John W. Piasecki joined Piasecki Aircraft 1989. In February 2008, John assumed the role of President and CEO with responsibility for leading the overall management of the Company. Mr. Piasecki is currently a Director of the Rock Island Company, a Trustee of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and former Public Policy Chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Mr. Piasecki is an active member of the American Helicopter Society, National Defense Industrial Association, Yale Alumni Schools Committee, The Haverford School Advisory Board and is a former Director of the Opera Company of Philadelphia.