Executive Staff

Marshall S. Filler

Marshall Filler serves as ARSA's chief legal officer and provides advice and counsel in the administration of the Association.

He represents aviation industry clients in matters pending before Federal agencies, the Congress and the courts, and performs extensive consulting work for clients in the safety regulatory area, advising air carriers, repair stations, manufacturers, distributors, fixed base operators, individual airmen and other business entities on issues pertaining to certification, maintenance, flight operations, hazardous materials, airport compliance and construction of tall buildings in the vicinity of airports.

Mr. Filler received his law degree from the American University Washington College of Law in 1973 and is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, Maryland (inactive), Virginia, the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He is also a member of the NTSB Bar Association.

For more information about Marshall Filler, visit his page at www.potomac-law.com.

Sarah MacLeod

Sarah MacLeod was instrumental in the formation of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association. She is a managing member of Obadal, Filler, MacLeod & Klein, P.L.C., and is engaged in the legal representation of foreign and domestic air carriers, aircraft maintenance and alteration facilities, distributors, pilots and other individuals and companies in federal court and before federal administrative bodies.

She is Assistant Chair for Air Carrier and General Aviation Maintenance of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC), a post she has held since 1996. She chaired the ARAC in 1995-1996 and was its Vice-Chair in 1994-1995. She was a member of the FAA's Suspected Unapproved Parts (SUP) Task Force, which developed the plan on which the FAA SUP program is based; and she edited the Parts Manufacturer Approval Manual.

Ms. MacLeod and Marshall Filler have trained thousands of aviation professionals since 1996. Their FAA-accepted seminars focus on Federal Aviation Regulations that pertain to design, production and maintenance. Major aerospace companies, national authorities and associations sponsor these training programs.

A sought-after speaker, Ms. MacLeod has appeared at the Airline Suppliers Association Conference, Air Transport Association Engineering & Maintenance Forum, Coordinating Agency for Supplier Evaluation Air Carrier Section, Gorham Gas Turbine Engine Overhaul & Repair Conference, International Maintenance Symposium and Quality Control in Civil Aviation Conference.

Her professional affiliations include the Virginia Bar Association, the National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association and the Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy.

Ms. MacLeod obtained her law degree from the Catholic University of America in 1991. She holds a BA in Human Services from Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, where she was a District Court investigator for Clark County Public Defenders.

For more information about Sarah MacLeod, visit her page at www.potomac-law.com.

Christian Klein

Christian A. Klein is the executive vice president of ARSA and a managing member in the law firm of Obadal, Filler, MacLeod & Klein, P.L.C., which runs the Association. He oversees ARSA’s communications and industry outreach activities, and represents the interests of members on Capitol Hill as the ARSA's primary lobbyist.

Mr. Klein meets regularly with members of Congress and congressional staff to promote policy positions that will create a more favorable business climate for ARSA members. He also works to keep members informed about developments on Capitol Hill and ways to influence the outcome of the legislative process.

Mr. Klein has more than a decade of experience in politics and political communications, having worked for a member of Congress, for a congressional committee, and for various Washington lobbying firms. While a law student, he founded PAC 20/20, a non-connected political action committee, to influence the national Social Security reform debate.

Mr. Klein is admitted, inter alia, to the Bars of the Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia, State of North Carolina (inactive), United States Courts of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Fourth, and D.C. Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. He graduated with honors from the College of William and Mary in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in international relations, received his law degree and a master’s degree in congressional politics from the Catholic University of America in 1995, and earned a postgraduate certificate in public relations from the University of Virginia in 2005. He currently serves on the adjunct faculty of the University of Virginia, where he teaches courses in political PR, and PR law and ethics.

For more information about Christian Klein, visit his page at www.potomac-law.com.