Kathy Warden
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) announced Tuesday it has named Northrop Grumman Chairman, President and CEO Kathy Warden to serve as the chair of the AIA’s board of governors for 2021. Mike Petters, president and CEO of Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries, will serve as vice chairman.
Since 1919, the AIA has served as the voice for the aerospace industry and currently has more than 300 member companies.
“I’m honored to take on this role on behalf of AIA’s members,” Warden said in a statement. “The aerospace and defense industry remains dedicated to our customers during these unprecedented times, and we will continue to be a driver for the global economy — strengthening our industry’s current and future workforce, sustaining the supply chain and investing in technology and innovation.”
