Sean Menke from Republic Airways resigns
Republic Airways announced that Sean Menke, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Republic

Republic Airways announced that Sean Menke, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Republic
ASTAR Air Cargo has promoted Stephen Dodd to the position of Chief Financial Officer of ASTAR. He will continue to report to Steve Doyle, President of the company.
CIT announced that Gerald Rosenfeld, Anthony P. Terracciano and Laura S. Unger have been appointed to the Company
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has appointed Paul Stein, former Science and Technology Director at the Ministry of Defence, as Chief Scientific Officer.
Ascent Aviation Services announced its new organization highlighted by two key external hires and realigned director level positions to focus on quality and planning. Effective immediately, John
CPI Aerostructures announced that effective January 1, 2010, Douglas J. McCrosson has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer.
Bristow Group announced that Elizabeth D. Brumley has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Brumley was appointed Acting Chief Financial Officer in April of this year.
Boeing has named Andrew Ward as its new chief investment officer, a position from which he will oversee approximately $65 billion in retirement assets for approximately 550,000 beneficiaries. Andrew Ward succeeds Mark Schmid, who in June was named the University of Chicago’s chief investment officer.
In a Board of Directors meeting held at TAM’s headquarters in Sao Paulo, resignation letters were received from board members Pedro Pullen Parente and Adalberto de Moraes Schettert. In light of these resignations, Andre Esteves, BTG president, and Marco Antonio Bologna, president of TAM Executive Aviation, are TAM Empreendimentos e Participacoes S/A’s nominations to fill the vacancies on the Board. The nominations will be presented at the Company’s Extraordinary General Assembly August 18, 2009.
Willis Lease Finance Corporation reported that Jesse V. Crews will join the company as Chief Operating Officer on July 29, 2009. Crews spent 26 years with GATX Corporation, where he served as President and CEO of GATX Capital Corporation, a diversified equipment leasing company with approximately $3.5 billion in assets and $5 billion in managed third party assets. Over the past five years, he served as a managing director for Fortress Investment Group, an equity investment firm with approximately $30 billion of funds under management.