Board Composition and Independence

Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. To read more about any of the committees, click on committee names in the chart below. To read more about any of the board members, click on the board member name.
Chairperson Chairperson Committee Member Member Financial Expert Financial Expert
Lead Director Lead Director
 Audit CommitteeGovernance and Nominating CommitteeManagement Development and Compensation CommitteePublic Affairs CommitteeSpecial Activities Committee
Independent Director
James E. Cartwright 
James E. Cartwright
Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies


Mr. Cartwright has been a director of the Company since 2012. He is currently the Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In August 2011, General Cartwright retired from the United States Marine Corps following more than 40 years of service, culminating in his service from 2007 to 2011 as the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. From 2004 to 2007, he served as Commander, U.S. Strategic Command. He served as Director for Force Str... 
Committee Member    Committee Member Committee Member
Vernon E. Clark 
Vernon E. Clark
Retired Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy


Mr. Clark has been a director of the Company since 2005. He retired as Chief of Naval Operations in July 2005 and retired from the U.S. Navy in September 2005. His 37-year career in the U.S. Navy includes having served more than half of his career in command, beginning with a patrol gunboat as a lieutenant and concluding as the Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In between, he served in increasingly senior assignments having commanded two destroyer squadrons, the ... 
  Committee Member Committee Member   Chairperson
John M.  Deutch 
John M.  Deutch
Institute Professor


Dr. Deutch has been a director of the Company since 1998. He has been an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1990. Dr. Deutch served as the Director of Central Intelligence from 1995 to 1996; the Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1994 to 1995; and the Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition and Technology from 1993 to 1994. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was Provost (1985-1990), Dean of Science (1981-1988) and Chairman of the Department of Chemi... 
  Committee Member Committee Member   
Stephen J. Hadley 
Stephen J. Hadley
Principal, RiceHadleyGates LLC
Senior Advisor for International Affairs


Mr. Hadley has been a director of the Company since 2009. He is currently a Principal in RiceHadleyGates LLC and a senior advisor for International Affairs at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) from 2005 to 2009. During his tenure, Mr. Hadley served as the principal White House foreign policy advisor to President George W. Bush, directed the National Security Council staff and managed the interagency nat... 
Committee Member    Committee Member Committee Member
Frederic  M. Poses 
Frederic  M. Poses
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Mr. Poses has been a director of the Company since 2000. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Trane, Inc., formerly American Standard Companies, Inc., from 2000 to 2008. Mr. Poses was President and Chief Operating Officer of AlliedSignal, Inc. from 1998 to December 1999, where he had spent a 30-year business career, starting as a financial analyst in 1969 and serving in various capacities, including President of the Engineered Materials business beginning in April 1988. Curre... 
Committee Member   Chairperson   
Michael C. Ruettgers  Lead Director
Michael C. Ruettgers
Retired Chairman


Mr. Ruettgers has been a director of the Company since 2000. He served in various positions at EMC Corporation from 1988 until 2005. He served as Chairman from January 2004 to December 2005. From his retirement as Chief Executive Officer in 2001 until 2004, he served as Executive Chairman. Mr. Ruettgers served as CEO from 1992 to 2001 and as President from 1989 to 2000. He also served as Executive Vice President for Operations from 1988 to 1989 and Chief Operating Officer from 1989 to 1992. Curr... 
     Committee Member
Ronald L. Skates Financial Expert
Ronald L. Skates
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer


Mr. Skates has been a director of the Company since 2003. He has been a private investor since 1999. From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Skates was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Data General Corporation. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Skates held a variety of other positions at Data General Corporation. He was a partner at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) from 1976 to 1986. Currently, Mr. Skates is also on the Board of Directors of State Street Corporation, Courier Corporation and Gil... 
Chairperson   Committee Member Committee Member  
William R. Spivey 
William R. Spivey
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer


Mr. Spivey has been a director of the Company since 1999. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Luminent, Inc. from July 2000 to September 2001. Mr. Spivey served as Group President, Network Products Group, Lucent Technologies Inc. from 1997 to 2000. He served as Vice President, Systems & Components Group, AT&T Corporation from 1994 to 1997 and as Group Vice President and President, Tektronix Development Company, Tektronix, Inc., from 1991 to 1994. Currently, Mr. Spivey is also o... 
  Committee Member   Chairperson  
Linda G. Stuntz 
Linda G. Stuntz
Partner


Ms. Stuntz has been a director of the Company since 2004. She has been a partner in the law firm of Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C. since 1995. From 1993 to 1995, Ms. Stuntz was a partner in the law firm of Van Ness Feldman. She served as Deputy Secretary of, and held senior policy positions in, the United States Department of Energy from 1989 to 1993 and served as Associate Minority Counsel and Minority Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee from 1981 to 1987.... 
Committee Member Chairperson    
Inside Director
William H. Swanson 
William H. Swanson
Chairman and CEO


Mr. Swanson has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2003 and as President from July 2002 to May 2004. He has served as Chairman of the Board since 2004. Mr. Swanson joined Raytheon in 1972 and has held a wide range of leadership positions. From January 2000 to July 2002, he was Executive Vice President of the Company and President of Raytheon’s Electronic Systems segment. Prior to this position, he served as Executive Vice President of the Company and Chairman a...