Ilene S. Gordon

Ilene S. Gordon

Board Member at Lockheed Martin
Company Tenure: 7 years
Education:
MIT (B.S.) MIT (M.S.)
Biography:

Ilene S. Gordon joined the Board of Directors for Lockheed Martin in June 2016. She has also served on the Board of Directors for International Paper since October 2012. Ms. Gordon was on the Board of Directors for International Flavors and Fragrances from February 2021 to February 2023. Previously, she was the Executive Chairman of Ingredion Incorporated from January 2018 to July 2018, and the President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer from May 2009 to January 2017. Before her time at Ingredion Incorporated, she was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Rio Tinto Alcan Incorporation (formerly Alcan Packaging/Pechiney) from 2006 to April 2009 and the Senior Vice President of Pechiney Plastic Packaging from June 1999 to 2006. Prior to this Ms. Gordan worked at Tenneco Inc at the Packaging Corporation of America from June 1982 to June 199, holding various executive roles throughout her tenure. From January 1980 to June 1982 she served as a Planning Manager at Signode, and she began her career at Boston Consulting Group as a Strategy Consultant from August 1976 to January 1980. She has previously served on the boards of Arthur J Gallagher & Company, United Stationers Inc., Outboard Marine Corporation, Sundstrand Corporation, and Zenith Electronics.

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$2,500 $500

Affiliated Companies

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin

Key Statements

"But I'm proud to tell you that our board today is one of the most diverse in the Fortune 500. And of our ten directors. Four are female, two are Latinos, and one's an African American male. So it's a very diverse board."

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"Our internal Diversity and Inclusion Council… have metrics and targets to diversify our workforce and programs to sensitize senior leaders to the importance of diversity and inclusion. And I lead our company by insisting on a diverse slate of candidates for every open mid level to senior position. And then I discussed the logic used by each leader to select the best candidate. So I want to ensure that that diverse slate are all players that could do the job, and then why do they choose that particular player? "

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"And respect cultural diversity. Even in my early days in London, I didn't want to be that loud American."

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" So I have a very diverse board. On my board I have 30% women, 20% minorities. I have a Mexican national. In fact, I joke, I only have four white American men. But it's about diverse opinions, and my executive team is 50% women."

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