Chuck Harrington was appointed chief executive officer in May 2008. He was named chairman of the Parsons Board of Directors later that year and president of the corporation in 2009. Before his appointment in 2006 to the position of executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer of Parsons, he was the founding president of one of Parsons’ divisions. He retired as chief executive officer in July 2021 and remains on the board.

Committee: Executive (chair)

James McGovern is senior managing partner of Alagem Capital; chief executive officer and president of Dunhill Technologies, LLC; and partner with McGovern & Smith Law Firm. James previously served as acting secretary of the US Air Force and staff director of the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

Committees: Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Executive

Carey Smith was appointed to the Parsons’ board of directors in late 2020 and named Parsons’ chief executive officer in July 2021. Prior to this role, she served as president and chief operating officer, responsible for the company’s global business, the profit and loss of the federal and infrastructure markets, and the implementation of the corporate organic growth strategy, which is built on continuous technological innovation. Before joining Parsons, she served in progressive leadership roles at Honeywell, including as president of its defense and space division, as vice president of Honeywell Aerospace Customer and Product Support, and as president of Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. Before joining Honeywell, Carey held various positions at Lockheed Martin. She is on the Edison International Board of Directors and the Professional Services Council’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and she is a member of the Intelligence National Security Alliance.

Mark Holdsworth is a founder and managing partner of The Holdsworth Group. Before that, he was co-founder and managing partner of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, and a vice president of corporate finance at U.S. Bancorp Libra, Inc. He serves as vice chairman of EP Management Corporation and served as chairman of International Wire Group. Mark currently serves as chairman of WinCup, Inc., and chairman of Real Mex Restaurants, Inc. He is a national trustee of Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Committees: Corporate Governance and Responsibility (chair), Executive

Steven Leer is former executive chairman of the board of directors of Arch Coal, Inc. He previously served as chief executive officer and chairman of the board, and before that he was president as well as chief executive officer from the time the company was formed. Prior to Arch Coal’s formation, Steven served as president and chief executive officer of Arch Mineral Corporation, one of Arch Coal’s predecessor companies. In addition, he serves on the boards of Norfolk Southern Corporation, USG Corporation, and Washington University in St. Louis and is a former regent of the University of the Pacific.

Committees: Audit and Risk, Compensation And Management Development (chair)

Letitia Long has served in senior leadership positions across the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the DoD for nearly 40 years. She led NGA from 2010 to 2014, reporting to the secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the director of national intelligence. Under her leadership, NGA became the first US agency to adopt open-source software development and collaboration that delivered critical information to first responders during and after natural disasters. She has been awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Civilian Service, the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive, the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive (two awards), and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (three awards). In 2011, she received the Charlie Allen Award for Distinguished Intelligence Service from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, was decorated with the Medal of Merit by the king of Norway, was appointed to the rank of chevalier in the National Order of the Legion of Honor of France, and awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

Committees: Audit and Risk, Corporate Governance and Responsibility

Gen. Darren McDew served with distinction in the United States military for 36 years. Throughout his career, he had the opportunity to lead at all echelons, culminating as the commander, United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). As a unified combatant command consisting of all the armed services, he served as the senior uniformed officer responsible for global air, land, and sea transportation and patient movement for the Department of Defense. Darren was commissioned as an Air Force officer in 1982. His journey began as a pilot and continued through multiple operational leadership roles and unique assignments at the White House (military aide to the president), the Pentagon (strategic plans and policy for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs), and on Capitol Hill (chief, Air Force Senate liaison).

Committees: Compensation And Management Development, Corporate Governance and Responsibility

Having spent 32 years in investment banking, Harry McMahon has broad experience providing strategic and financial solutions for corporations and institutions worldwide. This has included leading teams on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory projects. He previously served as executive vice chairman of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and currently serves as an independent director in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, including California Resources Corporation, where he chairs its Compensation Committee; Cottage Health System; Claremont McKenna College, where he was board chair for eight years; and the Henry R. Kravis Leadership Institute. He also acts as senior advisor and director of G100 Companies.

Committees: Audit and Risk, Compensation And Management Development

Christian Mitchell was national managing partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP’s mortgage banking and finance practice. Before that, his roles with the firm included regional managing partner for various practices, associate national managing partner for the banking and thrift practice, and partner in the mergers and acquisitions and capital markets practice. He currently serves as a director for Special Value Opportunities Fund LLC; Reis, Inc.; Grandpoint Capital, Inc.; and Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation. In addition, he serves as vice chairman of the board of directors of Marshall & Stevens. Christian also serves as chairman and president of the Southern California chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). He is recognized by NACD as a board leadership fellow and was named to the “100 Most Influential People in Corporate Governance” list by Directorship magazine in 2011 and 2012. In addition, he served a two-year term as an accounting fellow for a federal agency.

Committees: Audit and Risk (chair), Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Executive

Maj. Gen. Zan Vautrinot is president of Kilovolt Consulting, Inc., a cybersecurity strategy and technology consulting firm. She serves as a director on the boards for Symantec Corporation; ECOLAB, Inc.; the Battelle Memorial Institute; and Wells Fargo. Before retiring, she was a major general in the United States Air Force and served as commander, 24th Air Force and Air Forces Cyber.

Committees: Audit and Risk, Corporate Governance and Responsibility

David Wajsgras has 20 years of experience at the senior executive management level, providing operational, strategic, and financial leadership in both the commercial and defense industries. He most recently served as president of the Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS) business at the former Raytheon Company, now part of Raytheon Technologies, after the merger with United Technologies Corporation, in April 2020. Under David’s leadership, IIS drove digital transformation by challenging traditional defense industry software development tools, culture, and process standards through the implementation of commercial software best practices. He was named to Executive Mosaic’s “Wash100” list of top government contracting leaders for the past six years. He was also selected as WashingtonExec’s Intel Industry Executive of the Year in 2019 and Federal Computer Week’s Industry Eagle award winner in 2018. Previously, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer at Raytheon and directed the company’s overall financial strategy.

Committees: Audit and Risk, Compensation And Management Development