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  • Jeh Johnson, James Taiclet Elected to Lockheed Board of Directors; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeh Johnson, James Taiclet Elected to Lockheed Board of Directors; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Jeh Johnson, former secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and American Tower CEO James Taiclet Jr. have been elected to join Lockheed Martin‘s board of directors effective Jan. 1. “Jeh’s experience in acquisition and government operations and Jim’s aerospace and global perspective will help advance our ability to anticipate and exceed our customers’ expectations,” Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed […] More

  • TeraThink Adds Former SAIC Exec Doug Wagoner to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TeraThink Adds Former SAIC Exec Doug Wagoner to Board of Directors

    Doug Wagoner, former sector president at Science Applications International Corp., has joined the board of directors at management and technology consulting services contractor TeraThink. The 30-year federal market veteran will work with TeraThink’s other board members to support corporate management efforts and policies, the company said Tuesday. Wagoner previously supervised 13,500 employees who support government customers in the […] More

  • Koniag SVP Jon Panamaroff Named to Native American Contractors Association Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Koniag SVP Jon Panamaroff Named to Native American Contractors Association Board

    Jon Panamaroff, chief compliance officer and a senior vice president for Koniag‘s government services unit, has been appointed to the Native American Contractors Association board of directors for the second time. Panamaroff, who was elected Nov. 8, is a a member of the Sun’aq tribe of Kodiak, Alaska, and previously sat on the NACA board from 2015 to 2016, […] More

  • Philip Bilden Elected to Huntington Ingalls Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philip Bilden Elected to Huntington Ingalls Board

    Philip Bilden, a former military intelligence officer and co-founding member of private equity firm HarbourVest Partners, has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ board of directors. HII said Monday Bilden has held senior leadership roles during his 25-year career at HarbourVest that includes time at the company’s offices in Boston and Hong Kong where he established its Asian subsidiary. […] More

  • VSE Adds Navy Vet Mark Ferguson to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VSE Adds Navy Vet Mark Ferguson to Board of Directors

    Mark Ferguson, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, has been elected to join the board of directors at Alexandria, Virginia-based technical services contractor VSE effective Dec. 1. VSE said Wednesday Ferguson concurrently led U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Forces Africa, as well as NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command before he retired from military service in July last year. The […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls' Mike Petters Joins Board at National Association of Manufacturers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls’ Mike Petters Joins Board at National Association of Manufacturers

    Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters has been appointed to the board of directors at the National Association of Manufacturers, which represents more more than 14,000 manufacturing companies in the U.S. NAM said Friday Petters will help advance the trade group’s manufacturing policy agenda as a board member. “I look forward to sharing my […] More

  • BDO USA Survey: 79% of Public Company Directors Say Boards More Involved in Cybersecurity; Gregory Garrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BDO USA Survey: 79% of Public Company Directors Say Boards More Involved in Cybersecurity; Gregory Garrett Comments

    A new BDO USA survey has found that 79 percent of board members at public companies say their boards have become more involved in cybersecurity efforts than they were in the past year. The company said Tuesday its corporate government practice polled 140 public company directors in August for the 2017 BDO Survey on Cyber Governance. […] More

  • Mark Keeler Added to NVTC Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Keeler Added to NVTC Board of Directors

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has appointed to its board of directors five senior executives from government technology contractors. Mark Keeler, acting president of intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems, is one of the five new members of NVTC’s board, the council said Tuesday. Keeler previously served as head of the I&S sector’s integrated electronics and warfare […] More

  • Retired Air Force Gen. Ronald Keys Appointed to SPA Board; William Vantine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Retired Air Force Gen. Ronald Keys Appointed to SPA Board; William Vantine Comments

    Ronald Keys, owner of management consulting services company RK Solution Enterprises and a retired U.S. Air Force general, has joined the board of directors at Systems Planning and Analysis. SPA said Keys helped provide operational context for the Alexandria, Virginia-based contractor’s support work at the Office of the Secretary of Defense and pilot experience-level research efforts […] More

  • Dave DeWalt, David Petraeus Named to Optiv Board; Dan Burns Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave DeWalt, David Petraeus Named to Optiv Board; Dan Burns Comments

    Denver, Colorado-based cybersecurity platforms provider Optiv Security has named Dave DeWalt, formerly CEO of FireEye, and David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general, to its board of directors. DeWalt, a 25-year technology industry veteran, will also serve as vice chairman of the board at Optiv, the company said Thursday. DeWalt previously served as president and […] More

  • Former US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy Elected to Boeing Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy Elected to Boeing Board

    Caroline Kennedy, former U.S. ambassador to Japan, has joined the board of directors at Boeing and she will serve on the board’s audit and finance committees. Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and CEO, said in statement published Thursday that Kennedy will contribute her professional, diplomatic and global perspectives to the board’s company oversight efforts. Kennedy previously served on various nonprofit […] More