About

Melissa Brown has served as AeroVironment's Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary since May 1, 2025, having joined the company as Corporate Counsel in 2015 and served as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary in the years since. Before AeroVironment she was an associate attorney at law firms including K&L Gates LLP. She holds a B.S. in microbiology and molecular genetics from UCLA and a J.D. from Arizona State University.

Roles

AeroVironment Inc.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary · Current role
2016–present
AeroVironment, Inc.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
2023-2025
AeroVironment, Inc.
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
2016-2023
AeroVironment, Inc.
Corporate Counsel
2015-2016
K&L Gates LLP
Associate Attorney
2007-2014

Fixed Compensation

FY FY2025
Base salary
$476,347
NoteFY2025 base salary per SEC Summary Compensation Table
Bonus
$57,663
NoteDiscretionary cash bonus per SEC Summary Compensation Table
All other compensation
$20,647
Note401(k) match, life-insurance premiums and tuition reimbursement

Performance Compensation

Data from FY FY2025

Cash incentive

Non-equity incentive (annual cash bonus)
$330,695
Target Opportunity
—
PlanFY2025 Company Annual Cash Bonus Plan
MetricsConsolidated company revenue, annual bookings and adjusted EBITDA plus fifteen strategic objectives; FY2025 payout 114.7% of target

Stock awards

Stock awards
$735,599
FormPerformance-based restricted stock units (PRSUs, FY2025-2027 performance period) and time-based restricted stock; grant-date fair value at probable outcome
MaximumPRSU grant-date value assuming maximum (highest) performance: $938,078

Also at AeroVironment Inc.

Colleague
Wahid Nawabi
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Colleague
Edward R. Muller
Lead Independent Director; Chair of the Audit Committee
Colleague
Charles Thomas Burbage
Independent Director; Chair of the Compensation Committee

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