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James Mattis Joins General Dynamics Board


James Mattis

James Mattis, former defense secretary and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been elected to the board of directors of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics and a 2019 Wash100 Award winner, said in a statement published Wednesday Mattis is a principled and deliberate leader and the company is honored to have him on the board.

Mattis previously served on the company™s board between August 2013 and January 2017. He is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and the Davies Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University™s Hoover Institution.

His four-decade military career included time as head of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Joint Forces Command and NATO™s Supreme Allied Command for Transformation. He also served as commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command and executive secretary to the defense secretary.

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