Michael Robbins is President & Chief Executive Officer at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the world’s largest trade association for uncrewed systems, autonomy, and robotics, in both the commercial and defense sectors. He joined AUVSI in 2020 and previously served as Chief Advocacy Officer and an Executive Vice President.
In 2015, he co-founded a business consulting firm, Intrepid, and served as its Chief Operating Officer. AUVSI was an Intrepid client. Before starting Intrepid, Michael was Managing Director of Government and Public Affairs at the Air Line Pilot Association, International (ALPA). Before ALPA, Michael spent a decade in the office of the late U.S. Congressman John Dingell (Michigan), where he served as the Chief of Staff.
Michael serves on the MITRE Corporation’s Aviation Advisory Committee, the board of the Greater Washington Aviation Open, and the National Advanced Mobility Consortium’s Advisory Committee. He recently served as co-chair of the Federal Aviation Administration’s UAS Detection and Mitigation Aviation Rulemaking Committee and currently serves on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Aviation Supply Chain Risk Task Force and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council sUAS Security Working Group.
Michael holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from Georgetown University and is an Officer in the United States Navy (Reserve).
