Dave McCurdy

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McCurdy joined the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers as president and CEO in February 2007. The Alliance is a trade association of eleven car and light truck manufacturers including BMW Group, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota, and Volkswagen. McCurdy came to the Alliance after serving as president and CEO of the Electronics Industry Alliance for eight years. From 1981 to 1995, McCurdy was a member of the House of Representatives, representing Oklahoma's 4th District. He attained numerous leadership positions including: chairman of the House Intelligence Committee; chairman of the Military Installations and Facilities Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee; and chairman of the Transportation Aviation and Materials Subcommittee of the Science and Space Committee. He was the co-founder and national chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council. In 2008, Defense Secretary Robert Gates appointed Congressman McCurdy to the Defense Policy Board which provides the secretary with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning matters of defense policy. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, McCurdy received his J.D. from Oklahoma's Law School. He studied international economics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, as a Rotary International Graduate Fellow. Mr. McCurdy held a commission in the United States Air Force Reserve, attaining the rank of major and serving as a Judge Advocate General.