Board of Directors

  • Charles L. Harrington

    Charles L. Harrington

    Mr. Harrington was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2008.  In November 2008, he succeeded James F. McNulty as Chairman of the Parsons Board of Directors.  He joined Parsons as an engineer in 1982 and has held a succession of project and company management positions.  Before his appointment in 2006 to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, Mr. Harrington was the founding President of Parsons Commercial Technology Group, one of Parsons' four global business units.

  • Curtis A. Bower

    Curtis A. Bower

    Mr. Bower is Vice Chairman of the Parsons Board of Directors and Chief Risk Officer.  He was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of Parsons Corporation until July 2006.  Prior to joining Parsons in 1991, Mr. Bower was Staff Vice President and Group Controller at Allied Signal.  Before that, he was Audit Manager and Special Projects Manager at Caltex Petroleum and also served as Senior Auditor at Price Waterhouse & Company.

  • James F. McNulty

    James F. McNulty

    Mr. McNulty served as Chief Executive Officer from April 1996 to May 2008 and as Chairman of the Parsons Board of Directors from January 1998 to November 2008.  Mr. McNulty retired from the U.S. Army as a Colonel in 1988, joining Parsons that same year. He relocated to the Pasadena headquarters in 1992 where he held a succession of senior management positions.  He serves as a Director for the American Reprographics Company and Senior Advisor for Gates Group Capital Partners.

  • C. Michael Armstrong

    C. Michael Armstrong Outside and Independent Directors

    Mr. Armstrong retired as Chairman of Comcast Corporation (communications services) in 2004 and was previously Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of AT&T (wireless, broadband, business, and consumer communications) and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Electronics before that.  Mr. Armstrong serves on the following boards: Chairman of Johns Hopkins Medicine, Health Systems & Hospital; Lead Director of Information Handling Services; Director of Citigroup (financial services); and Vice Chairman of Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees.  He is a Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  • Molly Corbett Broad

    Molly Corbett Broad Outside and Independent directors

    Ms. Broad is President of the American Council on Education and President Emerita and Professor, School of Government, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill.  She was President and Chief Executive Officer of the 16-campus UNC from 1997 to 2006.  Before UNC, she was Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer of the California State University system.

  • Mark K. Holdsworth

    Mark K. Holdsworth Outside and Independent directors

    Mr. Holdsworth is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC. Before joining that firm in 1996, he was a Vice President of Corporate Finance at U.S. Bancorp Libra (a high-yield debt securities investment banking firm).  He also worked as a Generalist in Corporate Finance at Salomon Brothers, Inc., and as an Associate at a Los Angeles real estate advisory firm.  Mr. Holdsworth serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Wire Group; Chairman of Wincup, Inc.; and Vice Chairman of EaglePicher Corporation.  He is a National Trustee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

  • Lawrence V. Jackson

    Lawrence V. Jackson Outside and Independent directors

    Mr. Jackson is Senior Advisor of New Mountain Capital, LLC, and Chairman of SourceMark, LLC.  He is a member of the Prologis Board of Trustees and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Procurement for Wal-Mart, Inc. (a retail chain) from 2006 to 2007 and Executive Vice President from 2004 to 2006.  Before that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Dollar General Corporation (a retail chain).  Mr. Jackson was Senior Vice President of Supply Operations for Safeway, Inc. (a grocery chain), from 1997 to 2003 and Senior Vice President of Operations for PepsiCo Food Systems (global distribution, logistics, and product supply services to PepsiCo restaurants).

  • William L. Kimsey

    William L. Kimsey Outside and Independent directors

    Mr. Kimsey was Chief Executive Officer and member of the Global Executive Board of Ernst & Young Global, Ltd. (public accounting and consulting) from 1998 to 2002 and Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Ernst & Young before that.  Mr. Kimsey serves as a Director on the following boards: Western Digital Corporation (computer hardware); Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (cruise line); and Accenture Ltd. (management consulting and technology services).  He is a past Director of NAVTEQ Corporation (global mapping).

  • James S. Marlen

    James S. Marlen Outside and Independent directors

    Mr. Marlen is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ameron International Corporation (manufacturer of highly engineered products for construction, industrial, chemical, and energy markets).  Mr. Marlen is also a Director on the boards of A. Schulman (supplier of plastic compounds and resins) and TAMCO Corp., a joint venture company with Mitsui and Tokyo Steel (the largest steel mini-mill in California).

  • James F. McGovern

    James F. McGovern Outside and Independent directors

    Mr. McGovern is Senior Managing Partner of Alagem Capital; Chief Executive Officer and President of Dunhill Technologies, LLC; and Partner with McGovern & Smith Law Firm.  Mr. McGovern previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Calpoint Telecommunications, President of Teledyne Brown Engineering, Under Secretary and Acting Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, and Chief of Staff of the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

  • Admiral R.J. Zlatoper

    Admiral R.J. "Zap" Zlatoper, USN (ret) Outside and Independent directors

    Adm. Zlatoper has been a Trustee of the Estate of James Campbell since July 1, 2000 (administration of real estate assets), and was Co-Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Sanchez Computer Associates, Inc., from 1997 to 2000 (banking software company).  Before that, Adm. Zlatoper was Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.  He serves as Chairman of CycleLifeUSA (bicycling lifestyle company), Trustee for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Director/Executive Vice President for Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, and chairs the Board of Regents at Chaminade University.

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