James (Jim) F. Albaugh
Executive Vice President
The Boeing Company
President and Chief Executive Officer
Commercial Airplanes
Jim Albaugh is executive vice president of The Boeing Company and president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He is responsible for all the company's Commercial Airplanes programs and services, is a member of the Boeing Executive Council and serves as Boeing's senior executive in the Pacific Northwest. He was named to this position in September 2009.
Before assuming his current role, Albaugh, 61, was president and chief executive officer of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, a business unit providing integrated solutions to meet the needs of defense, space and intelligence customers in the United States and around the world.
Previously, Albaugh was president and CEO of Boeing Space and Communications (S&C) for four years. This unit merged in July 2002 with the company's Military Aircraft and Missiles Systems unit to create Integrated Defense Systems.
Before leading Space and Communications, Albaugh was president of Boeing Space Transportation, a predecessor unit of S&C. He assumed that position after serving as president of Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power, part of the Rockwell aerospace and defense businesses acquired by Boeing in 1996.
A Washington state native, Albaugh joined the company in 1975 as a project engineer at its Hanford, Wash. operations.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and an elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Albaugh currently serves as board chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). He was also named to Wings Club Board of Governors.
In 2010, Albaugh received the Forrestal Award from the National Defense Industrial Association for leadership in preserving a strong U.S. defense industrial base. He also was appointed to the board of the National Competitiveness Center, an independent organization that helps Saudi Arabia compete more effectively in the global economy.
In 2009, Albaugh was named to the Board of Visitors of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University.
In 2008, the Southern California Aeronautic Association presented him with the Howard Hughes Memorial Award for extensive contributions to the aerospace industry.
Albaugh was elected to the TRW Automotive board of directors in 2006; received the Semper Fidelis Award from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation; and was elected to the Aerospace Industries Association Board of Governors Executive Committee. He also serves on the Willamette University Board of Trustees.
The National Defense Industrial Association recognized Albaugh in 2001 with the Bob Hope Distinguished Citizen Award. That same year, he also received the International von Karman Wings Award from the Aerospace Historical Society and was elected a Fellow to the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Albaugh, a Gold-and-Silver-Knight of the National Management Association, was that organization's Executive-of-the-Year in 1999. He also is a member of the American Astronautical Society, the Air Force Association and the Washington Roundtable, and sits on the boards of a variety of corporate and charitable organizations.
Albaugh holds bachelor's degrees in mathematics and physics from Willamette University and a master's degree in civil engineering from Columbia University.
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