Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Directors
Information regarding our directors will be incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement for our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the Company's fiscal year.
Information about our Executive Officers
The following table sets forth certain information concerning our executive officers, including a five-year employment history.
| Name | Age | Position(s) | ||||||||||||
| Christopher D. Kastner | 60 | President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||||||
| Todd R. Borkey | 60 | Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer | ||||||||||||
| Chad N. Boudreaux | 50 | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | ||||||||||||
| Jennifer R. Boykin | 59 | Executive Vice President and President, Newport News Shipbuilding | ||||||||||||
| Eric D. Chewning | 46 | Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development | ||||||||||||
| Edgar A. Green III | 58 | Executive Vice President and President, Mission Technologies | ||||||||||||
| Paul C. Harris | 59 | Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability and Compliance Officer | ||||||||||||
| Brooke A. Hart | 53 | Executive Vice President, Communications | ||||||||||||
| Stewart H. Holmes | 62 | Executive Vice President, Government and Customer Relations | ||||||||||||
| Edmond E. Hughes | 60 | Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer | ||||||||||||
| Nicolas G. Schuck | 50 | Corporate Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||||||||
| Christopher W. Soong | 51 | Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer | ||||||||||||
| Thomas E. Stiehle | 58 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||
| Kara R. Wilkinson | 49 | Executive Vice President and President, Ingalls Shipbuilding | ||||||||||||
| D. R. Wyatt | 65 | Corporate Vice President and Treasurer |
Christopher D. Kastner, President and Chief Executive Officer - Mr. Kastner was elected President and Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2022. From February 2021 until he was elected to his current position, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. From March 2016 until February 2021, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From August 2012 until March 2016, Mr. Kastner served as Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Corporate Development. Prior to that and from March 2011, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of our Ingalls Shipbuilding segment. Before that and from 2008, Mr. Kastner served as Vice President, Business Management and Chief Financial Officer of NGSB, Gulf Coast, and served as Vice President, Contracts and Risk Management of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems from 2006 to 2008. Prior to that, he held several positions at other Northrop Grumman businesses, including Corporate Director of Strategic Transactions. Mr. Kastner holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an M.B.A from Pepperdine University.
Todd A. Borkey, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer – Mr. Borkey was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer effective September 26, 2022. Prior to that, and from October 2017, he served as Chief Technology Officer at Alion Science and Technology. Before joining Alion, Mr. Borkey served as CTO to Thales Defense and Security and DRS Defense Solutions, where he was responsible for the technical roadmap and program operations to a wide range of products, including RF communications, C5ISR solutions, remote sensors, radars, sonars, and cyber/electronic warfare products. Earlier in his career, Mr. Borkey performed a range of engineering and management assignments within Northrop Grumman and AT&T Bell Labs. He received a Master's Degree in engineering management from Stevens Institute of Technology and holds an undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Albuquerque.
Chad N. Boudreaux, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer - Mr. Boudreaux was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer effective April 1, 2020. In this position, he has overall leadership
responsibility for our law department and outside counsel. Prior to that appointment, Mr. Boudreaux managed HII’s litigation docket and oversaw our compliance program as the company’s first chief compliance officer. He joined HII in 2011 as Corporate Vice President for Litigation, Investigations and Compliance. Before joining us, Mr. Boudreaux practiced law at Baker Botts LLP, where he established the law firm’s Global Security and Corporate Risk Counseling practice group. Prior to that, he held various high-ranking positions in the U.S. government, including deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Boudreaux earned a B.A. from Baylor University and a J.D. from the University of Memphis School of Law.
Jennifer R. Boykin, Executive Vice President and President, Newport News Shipbuilding - Ms. Boykin was elected Executive Vice President and President, Newport News Shipbuilding effective July 2017. From 2012 until she assumed her current position, Ms. Boykin was Vice President, Engineering and Design for Newport News Shipbuilding. Since joining Newport News Shipbuilding in the Nuclear Division in 1987, Ms. Boykin has had a variety of responsibilities, including serving as Vice President of Quality and Process Excellence, Director of Facilities and Waterfront Support, and program manager for the Nuclear Engineering Division. Ms. Boykin also served as a construction superintendent for the aircraft carrier program during construction of USS John C. Stennis and USS Harry S. Truman. Ms. Boykin holds a B.S. in Marine Engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a Master's Degree in Engineering Management from The George Washington University.
