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strong leadership qualities, extensive experience in the aviation industry, and ability to eff ectively communicate on Capitol Hill made him one of the most recognized and respected spokespersons regarding aviation related matters nationally.” Henry Michael Ogrodzinski assumed the leadership of the National Association of State Aviation Offi cials and the non- profi t NASAO Center for Aviation Research and Education in 1996. NASAO represents the state government aviation agencies, serving the public interest, in all 50 states, Guam and Puerto Rico. He was the fi rst person in the 83 year old association to hold the title “president and chief executive offi cer.” Before undertaking his responsibilities at NASAO, which is headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, he held a number of other senior management positions in diff erent sectors of the aviation community. He began his career at the Delco Electronics Division of General Motors, which manufactured navigation and fl ight- management systems for commercial, military and space applications. He was responsible for all communications and training programs at the division’s Milwaukee facilities. He left Delco to become the director of Policy and Planning for the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in Oshkosh, WI. In this role, he was often asked to provide expert testimony before Congress on a wide variety of aviation issues. He also served as EAA director of Corporate Communications (in this role he managed all public and media relations for the world’s largest aviation event) and on the editorial board of EAA’s fi ve magazines. Henry played an integral part in the growth of EAA, its museum and its annual convention throughout the 1980’s. Based upon his aviation and government aff airs
experience, he was recruited by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) in Washington, DC, to lead its communications programs. While with GAMA, he produced several publications and multi-media presentations demonstrating the importance of General Aviation. He also managed the activities of the industry-wide GAMA Public Aff airs Committee. He became well known as a leading aviation advocate and spokesman for his work in focusing the media spotlight on the product liability crisis, which was devastating the industry. The Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a GAMA member, then asked him to move to its Savannah, GA headquarters to consolidate its worldwide public aff airs, exhibitions, and advertising eff orts. Henry bore the ultimate responsibility for planning and executing the highly successful domestic and international introductions of the G-IVSP and G-V business aircraft. He was Gulfstream’s vice president of Marketing and Communications and a corporate offi cer. He left Gulfstream to become the fi rst president and CEO of the then 20 year old United States Air and Trade Show in Dayton, OH. There, he rescued the troubled and fi nancially beleaguered organization by producing the largest and most successful events in its history. Henry is a veteran of the US Army and an honors graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, with a BA in
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