Moving On Up… At The Satellite Industry Association

The Board of Directors of the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has named Patricia Cooper to the position of President, effective immediately. Cooper’s appointment follows an extensive search to replace the former Executive Director, David Cavossa, who recently departed SIA for private industry. SIA is a U.S.-based trade association providing worldwide representation of the leading satellite operators, service providers, manufacturers, launch services providers, and ground equipment suppliers. The Association is the unified voice of the U.S. satellite industry on policy, regulatory, procurement, and legislative issues affecting the satellite manufacturing, launch and services business.




Cooper joins SIA from the Federal Communications Commission. From 2002 to 2005, she served as Chief of the FCC’s Regional & Bilateral Affairs Branch, which serves as the focal point for the regulation of international telecommunication services. Since 2006 she was Senior Satellite Competition Advisor with the FCC’s International Bureau, advising the Bureau Chief and senior FCC leadership on commercial and financial issues affecting the competitiveness of the communications satellite industry. In her new capacity as President, Ms. Cooper becomes SIA’s lead representative for government services, regulatory, spectrum, homeland security, export control and trade issues of critical importance to the Association’s members. She also takes over the day-to-day management and operations of SIA, including member communications, staff leadership and organization of SIA sponsored events—Washington, D.C.