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AeroVironment Inc. develops, produces, delivers, and services a diverse array of robotic systems for governmental and commercial entities across the globe. The ...
C-Suite Executives
(0)The C-suite executives form a cohesive leadership team driving the company's financial strategy and innovation.
Key Team Members
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Founder / CEO
1
C-Level
9
VP
0
Board
0
Director / Board
2
Other
0
Key Executives
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wahid Nawabi | Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer | USD 1,910,595 | 1969 | Active | |
| Kevin Patrick McDonnell | Advisor | USD 957,344 | 1962 | Active | |
| Sean T. Woodward | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | USD 957,344 | — | Active | |
| Melissa Ann Brown | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | USD 885,352 | 1978 | Active | |
| Trace E. Stevenson | President of Autonomous Systems | USD 749,398 | 1974 | Active | |
| Brian Charles Shackley | Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer | USD 371,888 | 1978 | Active | |
| Aniket Majumder | Senior VP & Chief Information Officer | — | — | Active | |
| Jonah Teeter-Balin | Senior Director of Corporate Development & Investor Relations | — | — | Active | |
| Timothy Faltemier | Head of Learning & Active Perception/LEAP Business | — | — | — | Active |
| Denise Pacioni | Director of Investor Relations | — | — | — | Active |
| Robert F. Smith | Executive VP & COO | — | — | 1973 | Active |
| Scott Bowman | Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Engineering | — | — | Active |
Executive Compensation
(deduped by latest filing date per person-year)| Filing Date | Year | Name | Position | Level | Salary | Bonus | Stock Award | Option Award | Incentive | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-13 | 2025 | Wahid Nawabi | President President and Chief Chief Executive Officer | Founder / CEO | $879.07K | $0 | $5.49M | $0 | $1.01M | $22.16K | $7.41M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2025 | Kevin McDonnell Executive | Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $495.02K | $34.65K | $1.58M | $0 | $397.45K | $30.22K | $2.53M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2025 | Melissa Brown Executive | Vice Vice President President, General General Chief Chief Legal & Compliance Officer & Secretary | C-Level | $476.35K | $57.66K | $735.60K | $0 | $330.69K | $20.65K | $1.62M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2025 | Brett Hush Executive | Vice Vice President President Loitering Munitions | C-Level | $387.51K | $56.88K | $646.73K | $0 | $328.04K | $24.84K | $1.44M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2025 | Trace Stevenson | President President, Autonomous Systems | C-Level | $404.71K | $0 | $675.62K | $0 | $323.51K | $21.17K | $1.43M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2024 | Wahid Nawabi | President President and Chief Chief Executive Officer | Founder / CEO | $5 | $288.75K | $5.49M | $0 | $963.20K | $20.55K | $7.60M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2024 | Kevin McDonnell Executive | Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $493.29K | $34.65K | $1.87M | $0 | $404.55K | $33.59K | $2.84M |
| 2024-08-12 | 2024 | Kevin McDonnell | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $493.29K | $34.65K | $1.87M | $0 | $404.55K | $33.59K | $2.84M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2024 | Melissa Brown Executive | Vice Vice President President, General General Chief Chief Legal & Compliance Officer & Secretary | C-Level | $460.41K | $27.72K | $873.64K | $0 | $323.65K | $19.34K | $1.70M |
| 2024-08-12 | 2024 | Melissa Brown | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President, General General Counsel, Chief Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary | C-Level | $460.41K | $27.72K | $873.64K | $0 | $323.65K | $19.34K | $1.70M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2024 | Trace Stevenson | President President, Autonomous Systems | C-Level | $338.25K | $42.43K | $453.70K | $0 | $198.14K | $19.39K | $1.05M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2024 | Brett Hush Executive | Vice Vice President President Loitering Munitions | C-Level | $322.50K | $16.25K | $453.70K | $0 | $189.72K | $22.53K | $1.00M |
