Hailey Cox was born and raised in Huntsville, AL, and is the third generation in her family to work in the Defense industry. She is currently a Capture & Proposal Senior Analyst at Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR), where she provides proposal leadership, training and hands-on process support in the development of competitive new business proposals for AR’s Defense Business Unit. She provides both virtual and cross-site proposal guidance to proposal managers and teams on critical national defense programs, resulting in strategic wins for the company. She is experienced in delivering proposal management and process Just-in-Time (JIT) training. In just over two years at AR, Ms. Cox has received four Mission Success Awards for superior proposal leadership and support. 

She provides strong support in helping the Capture & Proposal group improve processes and performance, including maintaining data and analyzing proposal process health metrics , contributing to win/loss analyses, working process improvement initiatives, and developing useful proposal templates and worksheets. 

In addition to her regular job duties, Ms. Cox was selected by AR leadership to serve on three special projects/teams – (1) Ethics Liaison for the Ethics and Compliance Department, (2) Team Lead of the Strategy and Business Development Employee Engagement Team, and (3) AR Business Operating System (ARBOS), Huntsville Headquarters Leadership Council. She began her career as a Program Support Analyst at a small business and was then promoted to Business Development Manager. 

Ms. Cox earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science and Philosophy and a BA in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She is certified at the Foundation level (CF APMP) through the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) and is the Membership Director for the APMP California Chapter. She is starting her second year of being mentored by a proposal expert through APMP.  

Hailey Loves to spend time with her animals and constantly engages herself with animal welfare. She is also into fitness through many means including lifting weights, Pilates and martial arts. Hailey busies herself by giving make-overs to old furnitures and also nurtures a hobby for shooting.  Hailey can be found volunteering for her church’s kitchen ministry and is fully into American muscle cars, especially the one she owns.