Lee Moak

Lee Moak (born April 20, 1957) is a government relations and public affairs consultant and one of the founders of The Moak Group, a public affairs, advocacy, and business consulting firm located in Washington, DC. Before joining Delta Air Lines and working his way up to a B-767 Delta Air Lines captain, Moak served as a Marine Corps pilot, and as President of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), the world's largest non-governmental aviation safety organization[1]

Lee Moak
Governor of the United States Postal Service
Assumed office
June 18, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Personal details
BornApril 20, 1957
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of West Florida
OccupationCEO, The Moak Group (current) President and CEO, ALPA (2011-2014)

Current Positions

The Moak Group (2015- present)

Moak is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Moak Group, a public affairs, advocacy, and business consulting firm located in Washington, DC.[2]

Previous Roles

Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) (2011-2014)

Captain Moak became a member of ALPA's pilots union in 1988. In 2011, he began a four-year term at ALPA as Chief Executive and Administrative Officer.

While Captain Moak was their president, ALPA worked to advance pilots’ views in the airline industry before government agencies, airlines, and the news media. ALPA also led pilots to ratify 19 new contracts,[3] including the largest airline merger in history between United and Continental during Captain Moak's tenure. His job responsibilities also included overseeing the Association's daily operations and coordinating the meetings and policy agendas of ALPA's governing bodies. As ALPA president, Captain Moak worked on issues including advocating for the overhaul of the Export-Import Bank of the United States’ wide-body aircraft financing practice.

Delta Air Lines (1988-2014)

After his tours of duty, Moak went to work for Delta Air Lines[4] where he flew B-767s. He served three terms as Chairman of the Delta Master Executive Council, beginning in 1995.[5]

Captain Moak led Delta's airline pilots through major transformations within the airline,[6] beginning with the airline's declaration of bankruptcy and subsequent Chapter 11 filing in 2005,[7] fighting off a hostile takeover attempt from US Airways,[8] and continuing in 2008 during their merger with Northwest Airlines.

Advisory Roles

From 2011-2015, Captain Moak served on both the AFL-CIO Executive Council and Financial Oversight Committee for the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department. He also had a seat on the FAA NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) from 2011-2015, a committee composed of industry decision makers with the aim of advising the administration on key-decisions regarding the improvement and modernization of the United States’ aviation infrastructure.

Captain Moak was a member of the FAA Management Advisory Council (MAC) on management, policy, spending, and regulatory matters. His tenure ended in 2017.

In 2019, Captain Moak served as co-chair of the U.S. DOT’s Special Committee to Review the FAA’s Aircraft Certification Process[9] and currently serves on the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee (DAC)[10]. Moak also serves on the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service,[11] a position that was appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. During Moak's tenure on the Board, the United States Postal Service began the controversial act of removing mailboxes and destroying mail sorting machines shortly before the 2020 United States presidential election.[12]

References
  1. MacPherson, Robert. "Top pilot sees risk in US drones". YahooNews.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. "A WordPress Site". moakgroup.com.
  3. Reed, Ted. "How Lee Moak Changed the Airline Industry". The Street. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. Jerant, Frederick. "Soaring in the Nation's Capital". Profilemagazine.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  5. "Delta Air Lines Executive Profile: Lee Moak". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. Laing, Keith. "Pilots Union chief navigates DC turbulence". TheHill.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. Jelter, Jim. "Delta Air Lines declares bankruptcy". MarketWatch.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  8. Nolan, Shane. "Captain Lee Moak Elected To Head World's Largest Pilots Union". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  9. "DOT Announces Special Committee to Review FAA's Aircraft Certification Process | US Department of Transportation". www.transportation.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  10. "New Members Join the Drone Advisory Committee". www.faa.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  11. "Seventeen Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate". The White House.
  12. "Postal Service removes some mail-sorting machines, sparking concerns ahead of election". Retrieved 2020-08-16.
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