H. Hugh Shelton
Member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Comm
Administration
L3 Communications
United States of America
Biography
Director since April 2011. Member of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. General Shelton (U.S. Army – Ret.) was the senior officer of the United States military and principal military advisor to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council when he served as the fourteenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 until his retirement in 2001. He had previously served as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). From January 2002 until April 2006, General (Ret.) Shelton served as the President, International Sales of M.I.C. Industries, an international manufacturing company. General (Ret.) Shelton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2001 and awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2002. General (Ret.) Shelton is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Red Hat, Inc. He is also Executive Director of the General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center at North Carolina State University and is a Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
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