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Diana Cooper is the Senior Vice President of Policy & Strategy at PrecisionHawk, a company that leverages advanced robotics, robust software, and rich data to extract the commercial value of drones. PrecisionHawk provides training, drone consulting, and global flight services.
PrecisionHawk has joined the Alliance for Drone Innovation (ADI), a D.C.-based coalition of drone manufacturers, suppliers, and software developers. Diana will lead the ADI’s Drone Operators Federation as the inaugural president of the Federation.
Diana was president of the Small UAV Coalition and she serves on the Advocacy Committee of AUVSI as well as on the board of Drone Alliance Europe and the advisory board of the Energy Drone Coalition. Diana is a member of the UN Working Group on Legal and Policy Frameworks for Geospatial Information Management and is a subcommittee member of the FAA Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). She served on the FAA UAS Identification and Tracking ARC as well as the NTIA Multi-stakeholder Process on UAS Privacy.
Diana has testified on UAS policy before the Senate Commerce Committee, briefed the House UAS Caucus, and participated in White House meetings on UAS.
Recently, PrecisionHawk CEO Michael Chasen was appointed as chairman of the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao. Additionally, former U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) has been appointed as a Special Advisor to the company on drone regulatory and policy initiatives. In Congress, LoBiondo was a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and was a vocal proponent of integrating UAS technology for commercial applications into the National Airspace System.