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Ralph D. Crosby, Jr. serves as Chairman and CEO of EADS North America and a member of the EADS Executive Committee. Crosby assumed leadership of EADS’ North American activities and took his seat on the Executive Committee of EADS on 1 September 2002. Previously, Crosby was President of the Integrated Systems Sector of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a position he held since establishing the Sector in 1998. Prior to his industry career, Crosby served as an officer in the U.S. Army with duty in Germany, Vietnam and the United States. Crosby earned a Bachelor of Science at the United States Military Academy, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University, and a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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Manfred von Nordheim serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of EADS North America and Senior Advisor to Ralph D. Crosby, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EADS North America. He previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EADS, Inc., the U.S. corporate offices of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). Before the creation of EADS, von Nordheim was President of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace of North America, Inc. Von Nordheim holds a graduate degree from the Freie Universität Berlin, a Master of Arts in political science from Kent State University, Ohio, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Fabrice Brégier was appointed President and CEO of Eurocopter in April 2003. He joins Eurocopter after having led since January 1998 MBDA, the premier European missile and missile systems manufacturer. Bregier joined the Ladardere Group’s Matra defense in 1993, working on the GIE Apache program, as well as the GIE Eurodrone project. Prior to this, he served as a technical advisor to the French Minister of Foreign Trade and worked extensively with the French Department of Industry.
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Ambassador Richard Burt serves as Chairman of Diligence LLC, a commercial information and security services firm based in Washington, DC, London and Miami. He also is an International Director of the Washington-based government affairs firm, Barbour, Griffith and Rogers and serves as an advisor to the Carlyle Group, a private equity investment firm. In addition, Mr. Burt serves as Chairman of the Board of Weirton Steel, the largest tin-plate manufacturer in the U.S., and on the Board of Hollinger International. He is a Director of the Brinson Advisors family of funds and of the Deutsche Bank-Alex Brown fund family. Prior to the formation of Diligence LLC, Mr. Burt was a partner with McKinsey & Company, the global management consulting firm. Mr. Burt served as the U.S. Chief Negotiator in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) with the Former Soviet Union, U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1985-1989), Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs (1983-1985) and Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs (1981-1983). Mr. Burt received his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and a Master's in International Relations from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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Dr. Thomas Enders is Executive Vice President, Member of the Executive Committee, and Head of the Defense and Security Systems Division of EADS. Prior to the formation of EADS in July 2000, Dr. Enders served as Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and Technology at DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA), one of the three EADS founding companies. Dr. Enders served in the German military with the 1st Airborne Division, reaching the rank of Major in the Reserves. From 1978-83, he studied economics, politics and history at the University of Bonn and at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). While pursuing academic studies, he also worked as an assistant in the German Bundestag and as a research associate at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in St. Augustin. In 1987, he was awarded his doctorate in politics.
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Jean-Louis Gergorin is member of the EADS Executive Committee and head of EADS Strategic Coordination. Prior to this position, Gergorin was Group Managing Director and Deputy to the CEO of Lagardère SCA. He joined the Lagardère group in 1984 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Matra. From 1993 to 1998, Gergorin was Executive Director of Matra Hachette, Deputy to the Chairman for Strategic Coordination and a member of the executive and strategic committee of the Lagardère Group. Today, Gergorin is advisor to the French Foreign Policy planning staff and lectures at l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Institute for Political Science) in Paris. He is a member of the executive committee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Gergorin studied in Paris at the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). He has been a research fellow at the Rand Corporation and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also carried out studies in senior management at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and is an alumnus of the executive program of the Stanford Business School. Jean-louis Gergorin is a "Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur” and an Aviation Week Aerospace Laureate (1989.)
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Robert Liberatore is Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Public Policy for DaimlerChrysler Corporation. Prior to the merger of DaimlerBenz and Chrysler, he was Vice President of Washington Affairs for the Chrysler Corporation. Liberatore reports to DaimlerChrysler Chairman Jürgen E. Schremp, and in his current position, co-chairs the corporation's public policy committee and is responsible for directing the company's federal and international government relations, with a focus on the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Mr. Liberatore holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
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Admiral T. Joseph Lopez (USN, Retired) is Senior Vice President and Global Director of U.S. and Foreign Government Operations for Kellogg Brown & Root, a division of the Halliburton Company. Admiral Lopez’s naval career included tours as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander –in-Chief Allied Forces, Southern Europe from 1996-1998, and all U.S. and Allied Bosnia Peacekeeping forces in 1996. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude) in International Relations and a Master of Science in Management and an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humanities from West Virginia Institute of Technology.
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Allan McArtor is Chairman of Airbus North America Holdings, Inc., parent company of Airbus North America Sales, Inc. and Airbus North America Customer Services, Inc. Named Chairman in June 2001, Mr. McArtor oversees the activities of Airbus in the U.S. and Canada in several key areas, including governmental affairs. Prior to joining Airbus, Mr. McArtor was founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Legend Airlines, a regional airline based at Dallas Love Field, Texas. From 1979 – 1994, Mr. McArtor served on the senior management team of Federal Express Corporation – except for two years (1987-1989) when President Ronald Reagan appointed him to serve as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Mr. McArtor is a 1964 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy with a Bachelors Degree in Engineering. In addition, he holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from Arizona State University.
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General James P. McCarthy (USAF, Retired) is the ARDI Professor of National Security at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Additionally, he is the Director of the Institute for Information Technology Applications (IITA) at the Academy. General McCarthy has a distinguished 35–year military career, which includes combat, administrative and management assignments in the United States and abroad. He was Deputy Commander in Chief of the U.S. European Command; Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Resources at U.S. Air Force headquarters; and commander of the 8th Air Force. General McCarthy chairs Operation Enduring Freedom Lessons Learned and previously chaired Task Forces on Lessons Learned for Kosovo (1999) and Bosnia (1995-96). He also chaired the study on the transformation of the military for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. He is currently a member of the Defense Science Board and formerly served on the Defense Policy Board and on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
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Hans-Peter Ring is a member of the EADS Board of Directors, EADS Executive Committee and serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company. Prior to this position, Ring was Senior Vice President of Controlling for the EADS Group. Ring began his career at MBB, an EADS predecessor, in 1977 and was named Manager of Budgeting, Accounting and Public Audits before assuming his role of Head of Controlling for Missiles and Defense in 1987. Three years later, he assumed the role of Head of Controlling in the Aircraft and Defense Systems Divisions of Deutsche Aerospace AG (DASA). From 1992-1995, Ring was CFO and Member of the Board at Dornier Lufthart GmbH, the regional aircraft business with DASA.
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Dr. William Schneider, Jr, is President of International Planning Services, Inc., a Washington-based international trade and finance advisory firm, and is an adjunct fellow of the Hudson Institute. He was formerly Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology (1982-1986). He served as Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget (1981-82) prior to being nominated as Under Secretary by the president. In addition, Dr. Schneider serves as an advisor to the U.S. government in several capacities.
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Rear Admiral Gerald Woolever (U.S. Coast Guard-Retired) is Senior Vice President of Field Operations for Innovative Logistics Techniques, Inc. (INNOLOG). He has more than 35 years experience in operations and program management with industry, and with the U.S. Coast Guard, including major acquisitions oversight, logistics systems development, human resources, and government relations. Prior to joining INNOLOG, Admiral Woolever served as the Program Manager of Boeing’s Integrated Deepwater Systems. Admiral Woolever earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Florida, and Master of Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester, and graduated first in his class with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
