A. Oakley Brooks
President
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Oakley Brooks joined NACA as its president in February 2010. Mr. Brooks was formerly vice president for public affairs for Bombardier, Inc. of Montreal, Canada, based in Washington, DC. He represented the company's aerospace, rail/transit, and corporate interests before Congress and executive agencies. Prior to that, in 1980, he opened the North American sales and support office for Short Brothers of Belfast, Northern Ireland and was responsible for sales and support of the company's aircraft and defense systems to civil and government customers. Bombardier purchased Shorts in 1989. Mr. Brooks began his career with Air New England in Boston, Massachusetts, a certificated regional airline, where his last position was executive vice president. Mr. Brooks is a graduate of Harvard College, with a degree in economics. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife. They have two grandchildren.

Paul H. Doell
Director of Government Affairs
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Paul Doell has served in his current position since 2001. He represents NACA carriers before Congress, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Transportation. Mr. Doell has helped guide various aviation-related bills through Congress to achieve positive results for the association's members, including changes to public law relating to Fly America, minimum purchase requirements for commerical airlift chartered by the military, and foreign air carrier Seventh Freedom applications. Mr. Doell serves as an official member the United States government's delegation for bilateral and multi-lateral aviation negotiations, which has held talks with over 30 nations, including the historical U.S./EU Open Skies agreement. He advocated the advancement of U.S. international charter rights and Open Skies agreements.

Before joining NACA, Mr. Doell served for five years as a legislative assistant for Representative Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), and, then, with Representative Steven Kuykendall (R-CA). He was the members' main advisor/representative on a wide range of issues including foreign policy, crime, and aviation. During his time as a congressional staffer, he advanced legislation combating abuses of victim's rights, gun trafficking, and pension benefits.

Mr. Doell staffs the Security Council and serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the association.

George R. Paul
Director of Technical Services
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George Paul is responsible for all government interactions that affect operations, maintenance, and safety issues. He acts as liaison with the Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration, and Environmental Protection Agency, and is a member of the commercial aviation safety team (CAST) and OpsSpecs Working Group (OPWG).). He interacts with the Chair and Vice Chair of NACA's Maintenance, Safety and Security, and Operations Councils in preparing the meeting agendas and arranges for guest speakers to address current issues that affect NACA members.

Mr. Paul rejoined NACA in 2010, Having served NACA in this role from 2002 until 2007, when he became chief operations officer for MAXjet Airways, which was an all business class B767 operator headquartered in Dulles, Virginia. Before joining NACA in 2002, he served as senior vice president of maintenance and engineering, material/purchasing and ground handling for Gemini Air Cargo, which was also headquartered in Dulles. He was instrumental in certifying Gemini Air Cargo as a part 121 flag, domestic and supplemental operator in 1996. Before joining Gemini, he served as the director of maintenance for Burlington Air Express based in Toledo, Ohio. In 1981, he worked for People Express Airlines based in Newark, New Jersey as director of maintenance control. Continental Airlines acquired People Express in 1987; he remained with Continental until 1989. Mr. Paul served in the United States Marine Corps. from 1975 to 1979.