Ryan Metzing is of counsel and Director of Aerospace & Defense Services at Ice Miller where he is responsible for managing the Firm’s aerospace & defense-related strategies and services.



Prior to joining Ice Miller, Ryan served for seven years as Executive Director of the Indiana Aerospace & Defense Council (IADC), an organization he formed with both public and private-sector stakeholders to give aerospace & defense industry executives a forum to develop personal relationships and collaborate on strategic business ventures. The IADC's mission was driven entirely by the needs of private-sector aerospace & defense industry companies, and Ryan's role as Executive Director was to serve as a champion for those needs at the federal and state levels, including before members of Congress, the Department of Defense, the Indiana General Assembly, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, the Indiana Office of Defense Development, and the Indiana Procurement Technical Assistance Center.
 
Ryan is a graduate of Miami University (Ohio) and holds a law degree from Indiana University McKinney School of Law. Prior to serving as Executive Director of the IADC, Ryan was an associate in Ice Miller’s Labor, Employment and Immigration Group.