Leadership
Meet the executive team responsible for leading our 47,000 forward-thinking employees towards our shared mission of making the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering, and science.
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Tom Bell is the Chief Executive Officer of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a $17 billion leading technology and national security company delivering smarter and more efficient hardware and software solutions across defense, intelligence, homeland security, digital modernization, and health.
Since becoming CEO in 2023, Bell has led Leidos through a period of significant strategic transformation, positioning the company at the intersection of advanced technology and mission outcomes. Now, he is executing the company’s NorthStar 2030 strategy, accelerating its core growth pillars including space and maritime, energy infrastructure, digital modernization and cyber, mission software, and managed health services.
Bell is strengthening Leidos’ role as a trusted innovation partner to governments and critical infrastructure operators worldwide. His leadership emphasizes scaled technology delivery, alignment with evolving national priorities, and acceleration of capabilities in AI, cutting-edge defense tech, and critical infrastructure modernization. Under his leadership, the company has delivered consistent, strong operational performance, record revenues, and industry-leading profitability.
Bell brings nearly four decades of experience across the aerospace, defense, and advanced technology sectors. Prior to Leidos, he served as President of Rolls-Royce Defense and Chairman and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America, where he led global operations supporting aerospace, naval, and nuclear submarine missions.
Earlier, he spent more than 20 years at Boeing in senior leadership roles across strategy, global sales, and international operations, advancing major defense programs and shaping long-term market strategy. He began his career in human spaceflight engineering with Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin).
Bell holds a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University and an MBA from the Florida Institute of Technology. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Aerospace Industries Association, the Board of the Professional Services Council, and is a member of the Business Roundtable.
Mr. Dahlberg has nearly 40 years of experience in federal budgeting, congressional legislation, executive management and military affairs with congressional committees, federal agencies, and private industry. As Lockheed Martin Corporation’s Senior Vice President for Washington Operations between 2009 and 2015, he was responsible for devising and implementing advocacy, marketing, and legislative strategies for the corporation’s largest programs and for directing the corporation’s liaison activities with Congress, the White House, federal departments, industry associations, state governments and foreign embassies. Mr. Dahlberg also served for over 20 years as a senior House Appropriations Committee staff member, including seven years as Minority Staff Director of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee with jurisdiction over programs of the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. Mr. Dahlberg also was confirmed as the 26th Under Secretary of the Army, serving as the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Army on all matters related to the management and operation of the United States Army, including programming and budgeting, weapons systems, manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations and logistics. He was appointed Acting Secretary of the Army in early 2001.
Mr. Dahlberg brings to our Board executive management background in government and industry, and his expertise in federal budgeting and congressional affairs provides the Board with experience that is highly relevant and valuable to our business as a government contractor.
Mr. Fubini brings to our Board expertise in architecting and executing organizational transformations. His extensive involvement in a wide array of corporate transactions and his executive management experience at McKinsey offer valuable insights to our Board.
Ms. Geer is the retired President of HCA Information Technology & Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America. Ms. Geer has over 35 years of experience in healthcare IT. She spent 30 years in HCA’s Information Service Department in a variety of positions. Ms. Geer has previously served on the boards of Franklin Road Academy, the United Way of Middle Tennessee, The Nashville Alliance for Public Education, the National Alliance for Health Information Technology, The HCA Foundation and the American Hospital Association Working Group for Health IT Standards. Ms. Geer is an emeritus member of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Committee of Visitors and a member of the Leadership Nashville class of 2010. She also served as an adjunct professor in the Owen School of Management of Vanderbilt University for several years.
Ms. Geer brings to our Board extensive leadership experience in healthcare information technology. She provides insights and perspectives that our Board views as important to us as a provider of information technology services and solutions.
Tina Jonas is a recognized expert in military, defense and aerospace issues. Her background includes transformational leadership, strategy and planning, business development, operations, finance and technology deployment at the highest levels in the U.S. government and commercial sectors. Ms. Jonas’ experience includes more than 20 years in the federal government, including serving as Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) for the Department of Defense, Assistant Director and Chief Financial Officer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Financial Management and senior analyst with the Office of Management and Budget and the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. Following her government service, she held executive positions in the aerospace and defense industry, including at United Technologies, Sikorsky Aircraft, and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated. Ms. Jonas serves on the boards of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. and Centrus Energy Corporation, and previously served on the boards of Airbus Group North America and the Aerospace Corporation among others.
