
- Judith A. Little, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Marcia Madsen, Partner, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw
- Brian McCarthy, Sr., Sr. Manager, KPMG
- John McLoughlin, Area Leader, KPMG
- John S. Pachter, Partner, Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC
- Jim Schulien, Partner, KPMG
- K. Dunlop Scott, President & Chief Operating Officer, Columbia Partners LLC Investment Management
- Sandy Sieber, (Retired) Director, Army Contracting Agency
- Jonathan L. Spear, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Verizon Business Legal (former VP of Law and Public Policy, MCI)
- U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)
- Gerry Tonoff, Lead Contracting Officer, Smiths Industries
- Jack Twilley, VP, Engineering & Logistics, SAIC
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 John W. Douglass
President and Chief Executive Officer
Aerospace Industries Association
John W. Douglass is president and chief executive officer of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) , which represents the nation’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military and business aircraft; helicopters; UAVs; space systems; aircraft engines, material and related components; equipment services; and information technology .
Prior to this position, he served for nearly three years as assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition of defense systems for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. A nationally recognized expert in systems acquisition, Douglass has extensive acquisition experience in Congress, the Defense Department, and the executive branch.
Douglass completed 28 years of U.S. Air Force service and retired as a brigadier general in 1992. Some of his assignments included service as the deputy U.S. military representative to NATO as well as director of plans and policy and director of science and technology in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
A native of Miami, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Florida, a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from Texas Tech University and a Master of Science degree in management science from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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