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Business/Financial

AIA Creates Industrial Base Policy Position

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) yesterday named Micah Edmond, a former Marine and defense adviser to two Republican congressmen, as the assistant vice president of Industrial Base Policy, a new position within the organization. Edmond will manage AIA’s work supporting the defense industrial base and its growing base of suppliers that make up its membership. “Micah’s extensive experience advising senior government officials on defense issues and deficit reduction will be a great asset,” Marion Blakey, president and CEO of AIA,…

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