Craig L Fuller

Mr. Fuller leads the largest general aviation membership organization in the world with more than 416,000 individual members. AOPA publishes the largest general aviation magazine, operates the largest general aviation insurance company and utilizes the internet with the largest general aviation electronic publications. Mr. Fuller was Executive Vice President of APCO Worldwide prior to joining AOPA and was based in APCO's Washington, D.C., office. He remains a member of the APCO Worldwide International Advisory Council. Mr. Fuller is former president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. While he was with the organization, he worked on major health care policy issues with 200 leading retail organizations and 1,000 manufacturers and suppliers to the industry. He worked with the primary providers of outpatient prescription drugs in the United States, dispensing about 70 percent of the 3.1 billion prescriptions that are provided each year. In 1981, when he first arrived in Washington, D.C., Mr. Fuller served for eight years in the White House as assistant to President Reagan for cabinet affairs and then as chief of staff to Vice President George H.W. Bush. He later served as co-director of President-elect Bush"s transition team. Upon leaving the White House to enter the private sector, Mr. Fuller joined The Wexler Group, later acquired by Hill & Knowlton, where he served as president of its U.S. operations and head of worldwide public affairs. In 1992, he was named Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs at Philip Morris Companies. He also led the board of directors practice at Korn/Ferry International and served as vice chairman of Burson-Marsteller. With regular interviews on politics and public affairs, as well as weekly and monthly online columns, Mr. Fuller is a frequent commentator and speaker on a wide range of topics. He also serves on the board of Stillwater Mining Company and is a director of the United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Chamber Foundation. Additionally, he is a trustee of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, and served for 10 years as a trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Fuller earned his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles and a master's degree in Urban Affairs from Occidental College.