Foundation Board of Directors
1 July 2017 - 30 June 2018
Mr. Daniel F. Akerson '70
Chairman, United States Naval Academy Foundation;
Former Chairman & CEO, General Motors Company;
Retired Vice Chairman, The Carlyle Group
Mr. Eric P. Grubman '80
Vice Chair, United States Naval Academy Foundation
ADM Michael G. Mullen, USN (Ret.) '68
Vice Chair, United States Naval Academy Foundation;
17th Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
ADM Steve Abbot, USN (Ret.) '66*
President & CEO, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
AMB Richard L. Armitage '67*
President, Armitage International
Mr. Robert "Robin" Bellas, Jr. '66
Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures
Mr. Philip M. Bilden
Senior Advisor, HarbourVest
MajGen Charles F. Bolden, Jr., USMC (Ret.) '68
Retired NASA Administrator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Mr. Wesley Bush
Chairman, CEO & President, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Dr. George Campbell, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, Webb Institute
ADM James O. Ellis, Jr., USN (Ret.) '69
Retired President & CEO, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
ADM Thomas B. Fargo, USN (Ret.) '70
Chairman, Huntington Ingalls Industries;
Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
Mr. Alfred E. Festa
Chairman & CEO, Grace
Gen Carlton W. Fulford, Jr., USMC (Ret.) '66*
Former Deputy Commander of U.S. Forces in Europe;
Former Director, The Joint Staff
Mr. Charles S. Garber, Jr., '65*
Retired President, CEO & Director, Global Santa Fe Corporation
ADM Jay L. Johnson, USN (Ret.) '68
Former Chief of Naval Operations;
Former Chairman & CEO, General Dynamics Corporation
Mr. Richard L. Keyser '64
Retired Chairman & CEO, W.W. Grainger, Inc.;
Chairman, National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Ms. Greer O. Lautrup '85
Partner, Sidley & Austin LLP
ADM Samuel J. Locklear, III, USN (Ret.) '77*
Chairman, United States Naval Academy Alumni Association
Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
President, SJL Global Insights LLC
Mrs. Mary Looker
Chair, The Looker Foundation
RADM Thomas C. Lynch, USN (Ret.) '64*
Executive Chairman, New Day USA;
Former Superintendent, United States Naval Academy
Mr. Byron F. Marchant '78*
President & CEO, United States Naval Academy Foundation;
President, United States Naval Academy Alumni Association
Mrs. Jenny K. Messner
Co-Trustee and Co-Founder, The Speedwell Foundation;
Partner, Seminole Management Company, Inc.
ADM Richard W. Mies, USN (Ret.) '67*
Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Strategic Command
Mr. Jerrold L. Miller '77
CEO & Owner, The Miller Group
ADM Robert J. Natter, USN (Ret.) '67*
President, RJ Natter & Associates
Mr. C. Michael Petters '82
President & CEO, Huntington Ingalls Industries
Mr. Paul B. Prager '80
Chairman & CEO, Beowulf Energy LLC
Mr. Steven S. Reinemund '70
Executive in Residence, Wake Forest University;
Retired Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo
Mr. David B. Rich '79
Executive Chairman, InContext Solutions
VADM John R. Ryan, USN (Ret.) '67*
Former Superintendent, United States Naval Academy
President & CEO, Center for Creative Leadership
Mr. Kevin W. Sharer '70
Retired President & CEO, Amgen
Mr. Roger T. Staubach '65*
Retired Executive Chairman, Americas, Jones Lang LaSalle;
Retired Professional Football Player, Dallas Cowboys
Mr. Timothy P. Sullivan '80
Co-founder & Managing Director, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Mr. J. Ronald Terwilliger '63*
Chairman Emeritus and Retired CEO, Trammell Crow Residential;
Co-Chairman of the Bipartisan Policy Center;
Economic Policy Council
RADM Cynthia M. Thebaud, USN (Ret.) '85
Retired, U.S. Navy
Mr. John F. Young '78
Former President & CEO, Energy Future Holdings Corp.
Chairmen Emeritus
ADM James L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.) '43*
Former Chief of Naval Operations
Emeritus Members
MajGen William A. Anders, USAFR (Ret.) '55*
Retired Chairman & CEO, General Dynamics;
Former Astronaut, NASA
Mr. Michael Bonsignore '63
Retired Chairman & CEO, Honeywell
Mr. James W. Kinnear III '50
Retired President & CEO, Texaco
CAPT James A. Lovell, Jr., USN (Ret.) '52
President, Lovell Communications;
Former Astronaut, NASA
Mr. J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Marriott International, Inc.
Mr. Christian H. Poindexter '60*
Retired Chairman of the Board, Constellation Energy Group
*indicates Trustee, Athletic & Scholarship Programs