Governor Gavin Newsom Announces Appointments

RANCHO Palos Verdes – Craig R. Cooning, 70, of Rancho Palos Verdes, has been appointed to the Governor’s Military Council. Cooning was president of network and space systems at Boeing Defense, Space and Security from 2014 to 2016. He was vice president and general manager at Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems from 2005 to 2014. Cooning served in the U.S. Air Force from 1973 to 2005, reaching the rank of major general. He earned a Master of Science degree in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Alabama. Cooning is an associate fellow at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was a member of the Draper Labs Board of Directors, Aquarium of the Pacific and the president advisory group at the Palos Verdes Conservancy. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Cooning is a Republican.