| 2024-08-12 | 2024 | Brett Hush | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President Loitering Munitions | C-Level | $322.50K | $16.25K | $453.70K | $0 | $189.72K | $22.53K | $1.00M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2023 | Wahid Nawabi | President President and Chief Chief Executive Officer | Founder / CEO | $750.01K | $0 | $3.16M | $0 | $6 | $17.10K | $4.90M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2023 | Kevin McDonnell Executive | Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $450.01K | $0 | $1.35M | $0 | $410.96K | $12.52K | $2.23M |
| 2024-08-12 | 2023 | Kevin McDonnell | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $450.01K | $0 | $1.35M | $0 | $410.96K | $12.52K | $2.23M |
| 2025-08-13 | 2023 | Melissa Brown Executive | Vice Vice President President, General General Chief Chief Legal & Compliance Officer & Secretary | C-Level | $416.21K | $0 | $625.71K | $0 | $328.78K | $20.03K | $1.39M |
| 2024-08-12 | 2023 | Melissa Brown | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President, General General Counsel, Chief Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary | C-Level | $416.21K | $0 | $625.71K | $0 | $328.78K | $20.03K | $1.39M |
| 2023-08-17 | 2023 | Alison Roelke | Former Former Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief People Officer | C-Level | $11.92K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $717 | $12.64K |
| 2024-08-12 | 2022 | Wahid Nawabi | President President and Chief Chief Executive Officer | Founder / CEO | $6 | $0 | $2.65M | $0 | $37.50K | $19.57K | $3.52M |
| 2024-08-12 | 2022 | Kevin McDonnell | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $450.01K | $0 | $1.13M | $0 | $15.75K | $10.66K | $1.61M |
| 2022-08-08 | 2022 | Kenneth Karklin | Former Former Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Operating Officer | C-Level | $441.35K | $0 | $1.13M | $0 | $0 | $15.00K | $1.59M |
| 2024-08-12 | 2022 | Melissa Brown | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President, General General Counsel, Chief Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary | C-Level | $400.87K | $0 | $523.96K | $0 | $12.00K | $14.05K | $950.88K |
| 2023-08-17 | 2022 | Alison Roelke | Former Former Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief People Officer | C-Level | $310.00K | $0 | $249.87K | $0 | $8.53K | $19.01K | $587.41K |
| 2023-08-17 | 2021 | Wahid Nawabi | President President and Chief Chief Executive Officer | Founder / CEO | $632.32K | $199.08K | $1.33M | $0 | $336.43K | $23.92K | $2.52M |
| 2022-08-08 | 2021 | Kenneth Karklin | Former Former Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Operating Officer | C-Level | $401.25K | $79.00K | $269.92K | $0 | $133.50K | $17.42K | $901.10K |
| 2023-08-17 | 2021 | Kevin McDonnell | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $401.54K | $79.00K | $269.92K | $0 | $133.50K | $12.98K | $896.94K |
| 2023-08-17 | 2021 | Melissa Brown | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President, General General Counsel, Chief Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary | C-Level | $342.00K | $58.46K | $172.06K | $0 | $98.79K | $16.98K | $688.30K |
| 2023-08-17 | 2021 | Alison Roelke | Former Former Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief People Officer | C-Level | $270.95K | $34.13K | $107.98K | $0 | $57.67K | $17.51K | $488.25K |
| 2022-08-08 | 2020 | Wahid Nawabi | President President and Chief Chief Executive Officer | Founder / CEO | $606.94K | $212.50K | $1.67M | $0 | $546.29K | $17.81K | $3.06M |
| 2022-08-08 | 2020 | Kenneth Karklin | Former Former Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Operating Officer | C-Level | $7 | $72.50K | $319.88K | $0 | $182.10K | $15.07K | $945.77K |
| 2020-08-13 | 2020 | Kenneth Karklin Sr. | Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Operating Officer | C-Level | $356.22K | $72.50K | $319.88K | $0 | $182.10K | $15.07K | $945.77K |
| 2022-08-08 | 2020 | Melissa Brown | Vice Vice President President, General General Counsel, Chief Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary | C-Level | $7 | $63.75K | $246.06K | $0 | $159.34K | $17.88K | $840.28K |
| 2020-08-13 | 2020 | Teresa Covington | Former Former Sr. Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $201.74K | $0 | $403.54K | $0 | $0 | $10.93K | $616.20K |