Eric D. Chewning, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development - Mr. Chewning was elected Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development, effective January 30, 2023. Before joining HII, Mr. Chewning co-led McKinsey & Company's Aerospace & Defense practice in the Americas beginning in April 2020. From January 2019 to January 2020, he served as the Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Prior to that and from October 2017, Mr. Chewning was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy. He is a former U.S. Army military intelligence officer and, prior to that, was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Chewning received a B.A. and a M.A. in international relations from the University of Chicago and a M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
Edgar A. Green III, Executive Vice President and President, Mission Technologies - Mr. Green was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Mission Technologies in December 2016. Prior to that and from January 2015, he served as Corporate Vice President, Corporate Development. From January 2013 to January 2015, Mr. Green served as Vice President, Component Manufacturing, for Newport News Shipbuilding, and, from March 2011 to January 2013, he served as Corporate Vice President, Investor Relations, of HII. Prior to joining HII in 2011, Mr. Green served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Celanese Corp. Before that he was a Managing Director and research analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, where he covered the defense and aerospace industry, and a manufacturing plant engineer at Eaton Corp.’s Truck Components Division. Mr. Green also served as a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine officer on board USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628). He holds a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.B.A. from Duke University.
Paul C. Harris, Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability and Compliance Officer – Mr. Harris was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability and Compliance Officer effective March 14, 2022. Prior to that, and from September 2020, when he joined HII, Mr. Harris served as Corporate Vice President, Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer. Before joining HII, he served as Senior Vice President at Hampton University, his alma mater, beginning in September 2016. Before returning to Hampton, Mr. Harris held several positions of increasing authority and responsibility in corporate law departments, including Sodexo, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon. Prior to joining Raytheon, he served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he later was elevated to Deputy Associate Attorney General. Prior to his service at the Department of Justice, Mr. Harris served as a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, from 1998 to 2001. A U.S. Army veteran, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampton University and a Juris Doctor degree from The George Washington University Law School.
Brooke A. Hart, Executive Vice President, Communications – Ms. Hart was appointed Executive Vice President, Communications effective September 27, 2021, upon joining HII. From August 2015 until she joined HII, she served as Vice President of Communications and Brand at Sierra Nevada Corporation, a defense contractor, where she oversaw the company's internal and external communications efforts in promoting and protecting the corporate brand. Prior to that, Ms. Hart was Venture Partner and Vice President at Disruption Corporation and Crystal Tech Fund, and prior to that served as Senior Communications Officer at The Pew Charitable Trusts. She spent 16 years as an on-air television reporter, including serving as national correspondent for NBC News from June 1999 to June 2010. Ms. Hart received a B.A. from Stanford University and a M.A. from Georgetown University.
Stewart H. Holmes, Executive Vice President, Government and Customer Relations – Mr. Holmes was appointed Executive Vice President, Government and Customer Relations effective September 27, 2021, upon joining HII. From April 2017 until he joined HII, he served as Senior Vice President of Washington Operations for Textron Inc., where he was responsible for leading Textron’s government affairs activities and engaging with the legislative and executive branches, federal agencies, and industry associations**.** From January 2015 until March 2017, he served as Vice President of Washington Operations for Textron, where he was primarily responsible for leading lobbying efforts. Prior to joining Textron in January 2015, Mr. Holmes served as the staff director/minority clerk for the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and, prior to that, worked as a staff member for the Senate Appropriations Committee and as an aide to Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi. Mr. Holmes served in the U.S. Marine Corps for more than two decades and is a graduate of The Citadel and the Naval Postgraduate School.
