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Boeings Ecological Wing To Be Led by Armstrong

The ecological wing of Boeing, the Environment, Health and Safety organization, was created in order to be a central hub of environmental activity within the Boeing organization.  Boeing took another step towards solidifying it recently by naming Mary Armstrong, the former head of the Boeing Shared Services Group, to the lead position.

Jim McNerney is the President and CEO of Boeing and he had this to say.  "We have a long history of continuously improving the environmental performance of our products and services, and we have worked hard to ensure compliance with the environmental rules and regulations that affect our operations.  With this new organization, we are sharpening our focus on important environmental issues that bear on our business by identifying and integrating them into a strategic plan that will be managed centrally and include work we do with our suppliers and customers."

This organization will have a multi-faceted role that will essentially put it at the forefront of all of the different environmental, safety and health areas of the Boeing mission statement.  According to one source at Boeing, the new mandate of the new group makes it ideal for Armstrong’s leadership.

"Given Mary’s background in chemical process engineering and R&D, her extensive leadership experience on programs, and her focus on environmental compliance as leader of SSG, she is the ideal choice to lead this new organization in establishing an integrated environmental strategy for Boeing," the source said.

Armstrong has 23 years of experience with the Boeing organization and has been in charge of the SSG for the last three of those years.  In addition to president of SSG, she has also held three vice presidential positions, two general manager positions and got her start as an engineer in the manufacturing research and development department.  She has both an undergraduate and a graduate degree in chemical engineering.