The Board of Directors of Raytheon Company has appointed Gen. James E. Cartwright as a director. With the election of Cartwright, the Raytheon Board is now comprised of 10 directors.
Cartwright joins the Board after more than 40 years of distinguished military service, culminating in his service from 2007 to 2011 as the eighth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s second-highest military officer. In August 2011 he retired from the United States Marine Corps and is currently the Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“General Cartwright’s deep understanding of defense and broad experience in military operations and matters of national security will be of great value to our Board,” said Raytheon Chairman and CEO William H. Swanson.
Before serving as vice chair of the Joint Chiefs, Cartwright was commander, U.S. Strategic Command, from 2004 to 2007. He served as director for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, J-8, Joint Staff (2002-2004); as Commanding General, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (2000-2002); and in numerous other positions including operational assignments as a naval flight officer and naval aviator who flew the F-4 Phantom, OA-4 Skyhawk and F/A-18 Hornet.