Lee Moak


Lee Moak is a government relations and public affairs consultant and one of the founders of The Moak Group, a public affairs, advocacy, and business consulting firm located in Washington, DC. Before joining Delta Air Lines and working his way up to a B-767 Delta Air Lines captain, Moak served as a Marine Corps pilot, and as President of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, the world's largest non-governmental aviation safety organization

Current Positions

The Moak Group (2015- present)

Moak is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Moak Group, a public affairs, advocacy, and business consulting firm located in Washington, DC.

Previous Roles

Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) (2011-2014)

Captain Moak became a member of ALPA's pilots union in 1988. In 2011, he began a four-year term at ALPA as Chief Executive and Administrative Officer.
While Captain Moak was their president, ALPA worked to advance pilots’ views in the airline industry before government agencies, airlines, and the news media. ALPA also led pilots to ratify 19 new contracts, including the largest airline merger in history between United and Continental during Captain Moak's tenure. His job responsibilities also included overseeing the Association's daily operations and coordinating the meetings and policy agendas of ALPA's governing bodies. As ALPA president, Captain Moak worked on issues including advocating for the overhaul of the Export-Import Bank of the United States’ wide-body aircraft financing practice.

Delta Air Lines (1988-2014)

After his tours of duty, Moak went to work for Delta Air Lines where he flew B-767s. He served three terms as Chairman of the Delta Master Executive Council, beginning in 1995
Captain Moak led Delta's airline pilots through major transformations within the airline, beginning with the airline's declaration of bankruptcy and subsequent Chapter 11 filing in 2005, fighting off a hostile takeover attempt from US Airways, and continuing in 2008 during their merger with Northwest Airlines.

Advisory Roles

From 2011-2015, Captain Moak served on both the AFL-CIO Executive Council and Financial Oversight Committee for the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department. He also had a seat on the FAA NextGen Advisory Committee from 2011-2015, a committee composed of industry decision makers with the aim of advising the administration on key-decisions regarding the improvement and modernization of the United States’ aviation infrastructure.
Captain Moak was a member of the FAA Management Advisory Council on management, policy, spending, and regulatory matters. His tenure ended in 2017.
In 2019, Captain Moak served as co-chair of the U.S. DOT’s Special Committee to Review the FAA’s Aircraft Certification Process and currently serves on the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee. Moak also serves on the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service, a position that was appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.