Gena Lovett has led large organizations that have been recognized with diversity and inclusion honors such as the Catalyst Award and the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Award.
This fall, she will receive the 2018 Career Achievement in Industry Award at the Women of Color STEM Conference.
As Vice President, Operations for Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Lovett leads 7,000-plus employees who manufacture Boeing defense and space products.
She is responsible for overseeing manufacturing, quality, and safety for this $21 billion business unit of The Boeing Company.
"I assure that our people are always safe, that we have world-class production, differentiating products, and that we move through the 21st century as a competitor of choice," Lovett explains.
She standardizes how the business unit builds products and how Operations coordinate with divisions like Engineering, Supplier Management, and Environment, Health, and Safety.
Lovett has 20+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing and operations. Prior to Boeing, she was chief diversity officer for Alcoa, where she oversaw the emergence of a work environment that encouraged diversity companywide. Prior, Lovett held numerous leadership positions at Ford Motor Co. during a 15-year career which culminated as plant manager of Prototype Operations.
