Board Members

James D. Taiclet
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Lockheed Martin Corporation
Chairman since March 2021
Chairman since March 2021 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin since June 2020. Previously, Mr. Taiclet served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Tower Corporation from February 2004 until March 2020 and Executive Chairman from March 2020 to May 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Taiclet served as President of Honeywell Aerospace Services, a unit of Honeywell International and as Vice President, Engine Services at Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corporation.
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Daniel F. Akerson
Former Vice Chairman of The Carlyle Group
Director since February 2014
Independent Lead Director
Vice Chairman of The Carlyle Group from March 2014 to December 2015. Mr. Akerson was Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Company from January 2011 until his retirement in January 2014. Prior to joining General Motors, he was a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, serving as the Head of Global Buyout from July 2009 to August 2010 and as Co-Head of U.S. Buyout from June 2003 to June 2009. Mr. Akerson previously served as Chairman of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation from 2015 until 2021 and served on the board of directors of KLDiscovery Inc. from December 2019 until January 2020 and CommScope Holding Company, Inc. from April 2019 until December 2020.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- (Chairman) Nominating & Corporate Governance >

David B. Burritt
President and Chief Executive Officer, United States Steel Corporation
Director since April 2008
President and Chief Executive Officer of United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) since May 2017. Mr. Burritt was also named to U.S. Steel’s board of directors at that time. Mr. Burritt previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Steel from February 2017 to May 2017; Chief Financial Officer from September 2013 to May 2017; and Executive Vice President from September 2013 to February 2017. Prior to joining U.S. Steel, Mr. Burritt served as Chief Financial Officer of Caterpillar Inc. until his retirement in 2010, after more than 32 years with the company.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Audit >
- Nominating & Corporate Governance >

Bruce A. Carlson
Retired U.S. Air Force General
Director since July 2015
Retired U.S. Air Force General, Mr. Carlson has been chairman of Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory Guidance Council since June 2013 and chairman of its board of directors since 2018. Previously, Mr. Carlson served as the 17th Director of the National Reconnaissance Office from 2009 until 2012. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2009 after more than 37 years of service, including service as Commander, Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; Commander, Eighth Air Force at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana; and Director for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment (J-8) for the Joint Staff. Mr. Carlson previously served on the board of directors of Benchmark Electronics Inc. from July 2017 until October 2021.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Classified Business & Security >
- Nominating & Corporate Governance >

John M. Donovan
Retired Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Communications
Director since October 2021
Retired Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Communications, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. Mr. Donovan served as CEO from August 2017 until his retirement in October 2019. He was Chief Strategy Officer and Group President of AT&T Technology and Operations from January 2012 through August 2017, and Chief Technology Officer of AT&T Inc. from April 2008 through January 2012. He is a member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Audit >
- Classified Business & Security >

Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.
Retired U.S. Marine Corps General
Director since February 2020
Retired U.S. Marine Corps General, Mr. Dunford has served as a senior managing director and partner of Liberty Strategic Capital and as a member of the firm’s investment committee since February 2022. Previously, he served as the 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2015 until his retirement in September 2019. His previous assignments include serving as the 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Commander of all U.S. and NATO Forces in Afghanistan. He is a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center, Harvard University, and Chairman of the Board of the Semper Fi and America’s Fund.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Classified Business and Security Committee >
- Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee >

James O. Ellis, Jr.
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
Director since November 2004
Admiral Ellis has served as an Annenberg Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University since 2014. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations from May 2005 until his retirement in May 2012. Mr. Ellis retired from active duty in July 2004 after serving as Admiral and Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He formerly served as a director of Level 3 Communications, Inc. from March 2005 to November 2017.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Audit >
- (Chairman) Classified Business & Security >

Thomas J. Falk
Retired Chairman, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Director since June 2010
Executive Chairman of Kimberly-Clark Corporation from January 2019 through December 2019. Having served 36 years at Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Mr. Falk was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 2003 until December 2018; Chief Executive Officer from 2002 and President and Chief Operating Officer from 1999 to 2002.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- (Chairman) Audit >
- Management Development & Compensation >

Ilene S. Gordon
Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ingredion Incorporated
Director since June 2016
Executive Chairman of the Board of Ingredion Incorporated from January 2018 through July 2018. Previously, Ms. Gordon was Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingredion Incorporated from May 2009 through December 2017. Ingredion Incorporated is a publicly traded corporation that manufactures food ingredients globally. Ms. Gordon served as a director of International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. from February 2021 to February 2023.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Audit >
- (Chairman) Management Development & Compensation >

Vicki A. Hollub
President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Director since July 2018
President and Chief Executive Officer of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental), an international oil and gas exploration and production company, since April 2016. Having served more than 30 years at Occidental, Ms. Hollub served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2015 to 2016; Senior Executive Vice President, Occidental and President, Oxy Oil and Gas - Americas from 2014 to 2015; and Executive Vice President, Occidental and Executive Vice President, U.S. Operations and Oxy Oil and Gas from 2013 to 2014.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Management Development & Compensation >
- Nominating & Corporate Governance >

Jeh C. Johnson
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Director since January 2018
Partner at the international law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and co-head of the Cybersecurity and Data Protection practice, since January 2017. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security from December 2013 to January 2017; and as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense and as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Air Force. Mr. Johnson is presently a director of the Council on Foreign Relations, and formerly served as a director of PG&E Corporation from May 2017 to March 2018.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Classified Business & Security >
- Nominating & Corporate Governance >

Debra L. Reed-Klages
Retired Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sempra Energy
Director since November 2019
Retired in December 2018 as Executive Chairman of Sempra Energy. Ms. Reed-Klages served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sempra Energy from March 2017 to May 2018; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sempra Energy from December 2012 to March 2017; and Chief Executive Officer of Sempra Energy from June 2011 to December 2012. Previously, Ms. Reed-Klages served as an Executive Vice President of Sempra Energy and as President and Chief Executive Officer of SDG&E and SoCalGas, Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities. Ms. Reed-Klages was also previously President, Chief Operating Officer and CFO of SDG&E and SoCalGas. She previously served on the boards of directors of Halliburton Company from January 2001 to September 2018 and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC during 2018.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Management Development & Compensation >
- Nominating & Corporate Governance >

Patricia E. Yarrington
Retired Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Chevron Corporation
Director since June 2021
Retired Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chevron Corporation, one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. Ms. Yarrington served as CFO of Chevron from January 2009 until her retirement in March 2019. During her 38 years at Chevron, she also served as Vice President and Treasurer from 2007 through 2008, Vice President of Policy, Government and Public Affairs from 2002 to 2007 and Vice President of Strategic Planning from 2000 to 2002. Previously, Ms. Yarrington served on the boards of directors of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (a 50-50 joint venture with Phillips 66) and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, serving as the Chairman of the Bank’s board from 2013 to 2014.
Lockheed Martin Board of Director Committee Membership:
- Audit >
- Management Development & Compensation >