GULFSTREAM NAMES JENNY ROGERS AS SALES DIRECTOR FOR NORTHEAST

SAVANNAH, Ga., June 13 , 2011 - Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has appointed Jenny Rogers as a sales director in the company’s North American Sales, East Division.  Her territory is New England, New York (excluding metro New York City) and in Canada, Quebec and the Maritime provinces.  She reports to Jim Dobbins, vice president, North American Sales, East Division.

Rogers replaces aviation industry veteran Geoff Nye, who is retiring.  Nye has been a sales director for Gulfstream for more than nine years. 

Most recently, Rogers was a New Jersey-based Northeast sales director for Hawker Beechcraft.  During more than 3 ½ years in that position, she marketed, sold and delivered more than 30 aircraft.

Rogers, who holds an airline transport pilot’s license, began her career with Hawker Beechcraft in January 2003 as a flight intern.  That internship led to a position as a dispatcher, and in October 2003, Rogers joined Hawker’s group of sales demonstration pilots.  In nearly four years in that position, Rogers was the pilot in command for sales demonstration and company transportation flights for many aircraft, including the Hawker 400XP and several King Air models.

Rogers earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical studies from the University of North Dakota. She is a type-rated pilot on the 400XP and Beechcraft 1900, with more than 3,000 flight hours. 
In addition to her aviation experience, Rogers has been a teacher.  From October to December 2006, she took a leave of absence from Hawker to volunteer as an English and math teacher in a Tanzanian orphanage.  She speaks Swahili, which she learned prior to her volunteer work, and Russian.

 

NOTE TO EDITORS

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Gulfstream has produced more than 1,900 aircraft for customers around the world since 1958. To meet the diverse transportation needs of the future, Gulfstream offers a comprehensive fleet of aircraft, comprising the wide-cabin, high-speed Gulfstream G150®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G200®; the new large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G250®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G350®; the large-cabin, long-range Gulfstream G450®; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G500®; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G550® and the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range G650®. Gulfstream also offers aircraft ownership services via Gulfstream Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales®. The company employs more than 10,000 people at 10 major locations. We invite you to visit our website for more information and photos of Gulfstream aircraft at www.gulfstream.com.

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