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\u201cDan shared his intent to leave his role as steward of the\nInstitute during a recent AIAA Board of Trustees meeting. His leadership over\nthe past six years has been key to solidly positioning us for a strong future,\nespecially successfully navigating through the challenges of the pandemic. We\nhighly value his many contributions to AIAA and the aerospace community. At the\nheart of that leadership is his enduring commitment to helping AIAA members\nsucceed as they devote their life\u2019s work to unraveling the mysteries of flight\nand exploring the universe. We wish him all the best in his next chapter,\u201d said\nAIAA President Laura McGill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dumbacher joined AIAA in 2018 as Executive Director (now\nCEO) following a more than 30-year career at NASA. He also served as a\nProfessor of Engineering Practice in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics\nat Purdue University, where he taught courses in systems thinking, systems\nengineering, and space policy. He has been a member of AIAA for almost 40\nyears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt has been a great pleasure to work closely with Dan on\ninspiring the next generation. In just the past few years of our collaboration,\nthe Foundation has been able to offer new STEM education programs to K-12\nstudents, establish partnerships to impact one million students per year by\n2025, create the new Trailblazing STEM Educator Award to recognize deserving\nteachers, and add valuable new university scholarship opportunities for\nstudents studying aerospace engineering,\u201d said AIAA Foundation Chair Basil Hassan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his tenure, the Institute has continued to deliver on\nits mission to help aerospace professionals and their organizations succeed. In\n2020, the Institute embarked on a Domain approach to help accelerate innovation\nand progress in 21st-century Aeronautics, Aerospace Research and Development\n(R&D), and Space. Recognizing the systems applications and missions of\ntoday, along with the rapidly evolving marketplace, this structure has\npropelled AIAA into the future as we have established priority issues within\neach Domain that serve the interests of our members and the industry. AIAA\nstrategically coordinates programs and activities to make progress solving\ngenerational-scale challenges across the aerospace industry. The total team\neffort across the Board of Trustees, Domain Task Forces, Technical Committees,\nIntegration and Outreach Committees, local sections, student branches, and\nexternal partnerships has established AIAA\u2019s approach to address the\ncommunity\u2019s needs while enabling AIAA to operate at the speed of a dynamic and\nrapidly changing market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under Dumbacher\u2019s guidance, AIAA has continued its work as a\nworld-renowned technical leader through the combination of his tireless\nadvocacy of the industry among policymakers and government leaders at state,\nnational, and global levels, and the endorsement of an audaciously bold vision\nfor the future of aerospace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Institute\u2019s relentless progress through the\npandemic-related challenges contributed to new ways of delivering programs\nwhile maintaining the Institute\u2019s industry-leading publishing capability.\n\u201cLooking back, AIAA members and stakeholders demonstrated their world-class\nresilience during this unprecedented period. This spirit of perseverance is in\nour industry\u2019s DNA,\u201d said Dumbacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dumbacher has been a vocal thought leader in aeronautics and\nastronautics subjects, publishing editorials on timely industry topics,\nappearing frequently in media coverage of industry events, and sharing his\npassion about developing the next generation STEM-literate workforce. He has\nenthusiastically championed diversity, equity, and inclusion in aerospace,\nhelping move the community toward better reflecting the demographics of\nsociety. Through his influential contributions, the Institute is viewed as an\nessential voice for the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAIAA is a world-class organization fueled by inspiration,\nperseverance, and extraordinary accomplishments. The Institute is renowned for\nrepresenting aerospace excellence for nearly a century. It has been a profound\nprivilege to lead the professional team at AIAA and partner with our dedicated\nvolunteer members as we built on the legacy of AIAA\u2019s reputation. I would like\nto personally thank the AIAA staff, our members, and all of our stakeholders\nfor their guidance and support through the years. I am humbled to have\ncontributed in a small way to the long list of remarkable accomplishments we\nachieved together,\u201d said Dumbacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AIAA Board of Trustees has retained Russell Reynolds\nAssociates (RRA) to assist with the national search for its next CEO. The\nsearch process is expected to take several months and will be led by Julia\nMcGeorge and Stephanie Tomasso in the RRA Washington, DC, office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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