Mr. Kraemer has served as a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University since January 2005. Mr. Kraemer previously served as the Chairman of Baxter International, Inc., a healthcare products, systems and services company, from 2000 until 2004, as Chief Executive Officer of Baxter from 1999 until 2004, and as President of Baxter from 1997 until 2004. Mr. Kraemer also served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Baxter from 1993 to 1997.
Mr. Kraemer brings comprehensive executive management experience to our Board as a former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of a major global corporation. His investment and health expertise, background in commercial and international business, qualification as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by SEC rules and thought leadership as a distinguished educator at a leading business school provide valuable contributions to our Board.
Dr. May has served as the 7th Chancellor of the University of California at Davis since August 2017. He previously served as the Dean of the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2011 to 2017. Prior to this, Dr. May served as the Chair of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2005 to 2011 and was the executive assistant to Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough from 2002 to 2005. Dr. May was a National Science Foundation graduate fellow and an AT&T Bell Laboratories graduate fellow and worked as a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He is a former member of the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers.
Dr. May is a distinguished researcher in the field of computer-aided manufacturing of integrated circuits (IC). He has authored over 200 articles and technical presentations in the area of IC computer-aided manufacturing and has been honored with numerous awards and distinctions for his work. As an accomplished engineer with leadership experience at a prominent academic institution and expertise in areas relevant to our business, including technology and cybersecurity, Dr. May brings to our Board special insight and perspectives that the Board views as important to us as a leading science and technology company.
Vice Admiral Norton is the retired Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), a U.S. Department of Defense combat support agency, and commander, Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network, positions she held from February 2018 through February 2021 after serving as Vice Director of DISA from August 2017 through February 2018. Vice Admiral Norton served over 34 years of active duty service as an officer in the U.S. Navy. She served as the director, Command, Control, Communications and Cyber Directorate, U.S. Pacific Command; director of Warfare Integration for Information Warfare; and held commands and posts in multiple international locations. She is the recipient of numerous personal and campaign awards, including the National Security Agency’s Frank B. Rowlett Award for individual achievement in information security.
Mr. Shanahan served as the 33rd Deputy Secretary of Defense. He served as Acting Secretary of Defense from January 1, 2019, to June 23, 2019. Mr. Shanahan helped lead the development of several key Department of Defense policies and strategies. Mr. Shanahan also championed several digital and technological advancements for the Department, including modernization in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and command, control and communication. In June 2018, Mr. Shanahan established the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and published the Department’s Artificial intelligence Strategy. Mr. Shanahan was previously at The Boeing Company, where he served for over 30 years in various senior roles, including as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain & Operations, Senior Vice President of Commercial Airplane Programs, Vice President and General Manager of the 787 Dreamliner, Vice President and General Manager of Boeing Missile Defense Systems and Vice President and General Manager of Boeing Rotorcraft Systems.
Mr. Shanahan brings to our Board extensive experience as a senior leader in government, strategic planning background, extensive and in-depth knowledge of our industry, deep operational experience in aerospace and defense, significant public company board experience and broad expertise in cybersecurity, information technology, artificial intelligence, cyber operations and global security issues. He provides our Board with unique insights into key areas of our business as a provider of services and solutions to U.S. government customers, as well as international governments and broader commercial markets.
Mr. Shapard currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, where he also served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 until March 2018. He previously served as a strategic advisor to Oncor, helping to implement and execute growth and development strategies. Between March and October 2005, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, one of the largest for-profit hospital groups in the United States, and was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Exelon Corporation, a large electricity generator and utility operator, from 2002 to February 2005. Before joining Exelon, Mr. Shapard was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, a North American refining and marketing company. Previously, from 1998 to 2000, Mr. Shapard was CEO and Managing Director of TXU Australia Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of the former TXU Corp., which owned and operated electric generation, wholesale trading, retail, and electric and gas-regulated utility businesses.
As an experienced executive in the energy industry, Mr. Shapard brings to our Board a unique perspective on issues that are important to our business. In addition, his previous experience as a Chief Financial Officer provides expertise critical to his role as a member of our Board’s Audit & Finance Committee. He is an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by SEC rules.
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