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Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
Who we are
BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY is a nation-wide, non-partisan, member-driven organization working to help make America safe and secure.
BENS members are senior executives who: • apply the lessons of successful business practices to help reshape and rebuild Americas military for the 21st Century;
• bridge the gap between business and government in addressing new threats like suitcase bombs, cyberwar, and bioterrorists;
• help the Pentagon, Congress and the White House develop new solutions to our national security challenges.
Board of Directors
Chairman
Mr. Stanley A. Weiss Chairman of the Board Business Executives for National Security Washington, DC
Executive Committee Chairman
Dr. Sidney Harman Executive Chairman Harman International Industries Northridge, California
Vice Chairmen
Mr. Denis A. Bovin Vice Chairman, Investment Banking Bear Stearns & Company, Inc. New York, New York
Dr. Sidney Harman Executive Chairman Harman Int'l Industries, Inc. Northridge, California
Mr. Landon H. Rowland Chairman, President and CEO Stilwell Financial, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri
Mr. Josh S. Weston Chairman Emeritus Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Roseland, New Jersey
President & CEO
General Charles G. Boyd, USAF (Ret.) President & CEO Business Executives for National Security Washington, DC
Board of Directors
Mr. Gordon T. Beaham, III Chairman and CEO Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Co. Kansas City, Missouri
Mr. Raphael Benaroya Chairman and CEO United Retail Group, Inc. Rochelle Park, New Jersey
Dr. Jeffrey T. Bergner The German Marshall Fund of the United States Washington, D.C.
Ms. Mary M. Boies President and CEO Boies & McInnis LLP Bedford, New York
Mr. Neill H. Brownstein Special General Partner Bessemer Venture Partners Palo Alto, California
Mr. Raymond G. Chambers Chairman Amelior Foundation Morristown, New Jersey
Mr. William T. Coleman, III Founder and Chief Customer Advocate BEA San Jose, California
Mr. Jan Collmer President and CEO High Voltage Power Systems, Inc. Dallas, Texas
Mr. Cristobal I. Conde President and CEO SunGard New York, New York
Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. General Partner Greylock Waltham, Massachusetts
Ms. Ann Dickinson Chairman Dickinson Financial Corporation Kansas City, Missouri
Mr. Albert R. Gamper, Jr. Chairman, President and CEO The CIT Group, Inc. Livingston, New Jersey
Mr. Norman M. Hinerfeld Chairman and CEO The Delta Group Larchmont, New York
Mr. Earle W. Kazis President Earle W. Kazis Associates, Inc. New York, New York
Mr. James V. Kimsey President, Kimsey Foundation Washington, DC
Mr. Bernard Marcus Co-Founder The Home Depot, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Ramon P. Marks Partner Dorsey & Whitney LLP New York, New York
Mr. John P. Morgridge Chairman of the Board Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose, California
Mr. William F. Murdy Chairman and CEO Comfort Systems USA, Inc. Houston, Texas
Mr. Mark S. Newman Chairman of the Board, President and CEO DRS Technologies, Inc. Parsippany, New Jersey
Mr. Zenon Nie Chairman and CEO C.E.O. Advisory Board Atlanta, Georgia
Admiral William A. Owens, USN (Ret.) Vice Chairman of the Board Teledesic, LLC Kirkland, Washington
Mr. H. Ross Perot, Jr. President and CEO Perot Systems Corporation Dallas, Texas
Mr. Kenneth W. Rind General Partner Israel Infinity Venture Capital New York, New York
Mr. William J. Rouhana, Jr. Managing Member WS Management, LLC Greenwich, Connecticut
Paul G. Stern Partner and Co-Founder Arlington Capital Partners Washington, DC
The Honorable John C. Whitehead Chairman Emeritus AEA Investors, Inc. New York, New York
Board of Directors Emeriti
Mr. David B. Arnold, Jr. Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. Robert Baum Chairman and CEO Robert Baum Corporation New York, New York
Mr. David S. Browning VP, Secretary and General Counsel Schlumberger Technology Corporation New York, New York
Mr. Robert S. Cohn Palo Alto, California
Ms. Anne W. Halsted San Francisco, California
Mr. Lawrence S. Huntington, III Chairman (Ret.) Fiduciary Trust Company Int'l. New York, New York
Mr. Kenneth F. Mountcastle, Jr. Senior Vice President (Ret.) Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. New York, New York
Mr. Edward H. Page, Sr. President Scott-Page, Inc. Sarasota, Florida
Mr. Michael W. Sonnenfeldt Managing Partner MUUS Asset Management Company New York, New York
Mr. William H. Tremayne Piscataway, New Jersey
Mr. Robert Waggoner President Burrelle's Information Services Livingston, New Jersey
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