Edmond E. Hughes - Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer - Mr. Hughes was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer effective April 1, 2022. Prior to that, and from March 2006, he served as the Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for Ingalls Shipbuilding. Before joining Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mr. Hughes served in human resources roles of increasing responsibilities at General Motors and TRW Automotive. He received a B.S. from Tougaloo College and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.
Nicolas G. Schuck, Corporate Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer - Mr. Schuck was appointed Corporate Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective August 2015. Prior to that, he was Assistant Controller at our Newport News Shipbuilding division. Prior to that and since joining us in January 2012, he served as Corporate Assistant Controller. From December 2009 until December 2011, Mr. Schuck served as Director, Finance at ManTech International Corporation. Prior to that, he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen. Mr. Schuck attended the National Institute of Economics and Accounting in Paris. He holds a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Accounting and Finance and is a certified public accountant.
Christopher W. Soong, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer – Mr. Soong was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer in April 2023. Prior to that and from August 2021, he served as Chief Information Officer for HII’s Mission Technologies business segment. From October 2018 to August 2021, Mr. Soong served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Alion Science and Technology. He has also served in executive-level positions at Booz Allen Hamilton and Sprint. Mr. Soong holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. He holds a Leadership Certificate from the University of Maryland and participated in the CIO Institute at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Thomas E. Stiehle, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - Mr. Stiehle was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective February 12, 2021. From October 2012 until he assumed his current position, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of our Ingalls Shipbuilding segment. Prior to that, Mr. Stiehle served as Vice President, Contracts and Pricing, for Ingalls Shipbuilding. Prior to joining HII in 2011, he worked for Northrop Grumman, Aerospace Sector, for 24 years. Mr. Stiehle holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Hofstra University and an M.B.A. from Adelphi University and Master’s Degree in Acquisition and Contract Management from Florida Institute of Technology.
Kara R. Wilkinson, Executive Vice President and President, Ingalls Shipbuilding - Ms. Wilkinson was elected Executive Vice President and President, Ingalls Shipbuilding effective April 1, 2021. From May 2016 until she assumed her current position, she served as Vice President of Program Management at Ingalls Shipbuilding. Prior to that, Ms. Wilkinson held various positions in Business Development and Engineering at Ingalls Shipbuilding and began her career at Ingalls Shipbuilding in 1996 as a naval architect. She holds a B.S. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from Temple University.
D. R. Wyatt, Corporate Vice President and Treasurer - Mr. Wyatt has been Corporate Vice President and Treasurer since March 2011. Prior to that, he was Director of Business Management at NGSB where he was responsible for aircraft carriers, carrier fleet support, and energy business. Prior to his appointment as Director of Business Management, Mr. Wyatt served as Treasurer of Newport News Shipbuilding Inc., Assistant Treasurer and Manager of Finance, and has held various positions in the financial area, including cost estimating, cost control, accounting, financial analysis, and government accounting. He has extensive Treasury experience, including responsibility for corporate finance, cash management, risk management and all financings, capital structure, capital market interface, rating agency relationships, cash and financial forecasting, working capital management, short-term investments, strategic transactions, pension asset management, and insurance and loss control. Mr. Wyatt holds a B.S. in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College and an M.B.A. from Old Dominion University.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
Information as to the Audit Committee and the Audit Committee Financial Expert will be incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement for our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed within 120 days after the end of the Company’s fiscal year.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for all of our employees, including the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer. The Code of Ethics and Business Conduct can be found on our internet website at www.HII.com under "Investors—Company—Corporate Governance." A copy of the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct is available to any stockholder who requests it by writing to: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., c/o Office of the Secretary, 4101 Washington Avenue, Newport News, VA 23607. If we make any substantive amendments to the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct or grant any waivers, including any implicit waiver, from a provision of the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, in each case as it relates to any provision of the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct specified in applicable SEC rules or stock exchange rules, to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, we will disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver on our website.
Our website and information contained on our website or incorporated into our website are not intended to be incorporated into this report on Form 10-K or other filings with the SEC.
Other Disclosures
Other disclosures required by this Item will be incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement for our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed within 120 days after the end of the Company’s fiscal year.
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