Lorraine A. Bolsinger is vice president and general manager of GE Aviation's Systems organization, a global provider of electrical power, avionics, actuation, landing gear, aerostructures and propeller systems to the builders and operators of military and commercial aircraft. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, GE Aviation Systems employs more than 11,000 people at facilities around the world.

A 30-year veteran, Bolsinger joined GE in 1981 on an early career development program in Marketing and Sales of Energy products. She held progressively larger roles in product management, sales and marketing across GE Energy, Aerospace and Aviation serving such diverse industries and technologies as power generation, oil and gas, marine, and aviation for both military and civil markets. In 1999, she was appointed a company officer in the position of vice president, GE Aviation Services Product Management. She proceeded to the position of vice president, Aviation Sales, and in 2003 was named Chief Marketing Officer for Aviation. In 2005 she launched GE's growth and environmental initiative, ecomagination, growing revenues to $17B and reducing greenhouse gases by 13% in three years. She is a member of GE's Corporate Executive Council.

Bolsinger earned a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of jet engines, components and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings.

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