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 Committee
Outside Directors
Vernon E. Clark 
Vernon E. Clark
Retired Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy


Mr. Clark has been a director of the Company since December 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 with two destroyer squadrons, the At... 
Committee Member   Committee Member Committee Member
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. He was Provost (1985-1990), Dean of Science (1981-1988) and Chairman of the Department of Chemistry (1982-1985) of the Massachusetts Institu... 
  Chairperson   Committee Member
Stephen J. Hadley 
Stephen J. Hadley
Senior Advisor for International Affairs


Mr. Hadley has served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor). During his tenure, 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 national security policy development and execution process. Prior to serving as the President's National Security Advisor, Hadley served as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviso... 
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., (an air conditioning systems, services and solutions provider) from January 1, 2000 to June 2008. Mr. Poses was President and Chief Operating Officer of AlliedSignal, Inc. from 1998 to 2000, where he had spent a 30-year business career, starting as a financial analyst in 1969 and serving in various capacities including President... 
Committee Member   Committee Member  
Michael C. Ruettgers  Lead Director
Michael C. Ruettgers
Retired Chairman


Mr. Ruettgers has been a director of the Company since 2000. He served as Chairman of EMC Corporation (a data storage and management products and services company) from January 2004 to December 2005. From his retirement as Chief Executive Officer (in January 2001) to January 2004, he served as Executive Chairman. Mr. Ruettgers served as CEO of EMC Corporation from January 1992 to January 2001. Mr. Ruettgers served as President of EMC Corporation from October 1989 to January 2000. He also served... 
    
Ronald L. Skates Financial Expert
Ronald L. Skates
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer


Mr. Skates has been a director of the Company since January 2003. Mr. Skates has been a private investor since 1999. From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Skates was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Data General Corporation (a supplier of data storage and enterprise solutions). From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Skates held a variety of other positions at Data General Corporation. From 1976 to 1986, Mr. Skates was a partner at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Currently, Mr. Skates is also on the... 
Chairperson 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. Mr. Spivey served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Luminent, Inc. (a fiber-optic transmission products provider) from July 2000 to September 2001. Mr. Spivey served as Group President, Network Products Group, Lucent Technologies Inc. from October 1997 to July 2000. He served as Vice President, Systems & Components Group, AT&T Corporation from 1994 to 1997. He served as Group Vice President and President, Tektronix Development C... 
   Chairperson Committee Member
Linda G. Stuntz 
Linda G. Stuntz
Partner


Ms. Stuntz has been a director of the Company since February 2004. She has been a partner in the law firm of Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C. since February 1995. From March 1993 to February 1995, Ms. Stuntz was a partner in the law firm of Van Ness Feldman. Ms. Stuntz served as Deputy Secretary of, and held senior policy positions in, the United States Department of Energy from 1989 to 1993. She served as Associate Minority Counsel and Minority Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Energy ... 
Committee Member 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 July 2003 and as President from July 2002 to May 2004. He became Chairman of the Board in January 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 Chairma...