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APRIL/MAY 2018 ISSUE NO. 2
CONTRIBUTORS
Jack Hruby is currently Black Sage’s
General Manager … a results-oriented
leader with extensive experience directing
resources across daily operations and or-
chestrating the activities of large cross-func-
tional organizations. He has vast internation-
al experience having lived in Europe, plus
frequent travels throughout the Middle East
and Asia. A 29-year defense and aerospace
professional, Jack has spent eight years in
strategy/business consulting and technolo-
gy development, plus served 21 years in the
United States Air Force as a fighter pilot.
Bill McSherry, is Vice President of Gov-
ernment Operations for Boeing Commercial
Airplanes. Named to his position in June
2014, McSherry is responsible for Commer-
cial Airplanes’ state and local operations in
the Northwest and South Carolina regions.
He leads a team of specialists who manage
relationships with elected officials and
business leaders, advocate for key issues
that advance Boeing’s business objectives,
and find philanthropic opportunities to give
back to the communities where Commercial
Airplanes employees live and work.
Bryan Corliss is a national award-win-
ning content strategist and journalist with
nearly two decades of experience writing
about the aerospace and aviation industries.
As a public relations pro, he’s been part of a
team that partnered with Boeing on a cam-
paign that won one of the Public Relations
Society of America’s top honors for issues
communications, and he’s won North Ameri-
can industry group awards for both print and
digital content creation, social media use
and executive communications.
Robin Bishop is a regional writer and
editor who transplanted from Montana to
Washington state in 1987. She married a
local boy, raised a family, and then fell back
into a lifelong writing passion. Robin has
a BA in Professional and Creative Writing
from Central Washington University, and
is the past editor of Catalyst business and
innovation magazine.
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Jennifer Ferrero, APR, provides
marketing and communication services to
the Center of Excellence. She is nationally
accredited in public relations, and frequently
writes about workforce development and
education in the aerospace and advanced
manufacturing industries.
Mary Kaye Bredeson is the Execu-
tive Director of the Center of Excellence for
Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing,
housed at Everett Community College. For
the past 15 years, she has brought her lead-
ership skills to higher education in promot-
ing Washington’s economic and workforce
development initiatives in aerospace and
advanced manufacturing.
Fiona McKay, recently joined the PNAA
as Business Development Director, on the
anniversary of her 10th year in Aerospace.
Her principal responsibilities include the
development and strengthening of rela-
tionships with both the Pacific Northwest
and International Aerospace community, sup-
porting the development and delivery of the
PNAA’s networking and market intelligence
events, and using her knowledge of the
industry to enhance the evolution of PNAA’s
mission and growth.
Dean Cameron
Publisher | Top Drawer
Media CEO, Award-Winning Entrepreneur,
27-year Aerospace Professional.