Alan R. Mulally

Former Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company Former President and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Retired President and CEO, Ford Motor Company Board of Directors, Google Mercer Island, Washington

For leadership in the creation, design, development, and manufacture of commercial airplanes, exemplified by the Boeing 777.

Alan Mulally is an AIAA Honorary Fellow, a past President of AIAA, a member of the Board of Directors at Google, former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, former Executive Vice President of The Boeing Company, and former President of Boeing Information, Space & Defense.

Joining The Boeing Company in 1969, Mulally contributed to a wide range of Boeing airliners including the 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 and 787 airliners. Mulally supported the design of the cockpits for both the 757 and the 767 airliners, transitioning them from the familiar analogue systems to digital systems and creating the “glass cockpit,” which is now the industry standard. On the 777 project Mulally served as the Director of Engineering and later as the Vice- President and General Manager of the program. Boeing promoted Mulally to Senior Vice President of Engineering for its commercial airline group in 1994. Subsequent promotions followed until 1998 when he was made President of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, with CEO duties added in 2001.

Mulally became President and CEO of the Ford Motor Company in 2006. Mulally led Ford’s transformation into one of the world’s leading automobile companies and the #1 automobile brand in the United States. He guided Ford in working together on a compelling vision, comprehensive strategy and implementation of the One Ford plan to deliver profitable growth for all the company’s stakeholders.

Mulally joined the Board of Directors at Google in 2014.

Mulally is a member of President Obama’s Export Council, past chairman of the Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industries Association, and past co-chairman of the Washington Competiveness Council, as well as a former member of several advisory boards.

Mulally is a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has earned numerous accolades for his leadership skills, among them: “Business Person of the Year,” from Fortune magazine; “Industry Leader of the Year,” by Automotive News magazine; “one of the “World’s Most Influential People,” by Time magazine; and “World’s Greatest Leaders” by Fortune magazine.

Mulally’s past honors include the 2005 AIAA Foundation Award for Excellence and the 1996 AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award. In 2011, he received Automotive Executive of the Year honors, as well as an Edison Achievement Award for his work with Ford Motor Company.