Honorable Mary Beth Long Nominated to Join AeroVironment’s Board of Directors
18 August 2023 - 11:34AM
Business Wire
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that Mary
Beth Long has been nominated to serve as a Class II director on the
company’s Board of Directors. Elections will take place at
AeroVironment’s Annual Shareholder meeting planned for September
29. Ms. Long has been nominated to fill the board position that
will be vacated by Catharine Marigold. The election of Ms. Long
would maintain the board’s current composition of seven
individuals, including six independent directors.
“As a highly respected global policy expert with outstanding
government leadership experience, Ms. Long would be ideally suited
to join our board during this critical phase of growth,” said Wahid
Nawabi, AeroVironment’s chairman, president and chief executive
officer. “Given her prior service as Assistant Secretary of Defense
and many other notable leadership positions within the U.S.
Department of Defense, NATO and the Central Intelligence Agency,
her guidance would be invaluable in meeting the demands of our
country and allies abroad.”
“I am thrilled with the prospect of joining AeroVironment’s
board,” said Ms. Long. “I hope to contribute to the many roles
Wahid and his talented team play in supporting their customers’
vital missions, from securing our nation and supporting our allies
abroad, to enabling scientific research on Mars.”
Ms. Long served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense of
International Security Affairs under Secretary of Defense Robert E.
Gates. In this capacity, she was the first woman confirmed to a
four-star military equivalent position by the U.S. Senate. The role
was the culmination of 17 years of intelligence and defense related
government service where she held multiple leadership roles
including Chair of NATO’s nuclear and missile defense High Level
Group, Principal Deputy Secretary of Defense for Asia and Southeast
Asia, and Deputy Secretary of Defense for Counter Narco-terrorism.
For her exemplary service, Ms. Long received the Department of
Defense’s highest civilian honors from Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates and separately from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michael Mullen.
After returning to the private sector, Ms. Long founded two
multi-million-dollar advisory firms, and most recently founded and
led a highly successful government contracting firm – Metis
Solutions, LLC – which sold in 2016 to private equity. She is
regularly called upon to be a policy expert based on her many
post-government roles including as Senior Subject Matter Expert for
the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, Senior Advisor to the
Director of USAID at the Department of State, and as a Senior
International Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Colombia. Ms.
Long is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Defense and
Aerospace Export Council and is a Cipher Brief Expert. She also is
an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has
presided over meetings regarding NATO, Ukraine, Afghanistan and
other timely topics.
Ms. Long is a magna cum laude honors graduate and Phi Beta Kappa
alumni from Penn State University, where she studied the Chinese
language abroad in Taiwan. She received the university’s highest
alumna honors in 2018 and currently serves on the university’s
Provost’s Global Advisory Council. She also received her law degree
with honors from Washington and Lee School of Law. Ms. Long is a
member of the Board of Directors of the International Spy Museum
and the Defense Intelligence Memorial Fund and is active in
rescuing Afghans who supported U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.
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connectivity that deliver more actionable intelligence so you can
proceed with certainty. Headquartered in Virginia, AeroVironment is
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