David McCurdy
President
Electronics Industries Alliance
Dave McCurdy was elected President of EIA in October of 1998 and oversees the activities of the national trade organization that includes the full spectrum of U.S. high-tech businesses representing a $400 billion electronics industry. He is an acknowledged expert in technology policy and a passionate spokesman for American innovation. Mr. McCurdy came to EIA after 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 is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and serves as a member of the Board of Visitors of the Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute; a Distinguished Congressional Fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and the National Innovation Initiative at the Council on Competitiveness. In addition he serves on the board of the National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) Council of Manufacturer Associations and chairs the Government Affairs Committee.
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 of 1982, requiring Congressional notification of DoD cost overruns of 15% or more; and the 1993 National Service Legislation, which originated in a bill introduced by Congressman McCurdy and Senator Nunn.