| 2022-08-08 | 2020 | Alison Roelke | Former Former Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief People Officer | C-Level | $7 | $27.00K | $148.19K | $0 | $81.30K | $18.89K | $555.91K |
| 2020-08-13 | 2020 | Brian Shackley | Vice Vice President President and Controller and Former Former Interim Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $241.91K | $50.00K | $178.95K | $0 | $58.07K | $21.91K | $550.84K |
| 2022-08-08 | 2020 | Kevin McDonnell | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $92.31K | $2.50K | $249.98K | $0 | $75.00K | $1.15K | $420.94K |
| 2020-08-13 | 2020 | Kevin McDonnell Sr. | Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $92.31K | $2.50K | $249.98K | $0 | $75.00K | $1.15K | $420.94K |
| 2021-08-16 | 2019 | Wahid Nawabi | President President and Chief Chief Executive Officer | Founder / CEO | $5 | $1.50K | $590.67K | $0 | $818.80K | $16.89K | $2.05M |
| 2020-08-13 | 2019 | Teresa Covington | Former Former Sr. Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $350.58K | $1.50K | $187.88K | $0 | $272.94K | $18.50K | $831.39K |
| 2019-08-15 | 2019 | Kirk Flittie | Former Former Senior Senior Vice Vice President President & General General | C-Level | $326.27K | $1.50K | $187.88K | $0 | $272.94K | $18.56K | $807.14K |
| 2021-08-16 | 2019 | Kenneth Karklin | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Operating Officer | C-Level | $250.67K | $1.50K | $93.94K | $0 | $204.70K | $14.53K | $565.34K |
| 2020-08-13 | 2019 | Kenneth Karklin Sr. | Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Operating Officer | C-Level | $250.67K | $1.50K | $93.94K | $0 | $204.70K | $14.53K | $565.34K |
| 2019-08-15 | 2019 | Manager, UAS Kenneth Karklin | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President Operations | C-Level | $250.67K | $1.50K | $93.94K | $0 | $204.70K | $14.53K | $565.34K |
| 2021-08-16 | 2019 | Melissa Brown | Vice Vice President President, General General Counsel, Chief Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary | C-Level | $300.28K | $1.50K | $80.47K | $0 | $136.47K | $17.51K | $536.22K |
| 2020-08-13 | 2018 | Wahid Nawabi | President President and Chief Chief Executive Officer | Founder / CEO | $534.63K | $162.75K | $489.96K | $0 | $529.89K | $16.33K | $1.73M |
| 2020-08-13 | 2018 | Teresa Covington | Former Former Sr. Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $307.25K | $52.50K | $149.97K | $0 | $159.32K | $18.32K | $687.37K |
| 2019-08-15 | 2018 | Kirk Flittie | Former Former Senior Senior Vice Vice President President & General General | C-Level | $299.36K | $52.50K | $149.97K | $0 | $162.70K | $18.22K | $682.75K |
| 2020-08-13 | 2018 | Kenneth Karklin Sr. | Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Operating Officer | C-Level | $239.42K | $0 | $99.96K | $0 | $119.85K | $14.15K | $473.38K |
| 2019-08-15 | 2018 | Manager, UAS Kenneth Karklin | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President Operations | C-Level | $239.42K | $0 | $99.96K | $0 | $119.85K | $14.15K | $473.38K |
| 2020-08-13 | 2018 | Melissa Brown | Vice Vice President President, General General Counsel & Secretary | C-Level | $241.94K | $17.50K | $69.98K | $0 | $53.36K | $15.51K | $398.28K |
| 2019-08-15 | 2017 | Wahid Nawabi | President President and Chief Chief Executive Officer | Founder / CEO | $510.97K | $121.59K | $0 | $0 | $239.21K | $16.04K | $887.81K |
| 2019-08-15 | 2017 | Kirk Flittie | Former Former Senior Senior Vice Vice President President & General General | C-Level | $280.30K | $43.85K | $0 | $0 | $86.28K | $17.15K | $427.58K |
| 2019-08-15 | 2017 | Teresa Covington | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer | C-Level | $256.04K | $45.74K | $0 | $0 | $89.99K | $15.97K | $407.74K |
| 2019-08-15 | 2017 | Manager, UAS Kenneth Karklin | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President Operations | C-Level | $232.40K | $28.64K | $0 | $0 | $56.34K | $13.99K | $331.36K |
| 2018-08-17 | 2016 | Teresa Covington | Senior Senior Vice Vice President President and Chief Chief Financial Officer, Former Former Vice Vice President President of Finance | C-Level | $259.08K | $14.88K | $267.59K | $0 | $70.62K | $16.19K | $628.37K |
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