An acknowledged expert in public policy and a passionate spokesman for American innovation, Dave McCurdy is consistently listed as one of the most influential association executives and policy advocates in publications such as Washingtonian and The Hill.

Mr. 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 Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota and Volkswagen Group of America.

Mr. McCurdy came to the Alliance after serving as President and CEO of the Electronics Industry Alliance (EIA) for eight years. As President, he helped promote the market development and competitiveness of the U.S. high-tech industry through domestic and international policy efforts for EIA’s nearly 1,300 member companies. In April of 2001, Mr. McCurdy co-founded the Internet Security Alliance as a non-profit collaboration between EIA and Carnegie Mellon University CyLab to enhance cyber security. Prior to leading the EIA, Mr. McCurdy had a distinguished career in the United States House of Representatives, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the McCurdy Group, L.L.C., a successful business consulting and investment practice.

Mr. McCurdy serves as President of OICA (The International Organization of Automobile Manufacturers), a global federation of national automobile trade associations based in Paris, France. He is a member of the Advisory Board of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and American Highway Users Alliance. Mr. McCurdy is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, member of the Board of Advisors for the Center for Naval Analysis and member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

In 2008, Secretary of Defense 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. Mr. McCurdy was reappointed to the Defense Policy Board in 2009 by the Obama Administration. Congressman McCurdy spent 14 years (1981-1995) in the House of Representatives as the Member from the Fourth Congressional District of Oklahoma. 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 youngest person in Congressional history to chair a full committee. He was also co-founder and national Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council.

As a House Member, Congressman McCurdy played a major role in enacting numerous important legislative initiatives including: 1988 National Superconductivity Competitiveness Act; the 1985 Goldwater-Nichols Act, which reorganized the Department of Defense; the Nunn-McCurdy Amendment in 1982, requiring Congressional notification of Department of Defense cost overruns of 15% or more; and the 1993 National Service Legislation, which originated in a bill introduced by Congressman McCurdy and Senator Nunn.

A 1972 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Mr. McCurdy received his J.D. in 1975 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 (JAG).

His numerous prestigious awards and honors include the first recipient of the University of Oklahoma’s Distinguished Service Award, named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in America, PTA’s national award for child advocacy and the USO’s award for his commitment to improving education. He was a four-time MVP of the Congressional Baseball Game and a member of Roll Call’s Hall of Fame.

Mr. McCurdy and his wife, Dr. Pam McCurdy, a physician specializing in child psychiatry, live in McLean, Va. They have three grown children, Josh, Cydney and Shannon and two sons-in-law.